Next I placed the stencil into position with a few weights to hold it down, and placed a few sheets of paper over the surrounding area of the glass to protect it from overspray.

With the light still shining thru from underneath I sprayed on a few light coats of the red acrylic paint. Having the light on allowed me to get an even coverage of paint. I found if I sprayed JUST enough paint on so that the light bulbs filament couldn’t  be seen thru the paint, that would be enough. This ensured an even coverage on all of the letters since I was spraying each one individually.

After the first couple of letters I sat the glass into the machine to see how it looked lit up by the games G.I. lamps.. it looked pretty sweet!!

Last pic shows the C, U, L and A done. In that pic it can be seen even without being backlit how bad this area was!!  I’ll post more pics tomorrow of this section done.