painting a license plate questions

[Conaway2]

I tried to paint a license plate myself, first with background color sprayed and hand painted letters and surround line with a small brush. I wasn’t happy with it, so stripped all the paint off and started over. Second time, sprayed background color first, then brushed a thin coat of letter color on a straight 1” X 2” piece of wood, laid this paint side up on my work bench and pressed the upside-down plate onto the painted wood. This actually worked much better. But, after looking at the plate for a week, I took it to a guy who repaints plates, and it looks great now.

If I ever need a plate repainted, I’ll take it back to the same guy - won’t waste my time trying to get it right.

Jim