Luke 1967

I looking to refresh the speaker grill on my 67. Not sure how to go about removing the pitting and preparing for paint. My first thought is to sandblast with glass bead. I would appreciate some feedback from any of you that have tackled this before I do any irreversible damage!
Also, I am planning on using Dupli Color Trim and bumper paint, apparently similar to SEM trim black and Krylon 1613 semi black (both of which are next to impossible for me to find in Canada). Any comments on this paint?
Thanks
Luke

Nowhere Man

I would sand blast it. then paint. John Deere blitz black is close as well

rayvaflav

Start light. Mine wasn't nearly as pitted but it cleaned up really well by using Scotch-Brite.

Ray

426 Hemi

Go light with the bead blaster and do it at a shallow angle. The perforated part might warp.

I had good luck doing mine that way.

Luke 1967

Ok, went ahead with the light blasting keeping pressure at 100 psi and scotch-brite. Cleaned pretty good but you can see the pitting has worked its way into the metal in some spots. At this point, I'm thinking sandable primer before painting. Will update after paint.
Thanks for your responses.

Nowhere Man

get some glazing putty tape off the screen part and apply, then sand repeat if you need to

Frankie the Fink

Sandable primer will fill the bill IMO. That grill gets no wear and doesn't contact anything so building the low spots up with primer until the pits are gone and then shooting color should work just fine..

Luke 1967

[QUOTE=Nowhere Man;1596757501]get some glazing putty tape off the screen part and apply, then sand repeat if you need to


Yes, good idea,
Thanks!

Nowhere Man

if he tapes over the speaker grille yes the more paint you shoot on it the smaller the holes will get

CorvetteMikeB

Paragon sells new speaker grills. Might save you a lot of time and work.

tbarb

Be careful how much paint build up you put on the part. IMO, the very small pits I see will dissapear when you spray paint it.

Luke 1967

Finally got the speaker grill finished. Took a while but finally able to locate some SEM Trim Black locally, important because I will be restoring most of the interior and dash.
As some of you suspected, pits where not too bad, I blasted with glass bead, masked the center area with the small holes, then 3 coats of primer with sanding in between was needed to fill the pits but did not need filler, removed the masking in center, and paint.
SEM gave beautiful result, but beware you need good ventilation. My garage is attached to the house and even with garage door open, the odor in the house was quite strong. I have another batch of parts ready to paint, but its gonna be outside when the weather allows!

Thanks for your input

leif.anderson93

Nice!!!!

Nowhere Man

Looking good.

426 Hemi

That's great----your hard work really paid off!

I hear you about the smell. Few years back I started painting small parts in front of the sandblast cabinet----it vents outdoors. Works good.