Seat script emblem

quawk

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Is there any decent way to restore/reprint the seat emblem sript on the rear of a seat that has aged/worn/faded over time? I see that some sellers offer a one time use stencil which I assume you use with paint to reproduce the script. I suspect that originally, the script is hot stamped onto the flat material before producing the seat cover. I'm skeptical as to how well the stencil and paint approach would work. Anybody tried this approach? I realize some would say get a replacement cover, but if your cover is pretty nice otherwise, just reprinting the script would be a lower cost way to spiff up the seat.
 
Script is painted on. It will come off easily with a solvent. I did one about 20 years ago using a stencil and a can of spray paint.
It worked fine, looked quite good and was durable. I am now of the opinion that the aged and faded script is more desirable than
a tarted up new paint look. Having had regrets about over restoring bikes in the past, my advice is to own, ride and learn about your
bike for a couple of years before thinking about cosmetic upgrades.
 
Both my Roadster and Interstate seats have time & use faded script that suits the overall patina of a 50 year old bike.
 
My daughter made a stencil with her vinyl printer, I used that with gold spray paint and it looks like new, apart from the very faded bits of original logo still showing. So if you're going to repaint it, make sure you remove all the old logo.

I'd thought I would be able to exactly cover the original, but it was slightly wonky, and I wanted the new one straight.
 
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