Painting headlight housings

OldFart · 12-04-2014, 01:40 PM

I did a wet sand with 600 grit then used an adhesion promotor, after that base coat/clear and done...

Merv · 12-04-2014, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by OldFart

I did a wet sand with 600 grit then used an adhesion promotor, after that base coat/clear and done...

How much sanding did you do? Just enough to scuff them or did you take it down to the bare plastic? Thanks for the replies guys

OldFart · 12-04-2014, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Merv

How much sanding did you do? Just enough to scuff them or did you take it down to the bare plastic? Thanks for the replies guys

Did just enough to scuff it, but even then the chrome pretty much comes right off.

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OldFart Track Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Carlisle, PA Age: 63 Posts: 682 Drives: 2011 Wannabe Nismo Rep Power: 962	I did a wet sand with 600 grit then used an adhesion promotor, after that base coat/clear and done...