As per the Pope when he was riding with me; back in the 80's, He was more concerned about where I was going to spend my after-life instead of my center caps. I just read the instructions on the can and all worked well..3 coats was good enuf for me...pics of phase 2(the bowtie) and the Pope....Tony.

 

"Holy" cow- nice to have connections!

The Pope I was referring to was Iggy Pope, lives down the street...

Good resources on this forum- been driving my '03 for 10 or 11 years, hope it has many more in it. Tows 5000# no strain, fits in parking spaces, never let me down during our recent extreme winter here in RI. Nothing I see out there that I'd rather have.

Happy motoring!
Steve

 

ok, after the clear coat this is what you get, see pic.
I would and/or will do this process: sand, colour, clear coat then the bowtie last...the clear coat dulled the gold paint.
1st: sand
2nd: 3 coats of paint
3rd: 3 coats of clear coat
4th: 3 coats gold paint for bowtie....

 

Repaint completed, caps look factory new. Here's what I did:

Removed old paint remains using small pull-type scraper. (Use a sharp scraper and a light touch to avoid removing base plastic)

Sanded with 320 grit to remove any remaining residue and to create a "tooth" in the surface for good adhesion.

Washed with dishwashing liquid and toothbrush in crevices.

Masked gold bowtie paint using two coats of Elmer's white glue applied with a small artist's brush. (This gold paint was perfect and didn't need re-doing)

Used a razor blade gently scraping outward along the edges of the bowtie recess to clean up miniscule glue overages here and there. Light touch and sharp blade.

Sprayed with Duplicolor products per can directions- "Adhesion Promoter" primer for plastic, color coats, then clear coats.

When dry (overnight), peeled off glue masking. Started an edge with a needle, then peeled off with tweezers.

Caps now appear as new.

 

no pics?, Slowpoke....ya gotta share with the group....

 

Maybe he's trying to figure out how to post them. After all, his name is slowpoke

 

Sorry for the lapse of protocol..

It's just as well, because It loks like I jumped the gun in declaring victory with this little project. I posted after finishing the first two caps, didn't get back to the others until today. On those, some of the gold peeled off with the masking, and the peeled area extended into the new gray paint. Apparently some problem with the primer adhesion under the gray, although I followed the directions with **** precision.

I'll be starting again, going to use #220 instead of #320 paper, and of course, now the gold is messed up on two caps. Truthfully, I could live with all-gray caps, without the gold, as I don't have a lot of time to spend on this. But I want to get the gray right, because my Blazer has the body-colored trim strips on the lower doors which have also peeled, looks pretty shabby. So the caps are a test run for redoing the strips.

I'll post back when I have a report.

 

I can't understand it- I have a new box of crayons, drew a beautiful picture on my monitor screen, but for some reason it won't post. Stupid computer anyways...

 

Good to know.... I thought I was the only one with that problem. I even tried it on my iPhone, doesn't work there either.