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Old 06-26-2005, 06:52 PM
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Painting front grill plastic? How?

I want to paint the grill on the front of my car. I tried to wax it and bring out some what of a shine, but its too late for that.

I want to paint it black or body color but i dont know how i should prep plastic. My last attempt painting plast was a disaster.
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Old 06-26-2005, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by AuAltima3.5
I want to paint the grill on the front of my car. I tried to wax it and bring out some what of a shine, but its too late for that.

I want to paint it black or body color but i dont know how i should prep plastic. My last attempt painting plast was a disaster.
i have seen this paint to paint on plastic...you dont need ay prep other than cleaning it...it is supposed to adhere to the plastic in a molecular lever so it become part of it...for what i understand the paint actually has some kind of disolvent wich lightly melts the plastic and lets the paint get in it while it dries...keep in mind this is a molecular level so it is not going to melt your grill if you put two coats or something like that... i tried it in some stuff around the house, pretty good gotta tell you, doesnt chip or anything...give it a try !! i forgot the name but try home depot or what is the other store ...ummm dowes or something like that..you get the idea...
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Old 06-26-2005, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by luigi'smax
i have seen this paint to paint on plastic...you dont need ay prep other than cleaning it...it is supposed to adhere to the plastic in a molecular lever so it become part of it...for what i understand the paint actually has some kind of disolvent wich lightly melts the plastic and lets the paint get in it while it dries...keep in mind this is a molecular level so it is not going to melt your grill if you put two coats or something like that... i tried it in some stuff around the house, pretty good gotta tell you, doesnt chip or anything...give it a try !! i forgot the name but try home depot or what is the other store ...ummm dowes or something like that..you get the idea...

Krylon Fusion. I used it and it worked great, HOWEVER I didn't spray any clearcoat on it after it dried and my grille got chewed up by highway debris from road paving as a result.
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is that what is called?? ummm still dont sound familiar... kewl !!
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Old 06-27-2005, 08:45 AM
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anyone know if I can the paint the stock chrome grille or will it flake off?
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Old 06-27-2005, 07:48 PM
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Polak: did you use the fusion paint by krylon on your grille?
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Old 06-27-2005, 07:51 PM
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was the grille chrome before?
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i used krylon fusion on a chrome grill. wanted to get rid of the chrome and golden burger at the same time. u can see in the sig. Just make sure you put on a LOT of coats of black and clear. I have a decent amount of paint chips from all the roads. o yea as for prep, all i did was wash, sand with 800 and then wiped it with alcohol. good luck.
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