Bruce Urie
The Ventures,CCR forever!
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Well, I finally got 'round to doing some things with my can of Sem Black Trim paint. First was the T-Top edges. I masked the glass from the black trim edges with regular masking tape. I sanded them down with 400 wet/dry Trymite sandpaper, gave the black trim edges a great, wet sand. Then wiped clean. After sanding, I removed the masking tape, then wiped the edges with Acetone. I again masked the glass top with Frog tape up to the edge to be painted. Then the rest of the glass was masked with paper. (both sides) At this step, make sure the trim to be painted here is clean, but don't wipe with Acetone as it could leach under the Frog tape. I put three light coats of Sem Trim, waiting 3-5 minutes between coats. Then, after drying for about 30 minutes, I removed all masking. Waited 48 hours, then put them on the GN. They look brand new!
Wow. Just by following the directions on the can.
Then I got a pair of door edge guards (B91 option) from the boneyard for $20. They were chrome, so I sanded the chrome part of them with 400 grit. They had dents in them, so I put a small conical grindstone in my Dremel tool, and lightly ground back and forth over the dents, using long strokes. Little at a time. Got all the dings and dents out!
Then sanded with 400grit again, wiped down with Acetone, then applied three light coats of Sem Trim Black paint...voila! They came out looking brand spanking new. The whole secret is preparation. I got too excited to take pictures as I wanted to share this with you ASAP. The Sem Trim Black is great trim paint, it matches the rest of the black out trim on the Grand Nationals and Turbo Regals. Well, guess I'll go have a beer now as things have never gone this right in a long time. Hope it helps someone here, and next time, I'll post pictures.
By the way, you can only get Frog Tape at Sherwin Williams paint stores. I bought the last roll at Home Depot, and they told me that was the last roll they were allowed to sell as Sherwin Williams decided that THEY only wanted to be the ones to sell this Frog Tape, since it works so great. That's in this area of Virginia I live in.
Bruce '87 Grand National
Wow. Just by following the directions on the can.Then I got a pair of door edge guards (B91 option) from the boneyard for $20. They were chrome, so I sanded the chrome part of them with 400 grit. They had dents in them, so I put a small conical grindstone in my Dremel tool, and lightly ground back and forth over the dents, using long strokes. Little at a time. Got all the dings and dents out!
Then sanded with 400grit again, wiped down with Acetone, then applied three light coats of Sem Trim Black paint...voila! They came out looking brand spanking new. The whole secret is preparation. I got too excited to take pictures as I wanted to share this with you ASAP. The Sem Trim Black is great trim paint, it matches the rest of the black out trim on the Grand Nationals and Turbo Regals. Well, guess I'll go have a beer now as things have never gone this right in a long time. Hope it helps someone here, and next time, I'll post pictures.By the way, you can only get Frog Tape at Sherwin Williams paint stores. I bought the last roll at Home Depot, and they told me that was the last roll they were allowed to sell as Sherwin Williams decided that THEY only wanted to be the ones to sell this Frog Tape, since it works so great. That's in this area of Virginia I live in.
Bruce '87 Grand National
