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Ashman · #4 03-13-2002, 07:52 PM

My only tips on painting is prep it properly, and take your sweet time.

Good paint jobs don't take a few hours, they can take days if you are like me and want ti done right.

Prep work is 90% of it. If you prep it right, the paint will come out looking great. prep it wrong,a nd say hello to a bad paint job.

For plastic, sand it to roughen it up a bit with a fine sand paper as to not cause coarse damage to the surface. PRime it witha good plastic primer, and let it dry.

Wetsand it with fine sand paper inbetween primer coats.

Use a tack cloth to pickup extra dust before applying paint.

Apply thin even coats of paint, don't go too thick.

Wet sand with fine sand paper inbetween paint coats after they have fully dried.

When I repaint my grill again, this time with the right color paint, I will take about a week just in prep work, then a few days to paint. all in all, I figure I'll take about 2 weeks, but I plan on doing this with an extra grill shell so I don't have to drive without one on my car again...

Alon