Restoring a grill? repairs and paint?
I recently did a one day overhaul on my demon grill. This had multiple missing tabs, cracks and holes in it. I didn't go nuts kn it because I intend on replacing it when I actually restore the car. This all started when I pressure washed the car and the previous owners paint flew off in sheets.
I took the grill out, apart and repaired the plastic cracks, holes and tabs at work with a nitrogen welder. Then some minor body work. I also sand blasted the entire grill first to get it down to raw plastic. Yes, blasted with my 100 pound pressure blaster. Key is to turn the pressure down. I was using probably 40 psi with zero damage to the grill and probably 10 times faster than sanding by hand.
They used to make a textured silver plastic paint and I used that again. Can't find it in the store anymore but I have used it on console restorations too.
I recently did a one day overhaul on my demon grill. This had multiple missing tabs, cracks and holes in it. I didn't go nuts kn it because I intend on replacing it when I actually restore the car. This all started when I pressure washed the car and the previous owners paint flew off in sheets.
I took the grill out, apart and repaired the plastic cracks, holes and tabs at work with a nitrogen welder. Then some minor body work. I also sand blasted the entire grill first to get it down to raw plastic. Yes, blasted with my 100 pound pressure blaster. Key is to turn the pressure down. I was using probably 40 psi with zero damage to the grill and probably 10 times faster than sanding by hand.
They used to make a textured silver plastic paint and I used that again. Can't find it in the store anymore but I have used it on console restorations too.
