What to use to spray chevrons?

10th February 2011, 23:50

Just got a colour coded Grill for £8 off a Saxo Desire for my VTR as I was going to spray it myself but for the price it was cheaper and quicker to get ha.

I want to spray the chevrons a shiny black, Sand, Prime and spray then Lacquer?

What spray should i use?

Also I have got some recent sprayed wheels just picked up some lacquer for alloys, do i literally just spray lacquer on then leave half hour then one more coat and leave to dry then its all ready to roll?

Thanks!

11th February 2011, 00:01

Yeah do the chevrons like you said, rub them down with very fine grade wet and dry, plastic primer 3-4 coats, colour of your choice 3-4 coats, then the same with laquer.

So am I right in thinking you've got these new wheels and they have been sprayed but just no laquer on them? If you're sure of this, I would flat the wheels down with extremely fine grade wet and dry, then spary on a good 3 coats of laquer leaving 20 mins or so between coats. Should see a good result

edit: make sure you leave the laquer on the wheels to dry for at least 2/3 days in a warm enviroment

11th February 2011, 00:08

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Originally Posted by Chris_O

Yeah do the chevrons like you said, rub them down with very fine grade wet and dry, plastic primer 3-4 coats, colour of your choice 3-4 coats, then the same with laquer.

So am I right in thinking you've got these new wheels and they have been sprayed but just no laquer on them? If you're sure of this, I would flat the wheels down with extremely fine grade wet and dry, then spary on a good 3 coats of laquer leaving 20 mins or so between coats. Should see a good result

edit: make sure you leave the laquer on the wheels to dry for at least 2/3 days in a warm enviroment

Thanks alot!

The wheels i bought they have been used you can tell where a bit of paint has slightly come away on the edge only noticeable close up, but i can literally scratch the paint off with my finger (hard though) so im guessing its just missing a protective layer or so? hoping a little lacquer will do the trick.

Also if i sand the wheels wont it take away the paint?...

I'll sort the chevrons off my old grill then swap with the new one so i dont have to be without

Thanks for the advice! any links to the paint to use or even primer?

11th February 2011, 00:53

For what it's worth then I would probably sand down the wheels using progressively finer wet and dry paper, and start again with some primer/paint/laquer. Will be better in the run and you know it's done proeprly then. For paint I use halfrods stuff, always worked fine for me, but someone on here might be able to link you to some other stuff off the net