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djinuk
09-09-2009, 12:06
On my white 205 i am planning to take my black trim and bumper section (the bits that are textured) and i want to smooth these sections and then paint them with a anthracite paint (shiny).

My question is how am i best to attack the removal of the texture, would i be safe to attack it with some 320grade wet and dry initially and then give it all a heavy coat of high build primer, and then to flat this down with some 600grade wet and dry and guide coat until i have a flat untextured finish.

markey b
10-09-2009, 00:40
degrease it to remove all traces of silicone etc, then hi build it. if you start to sand the plastic it will fluff up and be useless

rs250nut
11-09-2009, 18:57
Dont forget to use a little plastic primer, adhesion promoter before you high build or it will all end in tears as you watch the paint peel off.:) Stuff like that i would give a good clean first then scotch it with degreaser.

djinuk
11-09-2009, 19:02
the bumpers are actually fibreglass, much like the r5s hence they crack so easy so they dnt really seem to fluff up to bad.. i guess its time to see if this compressor fancys firing out some high build :P