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Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

But if u would of thru a coat of sealer on them they prob woulda lasted longer..
 


Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

you need to wet sand the whole bumper first, so it has fine scratches in the paint so the new paint has some thing to bite on to.

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you can see the scuffing in this pic. dont go nuts on the edges or hard corners. once sanded/scuffed you need to use some kind of prep spray or cleaner, dont touch it with bare hands after its been wiped down.

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front bumper i just cleared it and called it good. the rear i wet sanded the clear and buffed it to a shine.
 
Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

I've got everything already primed. The front bumper and fenders are brand new with primer coat so I just light sanded the primer coat and called it good on those. The skirts n door panels I had to bondo up and sand/primer filler several times before they came out good and also light sanded the primer coat. I planned on just using dawn and a clean towel to clean and prep for paint. How are you posting those photos like that scotty? Are you just reducing the fie size so it will fit in the post?
 
Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

host your pics on line somewhere, photobucket or the likes. then copy the pics url addy and past it in insert image icon, 3 rd from the right in the reply window, in the pop up window, click the url tab, uncheck the box to make th epic large.


i used duplicolor prep spray, but you cant use it on new paint or it takes it off.

i primed the back bumper cause i did a lot of repair work to it. didnt sand it, painted right over then the clear, let it cure a few days, then wet sand with 2500 paper and buff with compound to a shine.


back was like this when i got it.
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progress

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paint and clear.

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wet sanded


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and buffed


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Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

Yea that's how I pretty much planned on doing it paint wise. I just resized some images I took off my phone n saved them to my one drive. When I get home tonight I'm going to try n pull them up on my computer n copy past from my one drive since the file sizes are correct now. My phones not letting me drag n click
 


Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

pc to the site dont work well at all. why we all host off site. fb works too. load em there, right click the pic then copy the url once again, works for any pic you find on the net.
 
Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

Yea but my problem is its not letting my drag them to the box once I upload the image so I have no choice but to try n do it on my computer
 
Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

My phone just doesn't let me do that to I have a windows phone. I'm able to upload them but it wont let me right click copy yrl so ima just have to do that from my computer
 


Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

stealthee said:
I don't know how you've never heard of Plastikote brand paint. It's been around forever.
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Chicken dinner to you. Good engine paint.

willie14 said:
oreillys just called me back n r cutting me a deal on 12 cans for 88$ of GM duplicolor bright white so ill pick that up tommorow.
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How much is mixed or factory packaged basecoat, did you compare?

Bronco Boy said:
Plastikote is as good as the other name brand paints.
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Agreed.

willie14 said:
But if u would of thru a coat of sealer on them they prob woulda lasted longer..
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Or a couple more coats.
 
Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

I'm used to buyin my paint from painters supply and they don't carry that brand. This is my first build where I've bought most of the parts online. My build is more in a sense like scottys build where its done on a tight budget but still taking my time to get it done right
 
Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

The only comparison I've done is just a spray test. I ripped out my hood liner and as everyone knows its not painted under there. So I bought a can of the duplicolor exact match and it seemed to be pretty dang close - without the clear coat. Now after seein scottys photos with only resprayin the bumpers, his metallic black seems to be a dead ringer



idrivejunk said:
Chicken dinner to you. Good engine paint.



How much is mixed or factory packaged basecoat, did you compare?



Agreed.



Or a couple more coats.
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so i figured out how to post the photos finally so ill start adding photos of the paint and body work becuse i finished most of it today
 
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gaugepod i recieved in mail a few days ago. took awhile to find just a double for a 97-03 but finally found one. painted it white and cleaned it up as soon as i got it
 
Re: plastikote paint?? any good or what...

yea i know i was thinking that. i was gonna see how the white and metallic black looked with the new body thats going on it and go from there. engines gonna get broken back down again for swap so some of loom ill end up tossin because it doesnt really hold up too well with oil
 
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