Tag Refinish Suggestions?

[Mountie B1]

Does anybody have experience in tag refinish - specific to aluminum? I tried to look this subject up in the tech achieves but did not see anything specific to this subject. I have refinished a couple of 'steel' tags which are much easier vs. aluminum. While not completely done w/the painting, I am pretty happy w/the lettering and can straighten up any bad spots during final cleaning. I continue to try to work out the bends in this tag w/little progress. While it is MUCH better then it was when I started, there has got to be some tricks that I am missing. Aluminum is very soft so it is easy to do more damage then good! Many companies offer this service but charges can exceed $300 per tag and include long lead times. While I believe the charges are justified based on the man hours required, I'd rather pocket the cash and do it myself. Any suggestions would be much appreciated...

[Plymouthy Adams]

this is an item that may do well with soda blasting..that is the netod we used for fiberglass raydomes and soft finned radar antennea..you did get this tag inspected by the state prior to refinish and ultimate transfer to YOPM use...GA laws requires them to view the tag for originality and cosmetics at time of registeration and reject them if in poor shape, reject them if refinished....assured maybe not all tag office will request to seet the tag, some may not know that it cannot show sign of refinish and other just don't know you canuse the tag altogether...when I got my YOM tag on the one car here I was the first for my local office..Ihad to carry in a copy of the state law as they were not up on the subject. (Law had just passed and gone into effect)

[Mountie B1]

Thanks for the info. Regarding GA - I did the research before registering my 67 Fairland tag. I live in a small community and I am sure the process is much easier here vs large cities. I basically took pictures of the 67 (and 48) tags found on the internet (GA DMV site) to take w/me in order to verify the refinish tags matched the original color schemes when comparing the tag to the pictures. We have many gear heads in this area so our County Tag Office is use to the process. A big NO NO is changing the color schemes from the original state colors!!!

It is a good thing our county did not want to inspect the 67 tag prior to refinish. Here are my before/after pictures. Note the holes - I filled the holes w/JB Weld - it worked great - love that stuff!

Wile they are not perfect, I like saving the cash for other items needed to keep the vehicles on the road.