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Can someone school me on painting old plastic grills?
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01/16/22 07:42 PM
01/16/22 07:42 PM
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Posts: 1,255 Columbus, GA
Michael Ecks
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1971 Challenger sanded down to bare plastic. It will be getting blacked out, R/T style. Hopefully using the Summit satin black paint I already have with a little texture coating added to match the tail light surround before the final coat. Yes I know R/Ts were bare plastic, but I've seen some where mold lines were very noticeable and don't want that.
Is any kind of special primer or paint needed? Adhesion promoter? Will regular automotive paint work or do these move enough to need flex agent added to paint? Will very thin body filler in some imperfections okay?
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Re: Can someone school me on painting old plastic grills?
[Re: Michael Ecks]
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01/17/22 10:20 AM
01/17/22 10:20 AM
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4406bbl
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Bondo is fine on top of plastic welded with heat, I would use a sandable primer over the repaired areas. 30 years ago I used laquar primer/ surfacer and paint with no flex and those grills still look fine, both black and argent. You can get black surfacer in a $5 rustoleum can to put over your bondo. Be careful with the latest whiz bang flex and paints as some of it shoots too thick and looks like sheet when done. I see no reason for adhesion promoter if it is all sanded. Do a test on something other than your grille and see how it "looks", I still use laquar for the "look" but am sure something better is out there. Your summit paint is probably fine but I would shoot some primer on something then the summit paint to be sure they like each other, a repaired grille is the last place you want a paint reaction.
Last edited by 4406bbl; 01/17/22 10:25 AM.
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