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    Sanding down my grille

    Okay so i'm posting this cuz i have been searching for the past 15 minutes and cant find the DIY i used to make my grille look better. There someone had posted what grit of sandpaper i needed to use in order to paint it, but now i cant find it fml.

    Anyone know the grits used?

    here's my grille:


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    submerge it in bleach a few times, over the course of a couple days, and the chrome paint will dissolve.

    just a suggestion

    i bought a 3" wide section of PVC pipe at a hardware store and capped the end, and use it to bleach chrome paint off 90-91 grilles... i'll post a picture later.
    My pictures/photos will return soon...

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      #3
      Sanding won't do shit. The paint will flake off eventually. You need to remove all of the chrome paint/trim if you don't want to keep painting it over and over.

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        #4
        how bout paint stripper!?


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          #5
          Originally posted by d112crzy View Post
          Sanding won't do shit. The paint will flake off eventually. You need to remove all of the chrome paint/trim if you don't want to keep painting it over and over.
          basically thats what i'm trying to accomplish


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            #6
            i sanded mine
            to achieve a Fuck, you must first give a Fuck
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              #7
              Originally posted by acc0rd_adicti0n View Post
              i sanded mine
              with wat grit sandpaper?


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                #8
                i also used the bleech method to do my grill.

                paint stripper, wouldn't that just like soften the plastic? almost melting it?

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                  #9
                  paint stripper could affect the plastic. You can sand it just because it's chrome colored doesn't mean it will flake off. Take about a 320 grit or a scotch brite pad and use that. Anything more coarse than that may leave sand marks.
                  Last edited by BlackSheep; 06-25-2009, 09:30 PM.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Leung View Post
                    paint stripper, wouldn't that just like soften the plastic? almost melting it?
                    i figured that


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                      #11
                      Originally posted by BlackSheep View Post
                      paint stripper could affect the plastic. You can sand it just because it's chrome colored doesn't mean it will flake off. Take about a 320 grit or a scotch brite pad and use that. Anything more coarse than that may leave sand marks.
                      will that get rid of the chrome, cuz that's wat i want to get rid of that and paint the plastic


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                        #12
                        it's not real chrome..its just a finish.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by BlackSheep View Post
                          it's not real chrome..its just a finish.
                          i dont believe you =0 lol yea dude i know dat


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                            #14
                            Originally posted by KRIS05VVTi View Post
                            with wat grit sandpaper?
                            40 grit then i used a scotch brite pad then 220 grit
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                              #15
                              depending what color scotch brite pad you are using it could be more coarse than 220. try green then red.

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