I have sanded down and put two layers or primer on the chrome grill.

Do I have to sand down the primer and then use the paint or just paint???

I think you give the primer a light sand with something like 1200 grit. Helps the paint stick to it.

you do indeedily key the primer too What colour u paintin it?

p.s... dont forget to do in between each layer of paint too!

I'm colour coding it.

Dynamic Blue

ah nice one

don't sand the final coat of paint though... ;-)

LOL

Thanks for the advice!

don't sand the final coat of paint though... ;-)

I sanded my final paint coat before I laquered it!

:s

well da laquer needs summat to stick to i figured. then coats of laquer in quick succession.

turned out pretty damn good Infact the grille is the bit I've not had to re-do. Had to re-do all the side trim and back bump strip coz it came out rubbish after 1st attempt. Roll on my purple skoda badges to complete the look

what is it with Purpule??? lol

One thing I have lernt is that you need to use a good laquar (spelling) and give it loads of coats. Mine looks like **** now the gritters have got to it. :(

I've just put the 2nd and last layer of paint on.

How long do I have to wait to put the lacquer on.

I just decided to put lacquer on as i coudnt wait i've put 2 layers on so far .

Anychance you can get a pic of this up when finished mate?

Thinking of doing it on mine and not seen one with it done before!

Yep

If im painting my grill black, can I use hammerite smooth? and will I still need laquer?

Tryed finding a guide with no luck, so I may make one as I do mine.

Also, do you use matt or gloss paint?

Edit: Do halfrauds do 1200 grit paper?

Dave

I just rang the dealer with my colour code and picked up a 150ml can for about £6.

Don't know if it is matt or gloss.

Ahh , see, im not colour coding. Im spraying mine black, but the car is yellow. Like my avtar.

Dave

I would of put more paint on..... but i put 4 coats of laquare last time and it wasn't enougth. This time im going to put 6 and use the VAG laquare as well

Thats alot of layers!

Dont forget to keep re-laquering while it is still tacky dont let it dry!

Luckily I did that on all 6 coats But I had to let it dry overnight.

After driving about like this since Saterday..................

It now looks like this............

But now I have to wait for my new badge which is going to be blue so i can't stick on the green badge. So it's going to look like this for a few days.......

I no it looks very tacky and $H!T but i don't care because it's funny.....