Painting Side Moldings Help!
Wanderer
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From: Not so Sunny Cali
The best way is to remove the moulding from the door, and paint then, but that's a little too complicated for the average joe (or just don't have the time for it). You're probably gonna end up masking off the rest of the car.
Best to scuff sand it with 400 grit wet/dry sand paper. Clean, use adhesion promoter, primer and paint. A couple of coats of clear should do the trick.
Best to scuff sand it with 400 grit wet/dry sand paper. Clean, use adhesion promoter, primer and paint. A couple of coats of clear should do the trick.
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From: Spartanburg, SC
The following is from KMFDM (you should pm him with questions, he's done this):
masking: first of all make sure to do a nice masking job, i left the tape a couple millimeters away from the moldings so i made sure nothing was left black.
promoter: i used 2 layers of promoter before the paint, do them 3-5 minutes apart, and paint 5 minutes after the second coat, if you wait too long, it loses its effect.
paint: make sure to do multiple THIN layers. the last thing you want is drips, remember, you can always go over with more layers, but you cant fix drips very well.
clearcoat: i used 2 layers, anything goes here
that's pretty much it, when i took of the tape it left some line of sticky shit(bad tape) i waited a while to make sure the paint was completely dried, then took a towel or something to rub off the tape residue.
masking: first of all make sure to do a nice masking job, i left the tape a couple millimeters away from the moldings so i made sure nothing was left black.
promoter: i used 2 layers of promoter before the paint, do them 3-5 minutes apart, and paint 5 minutes after the second coat, if you wait too long, it loses its effect.
paint: make sure to do multiple THIN layers. the last thing you want is drips, remember, you can always go over with more layers, but you cant fix drips very well.
clearcoat: i used 2 layers, anything goes here
that's pretty much it, when i took of the tape it left some line of sticky shit(bad tape) i waited a while to make sure the paint was completely dried, then took a towel or something to rub off the tape residue.
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From: Hopkinsville, KY
so you dont need no sandpaper or nothing? Where do you get this promoter and what kind should i buy? and also..dont buy no primer? lol im a n00b at painting stuff...but i can paint
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From: OCDetails.com
You only need to prime it if you are painting a light color over a dark color. That is the main reason for it. If you are painting black modlings black then you don't really need it.
The adhesion promoter is available at any AutoZone or anywhere else you buy paint. You can probably get it at WalMart and Target too.
I can appreciate that you are a noob to painting but feel that you can paint. That is actually a good thing. Just remember what they said about thin coats. Don't expect this to be a 30 minute project. Give it all time to dry properly and use thin coats. Overspray the area you are painting so you aren't spraying it at one spot. So overshoot the thing you are painting basicly. Put them on cardboard or something so you aren't painting your garage floor.
If you aren't really aquainted with painting then you probably aren't too familiar with wetsanding either. That will help the project look more professional if you do that between coats. Do some research if you aren't too up to speed on it. Or get the paint from Lowes or somewhere that they can have someone there explain it to you and point you in the right direction. Its pretty important if you want it to look and feel professional.
The adhesion promoter is available at any AutoZone or anywhere else you buy paint. You can probably get it at WalMart and Target too.
I can appreciate that you are a noob to painting but feel that you can paint. That is actually a good thing. Just remember what they said about thin coats. Don't expect this to be a 30 minute project. Give it all time to dry properly and use thin coats. Overspray the area you are painting so you aren't spraying it at one spot. So overshoot the thing you are painting basicly. Put them on cardboard or something so you aren't painting your garage floor.
If you aren't really aquainted with painting then you probably aren't too familiar with wetsanding either. That will help the project look more professional if you do that between coats. Do some research if you aren't too up to speed on it. Or get the paint from Lowes or somewhere that they can have someone there explain it to you and point you in the right direction. Its pretty important if you want it to look and feel professional.