Thanks Don, I’ve looked for this sort of info several times with no success. I know there had to be something documented on the process. These are excellent papers and I’ll ad them to the library in the throne room.
For that someone out there that actually did have a hand in making License plates, if you’re embarrassed by the fact that you were incarcerated, maybe you could just say that you were a guard. And that you watched the guys making the plates and this is how you remember the process. Ya see, by the time they caught up with me they had jobbed the plate making out to private contractors. We were to busy in the weight room to bother with a production line!
We’ve had discussions on this subject several times since I’ve joined the forum. I’ve always felt that a solidly mounted ink roller above was the answer, with the plate slid under it for applying the paint to the embossed portion. It appears that is how the production equipment applies it.
The real problem is in finding the ink/paint that is heat curable. Baked on enamel is not readily available on the retail market and most of us do not have access to commercial accounts. Maybe someone can enlighten us on this side of the equation.
Done properly, I don’t see how a clerk at the DMV will be able to tell if the plate has been repainted or not. Obviously if it’s hand painted with One-Shot™ or Testers™ they will see that, but if it’s rolled on and baked with the exact colors it would be dern hard for one of us “experts” to tell the difference.
Thanks again for your research Don.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
