Paint and Body Question
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Paint and Body Question
Hello, All Who May Know....
I'm painting a used Fiberglass roof panel to match my vehicle and I removed the metal edge moulding/chanel that goes around the 3 sides for prep.
The question is, should the panel be painted and the moulding be re-installed afterwards ... ? ...if so, what's the trick to get it back on over the new paint surface?
When I removed it, there was the original paint underneath, which indicates to me that the factory painted it first, then installed the edge trim, so I'm hopeful I can reinstall it the same way.
The painter wanted to mask the moulding off, but that's going to produce a very noticable masking ridge that I would like to avoid.
His concern is that the paint buildup around the edge will be chipped/cracked on the re-install.
Thanks in advance for your input.
I'm painting a used Fiberglass roof panel to match my vehicle and I removed the metal edge moulding/chanel that goes around the 3 sides for prep.
The question is, should the panel be painted and the moulding be re-installed afterwards ... ? ...if so, what's the trick to get it back on over the new paint surface?
When I removed it, there was the original paint underneath, which indicates to me that the factory painted it first, then installed the edge trim, so I'm hopeful I can reinstall it the same way.
The painter wanted to mask the moulding off, but that's going to produce a very noticable masking ridge that I would like to avoid.
His concern is that the paint buildup around the edge will be chipped/cracked on the re-install.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Melting Slicks
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put mine and two others back on the day after squirting, no probs...IIRC the design makes getting em back on much easier than removal, not much danger of chips unless you have a big ''build'' of paint...if you didn't ''strip'' it, sand plenty to reduce old paint thickness.
masking would leave a mess in this most visible location...molding fits so tight to fiberglass that paint will ''climb'' the molding.
masking would leave a mess in this most visible location...molding fits so tight to fiberglass that paint will ''climb'' the molding.
Last edited by redrose; Oct 9, 2007 at 07:09 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: backwoods upstate ny
i have a piece of 1/2'' plywood, cut to approx size of the top + a little...lay that on a couple of sawhorses and an old blanket on the ply for work (play ?) time...top lays painted side up ...use a small wooden block laid lightly on top of the roof panel, start at one end/rear, tap gently with hammer along an extended length of the trim (do NOT try to fully release in one spot, ''eyeball'' deformation of trim while removing to prevent ''kinks'')
