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User Rides / Re: My 87 Turbo Coupe
Whats the paint code on that thing? Standard smoke? Looks lighter than my car's "smoke clearcoat metallic" (and whats the clearcoat word in there for anyways?) but I love how that one looks. If its standard smoke (think paint code 1K - the metallic is 91), could you get some closer pictures? Larger resolution? May be a color I consider painting my car with
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: Painting over chromed plastic?
I was just going with a reflective metallic (which it is) but it doesn't appear to like clearcoat. My guess is that its something about the paint and the oxygen surrounding it. If you take off the top layer of the paint after it dries, the stuff underneath is just horrid. I was hoping that letting it dry reflective and clearcoating over would work but I guess I was wrong
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: Chrome Trim Replacement
Isn't it 1/2"?

I have no idea how to remove the stuff and my front bumper needs it (it was in an accident long ago and the chrome strip is badly damaged in one spot)...then there's a piece on the driver side fender that turned red for some odd reason
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: Painting over chromed plastic?
okay, I give up on metallic paints all together. It looked good up until the point it was time to clearcoat it. Now the paint just looks light grey.

Wonder if I can find a paint similar to body color since obviously thats my only choice other than spending $35 on a new grill or removing all the paint and trying to keep the metal coating under the chrome
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: Painting over chromed plastic?
Quote from: Bird351
It even says so somewhere on the can. :p


people actually read instructions?! :p

For general use, I just use Krylon paint. I haven't found the $0.99/cans at walmarts here but they've been known to be that cheap in other areas. Surprisingly, it comes from the same company as duplicolor (addresses are exactly the same). They even use the same cans (besides the label), caps, and nozzles.

...and it looks like I'll have to use a spaceheater and sand/paint my grill tomorrow. It turned out good until I went into the garage a couple hours after spraying primer. It was cracked in a couple spots. It can be hard to paint in shady areas when under 60ºF
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: Metal headlight reflectors
I know the problem with sheet metal is that the reflectors bend both horizontally and vertically - good luck getting a piece of metal to do that (I tried with some I had laying around. I think it was 1/32")
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: Metal headlight reflectors
People have used foil with good results but I don't know how well the stuff holds up to heat. It doesn't get too bad in ovens so it should work fine in headlights. The important thing is in getting it flat and somehow getting it to stick to the plastic. I guess I could test the stuff out with one of my spare headlights but I'd need ideas on what to make it stick with

Its also extremeley thin making polishing near impossible (which would help a LOT)
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: Painting over chromed plastic?
Quote from: Bird351
Spray paint experience doth not equal whole car painting experience.. heh.


From what I've heard and read, its easier to get a decent finish with both a decent sprayer and higher quality paint than is in cans. Plus, the catalyst in many paints that helps it dry sooner is always helpful. Cans just don't have what it takes to get an excellent finish, be it the paint quality, spray pattern, or air pressure.

Ever use the spraycans that have a vertical spray pattern? Its basically a vertical line instead of a huge circle. Results were very good for a spraycan - good coverage and I didn't have a single spot of orange peel...but because it was a different looking nozzle, once I pointed it the wrong direction and it came back spraying in my face :wtf:
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: Painting over chromed plastic?
"orange peel" is a term used when paint doesn't have a perfectly flat surface as it resembles an orange's peel. There's always a little amount, but it can get bad with certain application methods and temperatures. If using a spraycan, it helps to let it soak in hot water which both makes it spray a little thinner, and take a little while longer to dry (spread out a little more evenly). Light coats are needed though as it'd be more likely to run.

http://66.34.72.138/howto/paint/orange-peel-1.jpg
that's a severe case but it gives the general idea. Ignoring the bubbles in their paint job, look at the overall texture. The bottom half of the light's reflection resembles the texture of an orange.

Clearcoat helps hide that though (without touching the paint itself - needed for metallics and such) as you can sand it smooth and from an angle, you only see the top surface, not the paint below ;)