Hey all, my window trim has seen its fair share of abuse over the ages, i'm tempted to krylon it back to the original black, however, the metal underneath it is fairly reflective considering the fact that it was painted over. Can i prep it and paint it and expect the paint to stick? will the material underneath corrode if i strip all the original coating off? How would i go about taking the rest of the paint/covering off of the trim? How would i go about pulling the trim off without destroying each peice?

If anybody has any suggestions, or has any place that they could lead me to for more information, that would be fantastic.

Thanks guys

-Kyle

 

I have done it and and kept track of it along the way. It's alot of work and it's holding up great, it's all in the prep work, lol.





http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w...an692002/RX-7/
The pics are in the 'Trim Before and After' sub-folder.

Took a heavy grit paper to it first to get the old paint off then wet sanded it before spraying. It won't corrode as far as I know, took me awhile to get it all done and I drove out to DGRR then NYC and back with lots of rain along the way while it was stripped. I wouldn't suggest pulling the trim off as you will break the clips no in order to get it off and have to buy new ones to get it back on. Used 3 coats of Krylon Satin Black for metal on all my trim.

 

Cool, sand, prime, paint. The usual, got it.

Did you just use some good old krylon? did you clear it? looks great man.

 

Thanks. Just Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Satin Black and no, didn't clear it.

 

Do cops ever give you any **** for having your front plate in the windsheild?

Thanks for the info. Looks like i gotta project this weekend.

 

The plate, no. The exhaust, yes. Both of my cars have the plate up on the dash and I have yet to catch any flak for it.

 

Do it on the car, you'll break clips getting it off to do it.

 

This has all been covered here before. The trim is stainless steel and will not corrode. Any glass shop should be able to get these off - they do it all the time. I have removed them many times when I was rebuilding wrecks. You will break some of the plastic clips. The glass shop should be able to get you the clips if you need them.

The rain gutter trim is the most difficult. Might be best to leave those on the car.

I recommend chemical paint stripper as the easiest way to strip them if you have them off the car. Years ago I built a 1st gen convertible with lots of chrome, and I polished the stainless windshield trim - it looked like chrome. If you want them black, I highly recommend the PPG epoxy primer, DP-90. It is a satin black color and gives excellent adhesion. You can the paint over with satin black enamel, or just leave it.

 

I've had great luck with Duplicolor Satin Black Trim paint over sanded red primer, over properly prepped metal. It covers well, it seems to resist abrasion well, and it goes on very, very smoothly.

 

Last time I did mine I use Duplicolor Trim Black

 

How long has it lasted? I did mine last year and I've already got it coming up again. I plan on redoing it soon, but I have to tape everything off again................. I think I'm going to use a rougher sand paper this time, and wipe it down with some acetate, then tripple or quadruple the coat of Rustoleum semigloss flat black spray that I used last time.

 

I used a etching primer when i did mine 3years ago, and it's still holding up.

 

Damn, etching primer, why didn't I think of that when I did mine???? Fingers crossed!

 

It's been 3 or 4 monts and it's held up fine to multiple pressure washes. The only flaw is from a stone hitting it on the upper driver side.

That's pretty mcuh what I did, hit it with rough paper to get all the orginal paint off, then wetsanded the entire thing down to bare metal , cleaned thoroughly, then 3 coats of the satin black.