Painting hubcaps - lets hear some input - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Air&Road · #16 04-26-2013, 10:46 AM

You did two things wrong. You did not allow enough cure time and you probably did not peel the tape AWAY from the paint. You need to start peeling in such a way that you are peeling the tape with the painted tape edge at a 90 degree angle from the edge of the painit, if that makes sense.

Hope this helps.

kylegregg · #17 04-26-2013, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark DiSilvestro

Should replacement hubcaps that have never been painted, be treated or 'roughed-up' in any way before painting? Reason I ask is, I had an Ivory 240D and I suspect one of the hubcaps had been replaced and repainted. Well, the first time I washed the car, I hit the hubcaps with the hose-spray and it flaked all the paint off that one hubcap!

Happy Motoring, Mark

Id say to always scuff up with 400/600 grit sandpaper to ensure good paint adhesion. I dont know how they came from the factory (if they primed and painted) so stripping the original paint, scuffing, prime and paint would be the course id take.