Painting window trim, how-to created. Options

[snapshotgt]

Okay, so my trim around my windows were getting faded, and ugly looking…especially against my few month old paint job.

here is a “how-to” for refreshing them, and making them look like new!

1.) Go to a hardware store and buy the fallowing items:
- black spray paint for plastic (it is rubber your spraying)
- a roll of 2 inch blue painters tape
- some painters plastic/drape

2.) Prep your car. This is the most time consuming step, you want to do it carefully
so it looks really good…and no over sprays etc…

3.) Wipe down the trim so it is totally clean
4.) Spray away! make sure to read the directions for this…about how fdar to hold the can away etc.
5.) Another coat once it is all dry (it is best to make them to “light” coats
6.) Take all plastic and tape away VERY carefully once 2nd. coat is dry on the surface
7.) Clean up and view your sizzleing hawt trim!

here are some pictures:

window trim fading (hard to tell b/c of pic):


prep work:


sprayed passenger side:


sprayed drivers side (sorry for the kinda bad pic...):


Waaaaallaaaaa :


I vote sticky

~snapshotgt

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Mar 30, 2006 - 10:56 AM

[lil_lissa]

question for the vert guys... that black trim that goes around the windows and then where the one back brake light is... that goes the whole way around the car (does anyone get what i'm talking about), could i do this same thing to that?
i got some wax on that black part awhile ago, and it won't come off, i'd like for it to be black again

[JFrost9]

question for the vert guys... that black trim that goes around the windows and then where the one back brake light is... that goes the whole way around the car (does anyone get what i'm talking about), could i do this same thing to that?
i got some wax on that black part awhile ago, and it won't come off, i'd like for it to be black again

The guy before us said he had a place repaint the black piece that goes around behind near the convertible top, the one where the brake light is. They just taped it off and threw some black paint on there, so i guess it is possible.


Maybe we could expand on this in making it a how-to. Like we could add a how to remove and replace it, or how to just paint it. Because, adding just a painting trim how-to is a pretty simple concept id hope everyone on here was capable of figuring out. Nice job either way Snap, it looks really good.