I've redone lettering before the same way as has already been explained. Degrease the area and in my case used a gold pen, (the ones that you use for Christmas cards), fill in the lettering and let it dry. In my case I then used fine wire wool and a drop of oil by wiping over the area until it comes off apart from the lettering. Looks really nice too.
Fozzy
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