colour coding?

[trublustu]

Hi all

I intend to do some colour coding on my mirrors & bumpers.

Any tips on how to achieve a nice finish, I don't fancy the bag-of-crap look!

[Vandalism]

ive recently respreyed my escort rs turbo bodykit and i just sanded it down with an electric sander, primered it, sparyed it black, then laquered it

7 coats of paint and the same of laquer will give durability

[transitandy]

There are numerous threads on painting tips m8y try a search

[trublustu]

I find the search function on here quite frustrating, can't seem to narrow searches or search single topics and end up with lists of vaguely related stuff.

[AlanN]

Degrease plastics first, key surface with 400 grit, spray with barrier coat like grip4, if your using cans then use a plastic filler spray, primer out of can is too thin, wet rub down so smooth, you have to do this a few times. Use tack rag get rid of dust etc. spray light layers, you can put a few on then, dont be tempted to load it up, looks great when wet, but soon shrinks back. Once hard, Id give it a week, you can wet rub down with 1200 grit and compound like G3 or t-cut (bl**dy hard work), will look like a mirror

[trublustu]

Top answer AlanN.
Cheers mate...

[greenmanmark]

I had a play at colour coding my dash,,, turned out well the trick is the prep work........ if you prep it well u will get a wicked finish

[trublustu]

Hi green. nice work, that's pretty funky, different.
I've done a lot of research on plastic, fiberglass and painting over the winter.
Just need things to warm up!!!
I should have some done in time for fordfair/transitmania...

[greenmanmark]

plastic primer is a must!

[Vandalism]

i want to do some colour coding on dads p100 dash but cant work out how to get things like the vent surrounds off with out damaging them, and its a soft dash compaired to a transit plastic one