Need some help, painting the grille.

[BlackThundah]

Okay guys, i was going to get the head lights, but other day i realized how badly i needed bedliner. But im going to have anough money left over i think, to do a do it myself paint job. Im going to do the whole grille, chrome and all. Im not shure but i think the chrome was made on it, it was a package you could get back then. But i need help with materials, what to buy and any tips would be great! THanks for any help.

 

[BlackThundah]

Oh i forgot to put the picture:

 

[joh408]

The entire thing is all plastic so I'll lay out what I've done on my plastics:
1. Clean it up good with some degreaser
2. Sand with 200 grit, then 400
3. Wetsand 800 for a surface that the paint with grab onto
4. Clean up any dust on the surround/grill
5. Hit it with some adhesion promoter (Bulldog works well, as does Duplicolor)
6. Spray a plastic primer with a flex agent
7. Spray your color you want in a light coat (If ptm then Duplicolor or Sherwin Williams will mix up a spray can)
8. Wetsand with 1500 grit
9. Repeat 7 and 8
10. Clear coat (Duplicolor Clear Top Coat works)
11. Let it cure
12. Finish off with rubbing and polishing compoung

Hope this helps

 

[Darth Bama]

^^What he said.

I painted mine without doing all that though. I scuffed it real good with Scotch Brite pads. Cleaned it really good. Sprayed it with Dupli-Color Adhesion Promotor, primed it then painted it. I did that almost 7 months ago and it still looks like it did the day I sprayed it.

Good luck!

 

[iowaredneck]

^^what he said

 

[BlackThundah]

Thanks so much for the help guys. Cant wait to get this done.

 

[iowaredneck]

make sure to take plenty of pics and do a how to write up with the tons of pics you take

 

[BlackThundah]

Alrighty ill try, need to buy new camera batteries. Thats why there rnt more pics of my truck lol. This is coming after the bedliner.

 

[rrogers]

Good job justin

 

[Sl33p3r]

Krylon fusion ftw