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Originally Posted by Don57
I decided to paint the chrome taillight bezels and rear bowtie the same color of my car, but I've had a bit of trouble. I sanded the parts with 600 grit sandpaper and put four layers of flat black primer on them. They looked so nice that I put them back on the car without a coat of paint over the primer. Unfortunately, I found the primer started scratching off in places almost immediately.
I'm not a painting expert, so can anyone provide me with some tips on what I did wrong?
- Should I have sanded the chrome with a rougher grit of sandpaper?
- Was the primer garbage (it was a couple of years old) or possible the wrong type (I believe it was Painter's Touch multipurpose black primer)?
- Should I have added a few layers of paint over the primer anyway?
At this point I'll be taking the parts off, re-sanding them, and hope to successfully paint them once and for all. Any suggestions on how to do this properly would be appreciated.
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Use Rustoleom spray paint. Either match it close as you can to your car, or
go with a math or gloss black.