Went to work and started cleaning up my grill for repaint. I got chrome bars removed, and passengers side black pot metal piece all cleaned up and lightly sanded for paint. I hadn’t got all the original paint off the piece. I primed it with self etching primer. I let it dry the allotted time, and top coated it with the matte black color I am using. Got some real faint wrinkle in the top coat after it dryed. Could probably buffed it out, but that’s a lot of work between all the grill ribs. I really don’t like my outcome on the piece. Question is does one dare bead blast with a less aggressive media and take it down to bare pot metal and start over or is that metal that soft that I will regret it?
Thanks!
David
I would not bead blast. The softness of the cast metal might be affected by the process. Why not let everything sit and fully cure and go back and use SEM black high build primer. That should take care of the wrinkles in your finish coat caused by the recoat/flash time not being done properly. Then finish everything off with SEM trim black.
Steven
I’ve blasted them. It won’t hurt if you’re careful. Only takes a quick pass to remove the paint.
I have a bad one here that has the tabs broke off for attaching at the hood latch post. Maybe I will try that one first, or hit the back side first. I know I have more paint on then the factory probably did, so we will see how it goes.
Thanks for the input so far.
I do it all the time at 100 psi
Don,
Thanks for the reply.
What do you use for media?
We glass bead grilles all the time. Mask off the chrome front bars and blast them from the back side.