Quick painting question..

[Curley]

Im doing my grilles and ive been recommended to buy this..

http://www.paints4u.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=426&Mainselection=16

is it worth applying this before the primer? Ive never seen it used on this forum before when spraying bullets/side strips etc etc.

Also, is there an easier way to key the plastics instead of sanding in all of the holes in the grilles?

 

[Curley]

Dont be shy now

 

[Gally]

Get a proffesional to do it.

 

[JD]

Not Kev.

 

[Gally]

Pmsl! I'm not a painter!

Painters radio/your face!

 

[Curley]

Get a proffesional to do it.

Im doing it myself, its not hard.. just need pointers on the above questions

 

[JD]

Pmsl! I'm not a painter!

Painters radio/your face!

Ha! Images!

 

[kevin.s]

Not Kev.

thought you was on about me then. i got quite offended lol.

you can use that stuff if you want before you primer them mate. but the accual finish on the standard bullets is not plastic. they are made from plastic but then coated with some sort of metal type finish.
and if your bullets have no scratches then you could just scotch them up with some grey scotch bright to key the surface.

 

[Darmon]

Ed paints bullets. Use him haha

 

[Curley]

thought you was on about me then. i got quite offended lol.

you can use that stuff if you want before you primer them mate. but the accual finish on the standard bullets is not plastic. they are made from plastic but then coated with some sort of metal type finish.
and if your bullets have no scratches then you could just scotch them up with some grey scotch bright to key the surface.

Im doing my grilles etc.. ill drop you a pm

 

[jack_davey]

I didn't use that when I did mine, I just used halfords plastic primer, as long as you have degreased the surface properly, it should be fine mate. Mine has held up to stood up to my Karcher K7.85 with no chipping!

I would recommend getting it painted professionally, I did mine at home with rattle cans, but where I usually use some compound and polish to remove the orange peel and put a glossy shine on it, I couldn't do it with the grille as it's too complicated.
A decent sprayer with a compressor and a jazzy paint gun will get such a good finish it wont need compounding or polishing.

If you are going to do it yourself, I would mask up the area that sits under the bonnet like I did, gives a much better result.

 

[Curley]

Cheers jack, i done it myself in the end though

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=448756