Wanted to put something on my car supporting Occupy Wall Street. But don't know of any bumper stickers and wanted it now.
Or even better, something like those stickers on the rear windows of all the SUVs around here, the ones that show white stick-figures of the whole nuclear family, plus dog.
Bolt from the blue. Fifteen minutes later, my rear window says: "We are the 99 percent. Occupy Wall Street."
White lettering on glasss, doesn't block the view and cannot be removed from outside, but will remove almost instantly when desired. Here's how.
Reverse painting on auto glass is easier than it might seem.
All it takes: one tube of white or light-bright acrylic artist paint available from any art or craft shop (we had some in the house).
One small paint brush. One old jar cap. Damp paper towels.
The paper towels are for spills. Artist acrylics clean up instantly with water as long as they are wet. But if the inside of the car is very nice, it's best to put down some paper towels or newspaper or something where spills might happen. (I got a little paint on the driveway cement, which wouldn't come off, but that takes exceptional clumsiness!)
If comfortable with writing in reverse, just go ahead and letter on inside of the glass in reverse. Pick location where people put those family stickers or their college/fraternity affiliation. Someplace it won't cause a hazard.
If not: write it on a piece of paper frontwards, in dark marker. In daylight, tape the paper to the OUTSIDE of the auto glass over the place where you want it. Get inside the car and the light will shine through the lettering, which wil be in reverse so you just go over it with the paint brush
Squeeze a little acrylic paint on the jar lid so you can get the brush into it, dip brush and go.
You may want to let the lettering dry for 10 minutes or so and go over it again. Taking a look from the outside will show where it might need a touch up.
Clean up paint dings if any with water. Wash the brush. That's it. Dries quickly.
If the letters are a bit wonky, that's completely appropriate, as it matches the hand lettered signs of the marchers.
We've got a trig little middle-class car and the hand-done, slightly wonky lettering actually looks quite cool. It's white. It would have worked even better in bright yellow on this car, maybe, but will do fine.
Dry paint comes off quickly and easily any time afterward, using a razor blade. (Same for any dried glitches you want to redo.)
Just thought I'd share.