Painting the letters on an Oliver axle housing?

Any tricks to paint the "Oliver" and "row crop" letters yellow? Do you use a small brush or mask and spray? It would be a lot of masking. Any other tricks?
Josh
 
Two or three choices . practice brush strokes with a lettering quill for about a year .Two; Go to a sign painter. Three sit there and tape for awhile. Cheapest is choice three. You can ,for best results tape off all the vertical strokes, paint, and then let that dry , come back and neatly without tape brush in the shorter horizontal brush strokes. The tape sign painters use for this is regular scotch tape.
 
What I did is print the lettering on computer paper with as close of font and size as I could. Then use a exacto knife and cut out the letters making a stencil. Then the paper that was left I sprayed with a thin coat of spray adhesive and applied it to the tractor and used spray paint to make the lettering.
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The cast is real rough on those. I have done four Olivers and used a 1/2" wide brush I bought at a hobby store. I only dipped the tip of the brush into paint on the lid then dabbed the outside edge of the letters moving the brush toward the center of the letters. I added a little paint to the lid when needed.

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Here's a technique used by a local fellow who is a genius at restoring antique wood working equipment (click on the optional link). After studying his technique, look through his website at some of the stuff he's done. You will be impressed!
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I do my John Deere's with just a real small brush and go for it. If you get some in a spot you don't want it just keep a rag handy and use it on the handle of the brush to wipe it off.
 
Part of the tricks to pinstriping is to keep a little special pant pusher tool to neaten up intersections and over blobs. It is sold by the brush company. Very handy. The thing about sign painting is not how you get it done but how it looks when done.
 
Another thing you can use is an inking roller. Little black hard rubber thing that looks a little like a paint roller. Use it just like you would use a paint roller. They are used for inking wood block prints. Did a neighbors "A" deere that way
 
Use a small 1/8 inch brush! My 14 yr old did it on our 37ar. Did a great job. would put it up to anyones work!!
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Dipping into the paint on the lid like Dick L mentioned can help a lot. Because the paint is exposed to the air, evaporation makes it a little thinner, reducing the tendency to run or spread out more than you want it to.
 

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