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Tail light panel vs. Grille support frame color

Started by timmycharger, June 17, 2016, 08:50:51 AM

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timmycharger

I am going to be painting my grille support frame and tail light panel before taking down my homemade paint booth so I am starting to plan out my strategy.

My car didn't have its original paint job when I bought it in 1997 so I do not know if the colors are the same or not, I do know that from the factory the tail panel was organisol paint that was slightly textured.

Can I get away with just picking up a quart of single stage semi flat or satin paint and doing them the same color? for the tail panel I was thinking of deliberately making dry spray to simulate the texture?  Thoughts?


jaak

My car is not original so that's what I used was a single stage satin black, painted tail panel, grill frame, dash, headliner trim and rear side marker housings with it.

bill440rt

I did the dry spray trick on several things, including tail panels and dashes. Worked well.
Practice on a test panel first. It works best when you apply a medium wet coat and let that get good and tacky, then apply your dry mist coats over that.
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