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Post subject: Painting door mirrors ?

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:49 am

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I want to paint the mirror housings on my EL falcon,what is the best method of doing this.Do I use a primer or just clean the platic and spray the paint on ?

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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:23 am

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When painting any plastic you need a good quality plastic primer, if you just spray on the paint without it it will flake off.

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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:18 pm

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my mate had to sand his back a lil b4 priming it as he had a bit of trouble gettin the primer to stick properly just enough to make it a lil rough then it worked wonders but u got smooth out the primer really well

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