Anyone Painted Their Grille Flat Black?

[theSLEEPER]

I've got mine done, but I've never used flat black, so I don't know what to do to finish it...

If I wet sand it, should I go over it with wax after?

It's more of a "satin" black actually... I know if I clear it, it will be gloss, and I don't want that, but I don't know how to get a good finish...

 

[99ex22]

a few people have done it on here and from what I hear it doesn't last very long. Paint doesn't like to stick to chrome.

 

[theSLEEPER]

Luckily for me. I've spent the last week picking the chrome off of my grille.

 

[Super_Swamper_98]

you can get a satin clear http://www.eastwood.com/ew-diamond-clear-satin-bare-metal-aerosol-11-oz.html iv'e used it on top of flat black it will protect from fading and still remain flat

 

[Dan Whitaker]

You don't want to wax flat black. Flat paint is porous and the wax will collect in the pores.

You can by clear semigloss and flat clear at Michaels and Hobby Lobby. That would seal the paint and give you the look you want.

 

[theSLEEPER]

Cool! Thanks guys. I'll be looking for the semigloss from Michaels to try it out.

 

[Rockstarenergy]

Painted mine a Semi gloss kinda black that i found only the center grill kept the chrome i love it!

 

[explorinitup]

i added a touch of orange

 

[Slowlyvverot]

spray-on bedliner gives the grille a rough look :

 

[Electrohacker]

easy off oven cleaner should remove the chrome, sand after with 100 grit to give it something to stick to.

 

[Rockstarenergy]

If your truck were black like mine That orange would look GORGEOUS!

Heres my baby <3

 

[Bullrider]

I´m do it too, and results.. great!! I love flat black

http://yfrog.com/9himg00145j


Greetings from Spain!!

 

[aldive]

a few people have done it on here and from what I hear it doesn't last very long. Paint doesn't like to stick to chrome.

You remove the chrome by sanding it off prior to painting.

 

[aldive]

Take a look at how I did mine: Dead Link Removed

It still looks great 8 years later.

 

[explorinitup]

If your truck were black like mine That orange would look GORGEOUS!

I was thinkin that i got paint it anyways. I cant leave my new fendets white

 

[FloridaState]

I painted the insert black, but not the chrome trim that goes around the headlights and stuff. I did it last year, and so far (knock on wood) it still looks great. I think I just used Dupli-Color Trim Paint. I don't have any good pictures on this computer, so this is about as good as it gets:

Maybe tomorrow I'll try and take a close-up, but all I have is a camera phone. :thumbdwn:

Edit: found one more, but not head-on.

 

[Rockstarenergy]

Hey florida are those stock rims painted black if so how did you do them?

 

[410Fortune]

duplicolor deisgned for wheels works GREAT

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/wheel.html

I waxed the flat black on the wifes FJ, it worked just fine... no clear on the FJ grill, just 4 light coats of krylon flat black for plastic

 

[FloridaState]

Hey florida are those stock rims painted black if so how did you do them?

Why, yes they are.

I just sanded them a little, especially in areas where they were pealing, scuffed them with a scotchbrite pad, cleaned them, used a degreaser, taped off the tires, then blasted them with some primer. Then I just used black Rustoleum paint. I don't remember the exact kind of Rustoleum nor the exact primer, but anything should work. I wanna say they are semi-gloss black Rusoleum protective enamel (not even wheel paint, just normal Rustoleum), but I'm not sure. But like I said, I think anything will work, but I've had good experiences with Rustoleum.
The only complaints I have is that I was lazy and just painted over the wheel weight, and the wheel weight on one wheel is now peeling, but I'm planning on just getting a small brush and painting over it again. Plus when I get new tires, I'll probably have to paint them again where the wheel weight used to be. Other than that, they still look great; no peeling or cracking that I notice.

I'm very pleased.

Edit: I did them about a year ago, and they still look great, though they may have lost a little of their shiny-ness now. They still look good, and the picture above was taken last month, but they aren't as shiny as they originally were.

 

[YBCold]

i painted my first gen and yeah i can remove the paint with my finger nail if i try. i just rattlebombed it. maybe if i had scuffed it a bit it would have stuck better though.