The_Durm
12-06-2006, 07:51 PM
I want to paint my towing mirrors but i want them to be smooth. anyone know how to smooth them. i was thinking a really fine sand paper. what grain though?
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nekkidhillbilly 12-06-2006, 08:58 PM start off with about 600 gritt sanding off the texture.then 800 gritt. then use some adhesion promoter. then filler primer. sand with about a 1000 gritt. paint it with light coats till desired coverage. clear it. wet sand with 2000 grit. buff and polish mad 12-07-2006, 10:08 AM Bingo! as noted above. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/garageimage.php?do=full&p=10351&d=1148317688 mrfixit 12-07-2006, 01:53 PM start off with about 600 gritt sanding off the texture.then 800 gritt. then use some adhesion promoter. then filler primer. sand with about a 1000 gritt. paint it with light coats till desired coverage. clear it. wet sand with 2000 grit. buff and polish What he said. Big Max 12-07-2006, 03:28 PM How does the paint hold up to bug guts and stone chips? Max the4wheeler 12-07-2006, 05:28 PM as long as you use a adhesion promoter (same aditave used to paint plastic bumpers) and a quality clear it should hold up better than the factory paint GNBEAST 12-07-2006, 06:36 PM Bingo! as noted above. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/garageimage.php?do=full&p=10351&d=1148317688 (http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/garageimage.php?do=full&p=10351&d=1148317688) (Image has been resized. Click it for full size.) Looks great, mad! zues 12-07-2006, 06:43 PM I would use about 220 grit, because you are going to use a filler primer. Sand the filler primer with 600 or 800 grit. My mirrors came out really good but they now whistle going down the freeway over 70 MPH. I am not sure what I can do for the whistle. DUG71 12-07-2006, 07:16 PM I want to paint my towing mirrors but i want them to be smooth. anyone know how to smooth them. i was thinking a really fine sand paper. what grain though? I see you have the older style mirrors in your garage and something you have to think about is that it has that accordian rubber in there. I have never seen anyone paint this rubber, and to me, looks really stupid with the mirror one color and the rubber still black. I have seen many like this and didn't like the way any of them turned out. Is there a way to paint that rubber that would last? | ||