So I just changed my Mitsubishi Grill Emblem from Chrome to a dark Acrylic red.
What do you guys think?
http://imgur.com/8E
Sorry its an imgur link
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Front Grill Changes and Modification
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Zaphod wrote:Yeah, like it - its on my current to-do list... looks great!
Heads up when you're doing it, get an etch primer and a good one. I used acrylic paint and had issues of it running off the emblem, and we'd also applied 2 coasts of a plastic primer, so use a good primer.
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If you want to paint chromed plastic, you have to scuff it with very fine wet&dry, use plastic primer, wet rub it with very, very fine wet&dry, give it a very light base coat and then two or three top coats, wet rub it lightly with a vary, very, very fine wet&dry and then give it a couple of light coats of clear coat, and when it's all fully cured, buff it with a soft polishing cloth...
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Zaphod wrote:If you want to paint chromed plastic, you have to scuff it with very fine wet&dry, use plastic primer, wet rub it with very, very fine wet&dry, give it a very light base coat and then two or three top coats, wet rub it lightly with a vary, very, very fine wet&dry and then give it a couple of light coats of clear coat, and when its all fully cured, buff it with a soft polishing cloth... ...or buy a sticker! :_D
did all that except the light scruff up. turned out fine, just needed longer drying periods and an extra coat
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This looks amazing Well done
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Zaphod wrote:I keep coming back this image time & time again...: [img:1431a5a075]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/20140804095746_plainfront.jpg[/img:1431a5a075]
Tis pretty, but all i see is the Nissan GTR badge on the bottom grille
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