side grill paint question
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Drifting
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From: Brown Summit North Carolina
side grill paint question
I bought a set of side grills that have an excellent coat of new paint on them.
The thing is this , the chrome was not taped over and there is none showing.
I knew this when I bought them.
I assume that these are normally taped off before painting.
Are there any magic tricks to get the paint off w/o makng a mess?
Or is this a case of accept it as is or start all over.
Thanks
David
The thing is this , the chrome was not taped over and there is none showing.
I knew this when I bought them.
I assume that these are normally taped off before painting.
Are there any magic tricks to get the paint off w/o makng a mess?
Or is this a case of accept it as is or start all over.
Thanks
David
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From: Gig Harbor WA
I bought a set of side grills that have an excellent coat of new paint on them.
The thing is this , the chrome was not taped over and there is none showing.
I knew this when I bought them.
I assume that these are normally taped off before painting.
Are there any magic tricks to get the paint off w/o makng a mess?
Or is this a case of accept it as is or start all over.
Thanks
David
The thing is this , the chrome was not taped over and there is none showing.
I knew this when I bought them.
I assume that these are normally taped off before painting.
Are there any magic tricks to get the paint off w/o makng a mess?
Or is this a case of accept it as is or start all over.
Thanks
David
Do you want to just expose the chrome edges, or do you want to strip the entire piece???
You can probably expose the chrome edges with a very sharp (new) razor blade or exacto knife, carefully scrape the tops of the chrome edges, removing the layer of paint.
If you want to strip the entire part, use a good quality paint stripper, let it do the work. It will probably take several applications. Then you can either rechrome the entire piece and paint it, or if the chrome looks OK, tape off the tops of the chrome edges and repaint the piece.
Thats how I did mine.
Note...not all side grills were painted the same. On my 72, all the chrome edges (vertical and horizontal) were exposed. On earlier models, only the horizontal edges were exposed....
Rob
Last edited by MakoShark72; Oct 27, 2009 at 07:26 PM.
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Drifting
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From: Brown Summit North Carolina
Thanks Rob
The grills have a great white paint job. That is the color of my car.
My wish would be to remove just enough to expose the chrome on the vertical and horizontal edges.
My car is a 71 model.
Thanks again
David
The grills have a great white paint job. That is the color of my car.
My wish would be to remove just enough to expose the chrome on the vertical and horizontal edges.
My car is a 71 model.
Thanks again
David
Last edited by dmayhew; Oct 27, 2009 at 06:45 PM.
Drifting
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From: Woodinville WA
David,
Do you want to just expose the chrome edges, or do you want to strip the entire piece???
You can probably expose the chrome edges with a very sharp (new) razor blade or exacto knife, carefully scrape the tops of the chrome edges, removing the layer of paint.
If you want to strip the entire part, use a good quality paint stripper, let it do the work. It will probably take several applications. Then you can either rechrome the entire piece and paint it, or if the chrome looks OK, tape off the tops of the chrome edges and repaint the piece.
Thats how I did mine.
Note...not all side grills were painted the same. On my 72, all the chrome edges (vertical and horizontal) were exposed. On earlier models, only the horizontal edges were exposed....
Rob
Do you want to just expose the chrome edges, or do you want to strip the entire piece???
You can probably expose the chrome edges with a very sharp (new) razor blade or exacto knife, carefully scrape the tops of the chrome edges, removing the layer of paint.
If you want to strip the entire part, use a good quality paint stripper, let it do the work. It will probably take several applications. Then you can either rechrome the entire piece and paint it, or if the chrome looks OK, tape off the tops of the chrome edges and repaint the piece.
Thats how I did mine.
Note...not all side grills were painted the same. On my 72, all the chrome edges (vertical and horizontal) were exposed. On earlier models, only the horizontal edges were exposed....
Rob
1970 had the grilles with only horizontal chrome showing. It is a different casting that doesn't have the raised ridges like the later models, so it is easy to tell just by looking at them.
