Pretty simple question, what do you think would be the cleanest way to paint the red Skunk2 weighted knob gear numbers black? The red goes with nothing in my interior, and I havent been able to find comparable weighted knobs that have black lettering already.
Just asking because the engraved numbers are pretty tiny and I have no real clue how I could go about doing this (if I should at all) without having it look like ass.
Any help or comments appreciated.
maybe a thin paint brush…
well i dont know how well this would work on a shift knob…but on valve covers we would spray the entire cover and then take a clean rag with acitone or thinner and run it ontop of what we didnt want painted…it would pull the wet paint right up…and after 2 passes it looked like we masked off everylittle thing and it came out great…im sure it would work for a shift know…just paint the whole thing and then wipe off the entire knob…i belive only the letters would remain painted
Good ideas, I had thought of both of those but wasnt sure how effective either would be.
For the paint thinner, I would mask off as much area of the shift knob itself as possible (no point spraying the whole thing just to wipe it all off) … the crevices for the #s arent that deep though, do you think the wet rag would lift the paint from the numbers too?
more comments appreciated, thanks guys
well as for wiping the numers if you do it lightly …(real light almost not touching it) you should be fine…i would also suggest using a Q-Tip if you want to do a really good job…just dont wet the tip to much…and then do a final clean up with the rag
I’d say get some hobby paint and a toothpick
i got mine very dirty & tried cleaning it with rubbing alcohol & a q-tip. the red started to come off so i had to stop and just use water. i would try that before using some of those harder chemicals. as for paint use something that is not water base
I agree with Lotus on this one, the best method is to use a toothpick and some black model paint. This way you shouldnt need to wipe anything off afterwards.
I used this method on my steering wheel center on one of my old tegs and it worked out good and the paint lasted pretty good.
thanks for the ideas guys, if theres any more out there, keep em comin.
by the way- whats the difference between hobby paint and regular paints, enamel based versus water based?
if they are engraved in the knob, why not put a piece of tape over it and use a sharp hobby knive to cut out what you want to paint, they you can use what ever to paint it.
BTW good idea with the toothpick. 
Right now I think that I will use some rubbing alcohol on a q-tip and get off as much of the original red paint as possible, then use the toothpick method to fill in the engravements with black hobby paint.
thanks for the help guys, and if theres any more comments out there, keep em coming :rockon: