troyt Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 710 specifically. What's the best agent to remove decades of grime and old paint in preparation for fresh paint? Preferred paint? Best way to reapply silver highlights? Thanks Quote Link to comment
Cleopatra Jones Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Has it been painted before (do you see chipping paint)? The grille on my 210 is plastic but it hadn't been painted over so I can't say what would be good to remove old paint. To clean up I just took a soft scrub brush and washed it with dish soap. I then used Krylon Fusion for plastic to paint it. They also have a UV resistant coating you can buy and I use that over the paint after I've got it nicely coated and it's dried. I found aftermarket headlight frames so that's why the chrome looks all nice. I'm sure someone else had done something with their chrome. I had painted my old headlight frames (before I found those aftermarket ones) and used chrome Krylon on it. It's not bad but nothing compares to the real chrome. Quote Link to comment
Cleopatra Jones Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 This is what the grille looked like before I painted it. Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 I agree with Krylon Fusion. It is formulated to bond well with plastic and worked well on my 1200 grille. Make sure you do a thorough prep job before you paint. Clean it thoroughly. I took mine to the car wash and soaked it down with Simple Green several times and let the cleaner soak it for about 15 minutes then blasted it with the high pressure rinse. It helps to rough it up a little with a fine grit sandpaper, and wipe it down with acetone before you spray. Multiple thin coats are better than one or two thick coat that might cause a run. Quote Link to comment
a.d._510_n_ok Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 not sure silver is the color you really want. look for argent and in semi-gloss. silver is very bright and out-of-place where argent is pretty low-key and dang close to the color what many plastic grills of the 70s and 80s were painted from various factories. Quote Link to comment
troyt Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Working on the grill and still trying to figure out this photo posting stuff ;-) Quote Link to comment
troyt Posted August 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/gonridn2/IMG_5755_zps0a928067.jpg Finally finished... 1 Quote Link to comment
RatVonDude Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 what did you use for headlight grill?? http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/gonridn2/IMG_5755_zps0a928067.jpgFinally finished... , Quote Link to comment
troyt Posted August 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 3/16" stainless steel wire screen, .047" diameter. Stiff stuff to work with but works and looks good on the race car. Quote Link to comment
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