Any ideas how to strip the paint from the grille

[mrgrims]

Any ideas how to strip the paint from the grille without melting it with paint strippers?

[A112H]

They slide off length ways.

[mrgrims]

Cheers will get the chrome strip off tonight =D

[kenvv]

i just dropped mine at the painter with the trimmings removed. $250 and next day and its perfect. he did do some plastic welding on it for me too.

[mrgrims]

I would rather do it myself if I can. The grille was on a hardtop drag car and was painted matt black with no prep work so it's pretty messy. It's a good grille just the paint is messy

[kenvv]

yeh mine had been some in similar fashion. mine was all flaky and had runs in it from someone spraying crap with a can without prep. im not sure on removing paint safely without scratching it. but for painting the car shops sell plastic primer in a can that works if done patiently.

[mrgrims]

I think I'll pressure clean it. Get really fine wet sand paper and rub it down... Then prime it like I did the tail lights....
Then got to find a color that suits. I think the gun metal might be to dark for the grille

[kenvv]

i went a gunmetal type colour on my grill. can have a look in my build thread to get an idea if ya want.

go through this page and these photos are all after the paint was fixed
http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.p ... 6&start=90

[mrgrims]

That's the exact color I want lol... Don't know is actual name do you?

[kenvv]

na it had a similar colour already on there already so i took it to the painter and just said give me something close enough to this sorry mate

[geezer101]

First step, thoroughly clean it with detergent. Second, wipe it over thoroughly with methylated spirits or prepsol and a clean cotton rag. Wet and dry it with 800 grit, give it a good rinse and either dry it with cotton cloth or use compressed air (a compressor with a trap in the line so you don't contaminate your grill) A good gunmetal finished paint I would try to get my hands on would be 1990 suzuki epoxy grey paint used on engine/gearbox covers(it's kind of expensive now, but you should be able to get it through a bike shop). No need to undercoat, give it a few coats and it'll look good. It dries to a semi gloss so it won't look rediculous and is pretty tough.