Painting grill and bezels

[8AV8]

Mine look like crap. I can't afford what the new ones cost. Can anyone give me pointers on painting them? If plastic specific paints need to be used please provide brand names. I don't know much about paint and body work.

thanks

 

[classof87]

I scuffed mine with a 3M gray finishing pad. This is equal to 00 steel wool. Cleaned them with degreaser, then painted them with SEM trim black. Try it. You'll like it. Rico

 

[Red Regal T]

Mine look like crap. I can't afford what the new ones cost. Can anyone give me pointers on painting them? If plastic specific paints need to be used please provide brand names. I don't know much about paint and body work.

thanks

As pointed out above me, that procedure works perfectly. If you have spray equipment, you can scuff as recommended, and just buy a qt of Rustoleum flat, or semi-flat black with an enamel reducer.

I refinish mine, whenever I think I need to. In your case, it sounds like the difference between making them look new, or old, faded, and nicked. It's an easy job. Go for it.

 

[Terry_H]

Rattle can works fine. Like most paint jobs, prep is most important.

 

[karst#9]

I used plasti-kote brand spray can, part#T3 hot rod black. Its a semigloss black that is a real close match to stock. If you can't find plasti-kote in your area, Krylon has a semigloss that will work too.

 

[Terry_H]

I chose satin black. Between flat and semi-gloss.

 

[83ttypecooled]

Hi Guys,
As long as we are one this topic, I would like to talk about my valve covers.I spent a lot of sweat equity cleaning these things up, and figured I'd shoot them with clear, supposedly to make them look nice. They turned out milky. I suspect I layed it on too heavy. I am a novice when it comes to paint, so what can I do to remedy this problem?

 

[Red Regal T]

Hi Guys,
As long as we are one this topic, I would like to talk about my valve covers.I spent a lot of sweat equity cleaning these things up, and figured I'd shoot them with clear, supposedly to make them look nice. They turned out milky. I suspect I layed it on too heavy. I am a novice when it comes to paint, so what can I do to remedy this problem?

I'm assuming you used a spray can clear. If so, I noticed the same problem when I was spraying some clear on my AC enclosure under the hood to give it some gloss. I think with that junk ... er ... paint, you can only dust it on lightly otherwise you get the milky finish you ended up with. By the way, another reason would be called paint blushing. Paint when there is very low humidity.