Painting Wiper Cowl

tallymx3 · Post by **tallymx3** » May 5th, 2006, 5:13 pm

I want to paint my wiper cowl and want to know if anyone can give me any pointers. Thanks for the help in advance.

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » May 5th, 2006, 7:07 pm

i would use plastic adhesion promoter. Will make paint stick much better. Prep work is the key

Bolverk · Post by **Bolverk** » May 5th, 2006, 7:14 pm

I masked everything around it, hood/windshield. Cleaned it real good then used a primer and two coats of a semi-gloss black spray paint. Looks great.

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » May 5th, 2006, 7:19 pm

Bolverk wrote:I masked everything around it, hood/windshield. Cleaned it real good then used a primer and two coats of a semi-gloss black spray paint. Looks great.

is it not easy to take off

its not worth gettin overspray on ur car!!

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » May 5th, 2006, 7:20 pm

I wouldnt be lazy to remove it to paint it

Jacbs2007 · Post by **Jacbs2007** » May 5th, 2006, 7:27 pm

mitmaks wrote:I wouldnt be lazy to remove it to paint it

I don't understand if you're saying he SHOULD remove it, or shouldn't?

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » May 5th, 2006, 7:57 pm

He should remove it, would be easier that way

Neil · Post by **Neil** » May 5th, 2006, 8:15 pm

Its not difficult to remove at all, the toughest screws to get at are the ones on each end that are almost underneath the hood brackets. But they are easy if you've got a short screw driver. Not hard at all

Bolverk · Post by **Bolverk** » May 5th, 2006, 9:02 pm

Hoodzy wrote:
Bolverk wrote:I masked everything around it, hood/windshield. Cleaned it real good then used a primer and two coats of a semi-gloss black spray paint. Looks great.
is it not easy to take off

its not worth gettin overspray on ur car!!

I was too lazy to take it off. I had 36 inch masking paper so it was real easy to cover anything that might get overspray. It worked out well.

jrors · Post by **jrors** » May 6th, 2006, 12:39 am

I'm interested in seeing a pic of your work. Please, post a pic for us if you don't mind.

Bolverk · Post by **Bolverk** » May 6th, 2006, 3:56 am

If you are talking to me, there are a couple pics in my worklog, but they arent close ups. I will grab a couple tomorrow maybe.

tallymx3 · Post by **tallymx3** » May 6th, 2006, 10:34 am

So back to how i get this done. Once i remove it what should i do for prep and is there a brand of paint that is better than others. Thank you guys for the Help

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » May 6th, 2006, 3:48 pm

there paint specially formulated for plastic/vinyl. Abride plastic real well with gray Scotch Brite pad, wipe it real good with wax and grease remover or at least rubbing alcohol. Put some primer on it, it would adhere paint much better in long run. Then once dry you can wet sand primer (get sandable primer) sand it with like 500-600 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper. after its nice and smooth clean it good again and you can go ahead and paint it.

tallymx3 · Post by **tallymx3** » May 6th, 2006, 5:24 pm

Thanks mitmax

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » May 6th, 2006, 10:22 pm

yah i think i'm gonna do mine too, its gettin pretty mad faded.. just sucks if the paint starts to peel and such