painting my valence

[baggedfrontier]

this weekend i want to paint the front valence on my nissan but before i want to make sure it gets done right...

someone please fill me in...i heard that all you need to do is hand sand it with a certain grit and then paint...but on the other hand someone else told me that you just clean it good and theres a certain additive that you add to the paint to allow the paint to stick on the valence....

someone please help fill me in with the correct info so i dont fuck this up haha

[VG30E]

Clean it
sand it clean it clean it clean it clean it
and........
http://www.raptortechnique.com/images/paint02.jpg
then paint it.

[baggedfrontier]

sweet thanks bro...and how much its costs per can about $10-$15...and how many you think i would need?

[VG30E]

Last time I bought some I think it was like 20 per can. Valence I would say like a can and a half.

[baggedfrontier]

and what grit sanding paper do you recommend

[VG30E]

I used like a 600 first then i think like 1000-1500 for finishing. but I can't remember how much then front valence on your truck is textured. start with a high grit and see how it does in a small area and work your way down till it is getting smoother. But someone else may be more helpful here, I am after all a backyard body man not a professional.

[baggedfrontier]

im in the same boat as you my friend hahahaha

[sparkinframe]

high built primer to get rid of the texture.

[Purpleminibeast]

You want to clean the crap out of it. Clean it. Then scuff it with a grey automotive 3m scotch bright intill the whole thing takes a greyish tone. Then clean it more. Then your going to wanna hit it with a kinda automotive alchole that I cant remember the name of at the moment but ill check my notes. Then your going to wanna hit it with some adhesion premoter like dupont 222s or the bulldog in a light coat. Then if the bumper is in good shape just use a primer sealer with a flex additive in it. Then shoot the base coat paint with no flex. Then add flex additive to the clear coat. Ill try to get more details on some of the different steps to its in better detial. If you follow these steps the paint will not flake off if you bump anything or get rock chips. With the mentioned steps you could wrap your bumper around a poll, jump up and down on it till its flat, tiwst it, and try to cut chunks outta it with a flat head screw driver to get it to peel. But it wont.

[baggedfrontier]

thanks purpleminibeast...when you aqquire more details send them to me in an email so its easy for me to save and locate when i need to look it up haha