Hey i'm painting my fade grill this weekend need to know whats the best paint to use on it.

 

I used Rustoleum Hammered Black Paint from Wal-Mart. It's like $5 a can, and there haven't been any chips or anything taken out of it, and it really makes it look a lot better.

 

Krylon Fusion...hands down. I used Satin Black for mine.

 

I just painted mine Monday. You can use Krylon Fusion and achieve great results.

 

ok thanks

 

Another vote for Krylon Fusion, I love it.

 

Seriously....

i took the grille out of the shell, cleaned it good. and sprayed it. no adhesion promoter or nothing, but i'd suggest it. I painted it a good 3+ years ago and it's still black and could use another shoot here sometime.

I'm trying to find my damn pic that i had with the grille.


EDIT: (found lil bro's trucks pics but not mine. lol)

before(factory grey):


after(fusion satin black):

 

i used bed liner.

 

Would you be better off to use a primer of some sort?

 

If you use Krylon Fusion which is for painting plastic, you don't need to do any prep or spray any primers or basecoats. Just clean the plastic and paint it.

 

i painted mine with Krylon Fusion and after about 6 months it started chipping so i just got done redoing it with Krylon Fusion Satin Black and then put an acrylic clear coat over top of that i hope it lasts longer than the first time but it looks awesome for now lol

 

I dont think you properly cleaned your surface before paint....like i said....i'm goin on 4 years w/o any issues.

 

when i did mine, i sanded the hell out of it. i would do the same.

 

same here

 

yeah, make sure u get it super clean before you paint.