Ignition/lights switch

[Stuart Giles]

A fairly conventional method is to clean the etched lettering out as much as you can, spray the panel with a thin coat of black cellulose. Yhen, when dry, paint the lettering with white enamel. When that is just dry-ish, wipe over with enamel thinners, carefully, cleaning the panel surface but not disturbing the recessed paint in the lettering..

That's the theory, anyway I've never actually done it! Someone who actually knows what they are talking about will be along in a minute, I expect...

Not sure about the knowing what I'm talking about thing, but the method Hugh describes is the one I use. Here's the SM5 panel I did for my Ulster-ish



For the white I use a 'trade' white undercoat; ie oil based.