Bill, I believe it up to you, the owner of the car. I prefer an enamal paint. But when working with an enamal paint everything has to be really clean and if your using a spray can like I do, you have to make sure that its good and mixed up or it wont apply properly. It will come out in globs and make a bigger mess then what ya need or want. My Gremlin will be far from original as a person can get. Second style grille on a car that came with the first style grille. The wind burn you may want to try to fill with spot putty, but once again everything has to be really clean. If it isnt it may not stick and fall off. I am going to try to hand paint the silver back on. But I havent got that far yet. I believe Doc is using a product from SEM, but I am not sure. He may chime in and put his 2 cents in also. Also when sanding these old plastic
parts, be very carefull the stuff can and usually is very brittle. AMC's RULE!! ....THE REST...JUST DROOL!! Bill Id.
From: "bldfw" <bldfw@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Grills & Plexiglass
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:41:30 -0000
What are you guys using for the silver paint? I've been trying to
decide whether to go back as near original on the grill as I can get
or to prep it for painting to match the body when it is painted.
My grill (72 Grem) has some wind burn with no paint on it and thus
the surface texture is inconsistent. It's not unusual for them to
sanded smooth and painted.
Thoughts?
Bill
Dallas, TX
--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@... wrote:
>
> Bill at least one good thing is I don't have a problem with the
> headlight doors. They were fine and I also have a spare set I got
in
> that bunch of parts I got from Davis. The only problem was the
time it
> took me to mask them up properly to spray paint the silver. I
think it
> took 2-3 hours a headlight door. The grill is going to be a
nightmare to
> mask as there are 6 different sections. After painting the silver
with a
> spray can I still have to paint the edge of each individual rib in
each
> of the 6 sections by hand with a brush. I still have a few
> re-enforcement ribs to install yet and make the tabs on each side
of the
> grill to hold the plastic plug that the headlight screws to. I have
> already used up almost 2 tubes of the Plastic Welding System
epoxy. I
> think I will pick up another one just in case so I don't run out. I
> added 12 small plexiglass ribs between the 6 grill sections and
and an 8
> inch piece of 1/2 inch square plexiglass in the notched area for
the
> hood latch release. I was amazed how much stronger the whole grill
is. I
> still have to notch and round off the 1/2 inch square piece a
little but
> it will still be much stronger as this was the biggest weak point
in the
> whole grill. I guess AMC never figured we would still be driving
> Hornet's and Gremlin's after 36 years. :-)
> "Doc"
>
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