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Has anyone painted one of those black plastic replacement grills? I've got two plastic conditioning products from DuPont that are supposed to prep the plastic but they say ABS is not compatible with these particular products. I did tell them at the paint store what I was doing and what kind of grill it was and they seemed to know what it was made of . I don't know what kind of plastic it is . It says PFTC in one place on the back but I've never heard of this kind of plastic and can't find it online on any plastics websites. Yes , this is a certishit grill but I had some paint left over and thought I'd try the different look and I got the grill for $10 from a friend who never used it . Thanks for the input , Jim
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A lot of ppl use bulldog spray on prep. You can pick it up alomost anywhere you get paint products.
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I actually used cheapo wal-mart spray paint on my factory grill (I had an extra). No primer, no conditioner, just paint. Turns out the color matched perfectly, and it has held up better than the rest of the paint on the truck for the past 8 years or so other than rock chips and stuff.
My wife used plastic primer spray from Lowes and a couple different kinds of spray paint and some model car paint to do some highlights on her air intake, fuse box, ect. It's about a year old and looks fine, even with all the high heat under the hood.
If the surface you are painting is super slick, you may want to use primer or even rough it up with a scotch-brite pad. Make sure you clean it really, really well, then clean it again, and be careful with the paint application and you will be surprised with the results.
I'm not sure what kind of left-over paint you have, so your results may vary, just wanted to give you perspective that you don't necessarily have to get some mega-buck fancy product just because it says it will work better.
