Black badges?

[Ghost120]

Are there any black OB badges out there? Or talk of making them? No big deal. Just think it'd look sweet here. Open to suggestions. Thanks!

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[Barton Fink]

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[Ghost120]

Has anyone tried to plasti-dip it? I thought that stuff was all the rage for blacking out chrome bits.

Thought about something like that but it would be hard to keep my member # visible. I could totally try it tho!

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[Barton Fink]

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[FreelandRyan]

Unfortunately the badge number would disappear... it appears to be laser etched. I'm sure you could come up with an easy fix for that though.

 

[Ghost120]

I could just carefully tape off the member #

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[ASNOBODY]

Anodizing could be an option and would still retain the visible etch?

 

[Ironhide Fx4]

If you look here: https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/cleaning-and-protecting-an-emblem-on-a-rig.3843/page-2 A couple posts down there is a black dipped badge. I feel the dip is a bit too thick and takes out a lot of detail in this case. I am thinking of using clear plasti dip on min soon to see how that comes out.

I think color options would be cool. Even if it bumps the price a little.

 

[Ghost120]

If you look here: https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/cleaning-and-protecting-an-emblem-on-a-rig.3843/page-2 A couple posts down there is a black dipped badge. I feel the dip is a bit too thick and takes out a lot of detail in this case. I am thinking of using clear plasti dip on min soon to see how that comes out.

I think color options would be cool. Even if it bumps the price a little.

Sweet! Thanks for showing me that thread I missed. Super helpful! I may just try the plasti dip bc it's low risk on every level.

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[Ghost120]

Anodizing could be an option and would still retain the visible etch?

I'll have to look into that!

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[Tuns of Fun]

Used a flat black spray paint to paint mine black today. Looks great. The member number is no longer visible through the multiple coats I put on it but All the detail in the emblem is still visible and it looks killer. I'll post a pic of it tomorrow.

 

[Levidale]

I've been thinking of blacking mine out too. I was going to put some clear tape over the ob# and see how it looks.

 

[Teague]

You could go over the number with a dremel engraving bit before spray painting/plasti-dipping it.

 

[MBroenkow]

...or just get the member number re-engraved after you plasti-dip/paint/anodize the badge.

 

[RootedWanderers]

I have used this stuff before blacking out the chrome mazda badges on a previous car. It's made by Duplicolor and it's a translucent black coating and if you get the kit it includes clear too. With Chrome it just turns it into a black chrome. The badges etched member numbers would still shine through if you put a light coat on them. With it being a translucent color light coats would give it a black tint to it and each additional coat it gets a little blacker but at the same time keeping the detail in the badge. Rustoleum used to have a kit just like it. Here's a link to the Duplicolor page.
https://duplicolor.com/product/shadow-chrome-black-out-coating

 

[Overland-Indiana]

Cool idea, for those who black out their rigs this would be cool to figure out.

 

[Ghost120]

I ended up using plasti dip. I tried to cover the member # but it didn't turn out nice. I'm happy with this. [emoji106]

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[Ghost120]

I wasn't digging this look...

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[Tuns of Fun]

 

[Ghost120]

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Looks good!

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