hey guys my honeycomb grill that is black is fading what kind of paint would I use to repaint it?

 

i believe i used the krylon stuff from wal-mart

 

Krylon Fusion Satin Black FTW

 

cool, I will test it out tomorrow!

 

Texas FTW!

 

make sure you wash the grill good.

 

x2. Just did mine last weekend, and it turned out great.

 

if you have any kind of oil on it (ie armor all, tire shine) i would take it out, and boil it, only bc if theoil seeps into the pores of the plastic, the krylon fusion will not adhere to it

 

i did that special plastic paint and it worked great. did it over 2 years ago and still looks good. kinda dirty but thats not the point

 

can you guys post some pics of the grille after paint?

 

yes sir, I should have it done tonight.

 

Before:



After:

 

..and, yet again, proof that cats prefer a painted honeycomb grille over a faded one.

 

hey mcpink, did you sand it down or anything before you painted??

 

it looks like he did

 

That looks good Michael

 

how did you get it out? when i tryed to paint mine awhile ago, i could no seperate it fromt the rest

 

How hard is it to pull out the grille from the surround?
EDIT:^^^I guess I should have read Nicks reply lol^^^

 

Makes me want to touch myself. Beautiful.

 

haha ya

 

Thanks, guys!

I did a little spot sanding for rusty spots where it screws in to the truck, and some other places that had been slightly gouged or nicked. I washed it like crazy when it was still on the truck, then took the pressure washer to it (being very careful not to break it). Once it was off, I cleaned it again with some soapy water, then sanded where needed, washed again, and let dry. Once dry, I hung it by two strings to paint it, did multiple light coats from all angles, letting it dry in between coats. Half way through, I re-hung it upside down and repeated the process to ensure the bottom side was coated thoroughly.

Getting it off of the surround was tricky. I took about 20 minutes, and gently worked it loose from the tabs on the surrounding piece of molding using a couple of very thin screwdrivers, a putty knife, and a lot of patience. I almost broke one of the small retaining bars on the grill, but finagled it out.

 

Nice work man come do mine now

 

Very nice work. I need to do mine now.

 

looks great, if my grille wasnt chrome i would paint it