Reflective pony on grill

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Looks nice. Please say more. What did you buy and what did you do?
 
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Here's the tape I used.

https://www.amazon.com/Reflective-Reflects-Helmets-Trucks-Chrome/dp/B01MR8WTMB/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2VE0LHWL55THW&dchild=1&keywords=black+reflective+tape&qid=1629976371&sprefix=black+reflective+tape,aps,356&sr=8-5

I printed and sized one of the logos from the interwebs, taped it to the vinyl, and cut it out with an exacto knife.

The upper part was pretty easy. The legs, less so. The vinyl is pretty flimsy after you remove it from the backing paper and it is easy to stretch/tear/misalign. I ended up tearing part of the legs and having to cut out a small replacement strip. But, you have to be within 5 feet to see that, so I stopped worrying about it. For the most part it looks completely normal in the day time, but when I'm standing close enough that I am looking down at it from about 45 degrees or more, it starts to look silver
 
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So if I combine the reflective vinyl with my EL wire outline I could have reflective electro pony? ???
 

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So if I combine the reflective vinyl with my EL wire outline I could have reflective electro pony? ???
Add a lens and you can project a pony emblem into the clouds.
 

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Here's the tape I used.

https://www.amazon.com/Reflective-Reflects-Helmets-Trucks-Chrome/dp/B01MR8WTMB/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2VE0LHWL55THW&dchild=1&keywords=black+reflective+tape&qid=1629976371&sprefix=black+reflective+tape,aps,356&sr=8-5

I printed and sized one of the logos from the interwebs, taped it to the vinyl, and cut it out with an exacto knife.

The upper part was pretty easy. The legs, less so. The vinyl is pretty flimsy after you remove it from the backing paper and it is easy to stretch/tear/misalign. I ended up tearing part of the legs and having to cut out a small replacement strip. But, you have to be within 5 feet to see that, so I stopped worrying about it. For the most part it looks completely normal in the day time, but when I'm standing close enough that I am looking down at it from about 45 degrees or more, it starts to look silver
I was think about trying to find and apply some sort of reflective liquid to achieve similar results.

Like this. https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Refle...11094&sprefix=reflective+liqui,aps,160&sr=8-6
 

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