Dressing up the doorsill (do-it-yourself)

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Jun 28, 2006 | 09:07 AM

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Boltzman

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Originally Posted by Spirit

I thought it was aluminum as well and told myself it can't be rust. It was orange. It didn't wipe off. I dabbed some CLR on it, wiped it, and then used a toothpick to remove the "dot".

I will check underneath the door where it meets up with the doorsill.

I'm so ****,I still have the plastic on the door sills.So no specs or anything bad on mine

Jun 28, 2006 | 01:23 PM

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Dineau

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I just bought 2 of those Sharpie PAINT pen and I'll make some tests.

Oct 15, 2006 | 04:33 PM

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LEO_06GT

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Back from the dead. Well did you ever get around to it Dineau???

Oct 18, 2006 | 08:04 AM

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Dineau

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The texture wasn't great too much marks lefft by the tip, so went back the the sticker idea, you can now buy them for 10$.

Oct 20, 2006 | 08:46 AM

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Blitz

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Originally Posted by Dineau

The texture wasn't great too much marks lefft by the tip, so went back the the sticker idea, you can now buy them for 10$.

Where??

May 5, 2007 | 06:28 PM

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SOLDSHORT

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so to bring a topic back from the dead... i finally did this.

Picked up some used interior upgrade door sills on ebay.

From this

to this!

May 5, 2007 | 08:38 PM

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Northwest GT

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What you guys are describing sounds an awful lot like what I do for my model airplanes. You can do a lot with an airbrush, but it takes a lot of practice. I'm still a novice.

Leo, about those paint pens, I also use them for my models. They will work, but I would suggest doing a really good masking job. If you've got the hands of iron (like mine) there's a better than even chance you will slip with the pen. And, the tip needs to be refreshed now and again by pressing it down. This can blot if you're not careful. Again, with practice it should work fine.