Quote Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT View Post
Attachment 54159By cooler, I assume you mean an ice chest. I've painted a few of them... but it was usually custom work. I also did a horizontal coke machine.

Take a picture of it... or find a picture of the same cooler on the internet. After you get it repainted red, take it to a sign painter, and let him brush paint it back on.

I did the paint and flames on this one, and had my sign painter buddy add the Coke script.
That is the exact Coca Cola cooler I have...minus the fresh paint and flame job. I see you had the lid handle, corner pieces, and latch bar chrome plated. As best as I can tell, they were originally zinc plated. What I did for now was to work them over with some steel wool and polish them up. It helped the looks some. I was thinking the same thing with the sign painter which we have not far from where I live. What kind of paint did you use for the red and what paint code? I assume it's enamel paint. What type of primer did you use? It doesn't look like they used any kind of primer originally.