Another Roush grill, but not chrome
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I see. Thanks for showing us! BTW I watched your youtube videos, I think it would be nice if you could put up some vids of your programmer and like maybe a 0-60 run with it. There are like no videos of a Gryphon up there. Thanks!
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Hey Darren....
it looks great. About the same as my black Roush Grille....
I just wish I could have pased on one important bit of advice to you, before you sprayed it.
Here's the thing, I guarantee you its going to chip. Hopefully, not as badly / easily as mine did the first time" I painted it with Krylon Fusion.
I then sanded the heck out of the whole thing (hours of effed up labor) and then tried again with some kind of Satin Black yard furniture paint. I think it was Rustoleum brand. And it has held up quite a bit better, but it has started to get a few small chips here and there too.
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So, my advice to you, if you end up having to sand off all of that Krylon, and to anyone else who was thinking about painting a chrome Roush Grille, or any other chrome, plastic, or whatever paint has a hard time sticking to, is > Bulldog < !!!
This stuff is awesome ! You really don't even have to sand before using it. But you can lightly hit your subject with sandpaper just to take the shine off first if you want to.
Bulldog comes in a large aeresol can, and it isn't cheap, like $15 to $18 a can, but it's worth its weight in gold. I won't ever paint anything again which paint has a hard time sticking to, without it.
But good luck.
Peace,
Fish
PS, If I knew that some sort of chemical paint stripper would not destroy my Roush Grille, I'd strip it all off, hit it with Bulldog first, then spray it, and I know it would hold up better than any other method.
I just wish I could have pased on one important bit of advice to you, before you sprayed it.
Here's the thing, I guarantee you its going to chip. Hopefully, not as badly / easily as mine did the first time" I painted it with Krylon Fusion.
I then sanded the heck out of the whole thing (hours of effed up labor) and then tried again with some kind of Satin Black yard furniture paint. I think it was Rustoleum brand. And it has held up quite a bit better, but it has started to get a few small chips here and there too.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So, my advice to you, if you end up having to sand off all of that Krylon, and to anyone else who was thinking about painting a chrome Roush Grille, or any other chrome, plastic, or whatever paint has a hard time sticking to, is > Bulldog < !!!
This stuff is awesome ! You really don't even have to sand before using it. But you can lightly hit your subject with sandpaper just to take the shine off first if you want to.
Bulldog comes in a large aeresol can, and it isn't cheap, like $15 to $18 a can, but it's worth its weight in gold. I won't ever paint anything again which paint has a hard time sticking to, without it.
But good luck.
Peace,
Fish
PS, If I knew that some sort of chemical paint stripper would not destroy my Roush Grille, I'd strip it all off, hit it with Bulldog first, then spray it, and I know it would hold up better than any other method.
Thank you everyone else for your comments and compliments!
yeah its fun to be idiots every now and then, that guys crazy Hes my friends little brother.
Good idea, I never thought of doing so, I have tried taking photos but driving and taking photos is pretty dangerous, I could most certainly strap my camera tripod in the rear seat and zoom the camcorder onto the gryphon.
You know Fish, I read you suggested that before, and I looked for Bulldog but was unsuccessful to find any in my local hardware stores, and too impatient to order online. I wish I had because I do have 1 minor chip. Sucks. I will eventually be re-doing it if it chips further, until then I will just wait if it chips anymore, and just marker it black after every wash
yeah its fun to be idiots every now and then, that guys crazy Hes my friends little brother.it looks great. About the same as my black Roush Grille....
I just wish I could have pased on one important bit of advice to you, before you sprayed it.
Here's the thing, I guarantee you its going to chip. Hopefully, not as badly / easily as mine did the first time" I painted it with Krylon Fusion.
I then sanded the heck out of the whole thing (hours of effed up labor) and then tried again with some kind of Satin Black yard furniture paint. I think it was Rustoleum brand. And it has held up quite a bit better, but it has started to get a few small chips here and there too.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So, my advice to you, if you end up having to sand off all of that Krylon, and to anyone else who was thinking about painting a chrome Roush Grille, or any other chrome, plastic, or whatever paint has a hard time sticking to, is > Bulldog < !!!
This stuff is awesome ! You really don't even have to sand before using it. But you can lightly hit your subject with sandpaper just to take the shine off first if you want to.
Bulldog comes in a large aeresol can, and it isn't cheap, like $15 to $18 a can, but it's worth its weight in gold. I won't ever paint anything again which paint has a hard time sticking to, without it.
But good luck.
Peace,
Fish
PS, If I knew that some sort of chemical paint stripper would not destroy my Roush Grille, I'd strip it all off, hit it with Bulldog first, then spray it, and I know it would hold up better than any other method.
I just wish I could have pased on one important bit of advice to you, before you sprayed it.
Here's the thing, I guarantee you its going to chip. Hopefully, not as badly / easily as mine did the first time" I painted it with Krylon Fusion.
I then sanded the heck out of the whole thing (hours of effed up labor) and then tried again with some kind of Satin Black yard furniture paint. I think it was Rustoleum brand. And it has held up quite a bit better, but it has started to get a few small chips here and there too.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So, my advice to you, if you end up having to sand off all of that Krylon, and to anyone else who was thinking about painting a chrome Roush Grille, or any other chrome, plastic, or whatever paint has a hard time sticking to, is > Bulldog < !!!
This stuff is awesome ! You really don't even have to sand before using it. But you can lightly hit your subject with sandpaper just to take the shine off first if you want to.
Bulldog comes in a large aeresol can, and it isn't cheap, like $15 to $18 a can, but it's worth its weight in gold. I won't ever paint anything again which paint has a hard time sticking to, without it.
But good luck.
Peace,
Fish
PS, If I knew that some sort of chemical paint stripper would not destroy my Roush Grille, I'd strip it all off, hit it with Bulldog first, then spray it, and I know it would hold up better than any other method.
Last edited by DarrenWS6; Jul 8, 2009 at 06:06 PM.
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Bulldog is an adhesion promoter, if you redo it and can't find it Autozone carries the Duplicolor brand adhesion promoter. I was looking for that stuff when I was thinking of painting my mirror caps and door handles. Still plan on doing it but just don't have the time right now.