Hi all

A couple of months ago I sprayed the chrome inner part of my front grille in matte black which I was very pleased with

Gave it a good 6 coats at least

Had to re do it again a month later as the odd stone chip took the paint off so I ended up with chrome bits all over it!

Took it off and did it again with a few more coats all over

Now it's back to the same look with chipped bits all over

I know I'm putting enough paint on but is there anything else i can do to try and prevent this?

Maybe lacquer?

I don't want to be taking my grille off every month to re spray it!

Cheers in advance

mine had 8 thick coats on and has been fine for 2 years, infact its still like the day it was done. Id say you arent putting enough on.

I painted mine, in about 5 months it's chipped twice. Tempted to get it carbon dipped!

Ok cheers

Vinyl wrap?

There's a difference between plasticote and plastidip, plastidip is quite hard wearing.

There's a difference between plasticote and plastidip, plastidip is quite hard wearing.

Maybe that's where I'm going wrong :/

plastidip cures like a vinyl and peels off when you no longer want it. . .

plastikote is a paint. . .did you key the chrome first?. . if not its gonna just chip off all the time.

That plasti kote stuff is crap mate! In my experience anyway

Ok time to order plastidip

Any links of best place to buy?

Ok time to order plastidip

Any links of best place to buy?

ebay or the UK plasti dip site theres VAT & shipping off their site though.

Thats a good point! Mines plasti dipped! Good luck mate.

What am I best doing with grille as it is now then with this plastikote on?

Sanding it first then use the plastidip?

I just sanded all the chrome back with with 120 grit wet and dry, good wash with panel wipe, then used a coat of primer, 3 good coats of cheap satin black and couple of coats of lacquer!

All good 5 months later!

I know all could change over this cold spell but so far so good!!!

Need to get a good key and clean to start with if painting!!

Hope this helps