Printing on the factory mud flaps
 

Does anyone know how to replicate the MAZDA on the factory mud flaps? It seems to be silver. I don't want to put stickers on because I know that won't last.

Also what about the printing on some of the parts under the hood? relays, charcoal canister, brake booster.

I will post some pics soon to show what I mean.

The brake booster labels etc can be bought from Black Dragon.

The mud flap printing was probably a hot-stamp foil transfer process; That would be very difficult to try to replicate at home.

The brake booster label BD carries is only for '79-'80. '81-'85 had it painted on which looks to me like silk screening or something similar. I'll get a picture.

I may try painting the mud flaps with a silver paint.

DD any pointers about the silkscreening? Where do I get the supplies?

I'll get you the site I bought my screen blanks from when I get home tonight.

The paint I ended up getting a Michael s' Crafts - - I used thick-consistency acrylic art paint. Couldn't get enamel thick enough to work - has to be thick like soft butter or it runs under the screen.

I couldn't get a good pic of the canister but here is one of the relays I'm talking about:
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Got home late - I'll get you that site as first opportunity, sorry.

That relay legend looks to have been rubber-stamped. I think there are kits out there for making your own rubber stamps, might be simpler than silkscreening.

agreed on the rubber stamping. will be easier to stamp than screen print. the original MAZDA script was in fact a chrome silver color paint. the do make chrome paint but it maybe hard to get the exact script and size. can be done though!! i can take pics of all of the original scripts and labels that you would like that i have on my cars. anything i can do to help, just let me know.

Which kind of mud flaps look like the original? I don't really care if the say Mazda on em. Just like the look of the old ones.

That would be great.

I know a guy who does vinyl decals. I was thinking of asking him to do a cut out of the mazda on the mud flaps for a stencil.

I'm going to have the under hood parts yellow zinc plated soon. I was able to pick up all the brackets, bolts, and lines out of a GSL-SE in the junk yard so I would have an extra set that I can swap out later.

I've found a number of companies online that can do custom stamps from a .jpg.

I don't have a really good pic of them but you can see them in this one:
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Here is one:
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Man--that one looks good. Ya know where a person could get similar ones???

I have a scalable CAD file of the MAZDA logo I drew up for my air cleaner project - tell me exact vertical and horizontal measurements and I can print 1:1 scale artwork or set it into a PDF.

Making a stencil from that would be easy enough.

The original mudflaps had a smooth surface, no texture. I think the outside 1/8" was raised like a lip.

I finally got 5 minutes' time to dredge up the linnk to the place I bought my photoetch silkscreen supplies from:

PhotoEZ Silk Screen Stencils Go Almost Anywhere

More focused on fabric/art/ceramic applications, but the basic process is the same & their materials deliver good value.

Only thing they don't cover is what paints/inks to use on other types of surfaces, but that's open to experimentation. They are printing to absorbent surfaces, and we're not.

Spraypaint/airbrush will NOT work with silkscreens - - the paint has to be very, very thick to avoid wicking under the stencil. Consistency between room-temp butter and toothpaste.

But if I got it to work on bare chrome, a flat rubber/vinyl mudflap should be a lot easier.

Thanks for that info.
The other parts I need to silk screen are the fog light hard plastic covers.
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This is good stuff.

More than painting them on I'd prefer OEMs - both for mud flaps and for running light covers.