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Black out grill?

swmstang

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I'm thinking of finally plastic dip my grill this weekend. All set to change the letter to black, I ordered them. Are you happy with the plasti dip on the grill. I've owned my car 1yr and already blacked out the rest
 

KTCanada

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I'm thinking of finally plastic dip my grill this weekend. All set to change the letter to black, I ordered them. Are you happy with the plasti dip on the grill. I've owned my car 1yr and already blacked out the rest
Did you do it ? if yes, can you share some tips
 
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Finally had some time to dip my Telly grille! I saw a video on YT of a guy applying the dip with the grille still on his vehicle, so I said why not vs. remove the grille, dip, reinstall. So, here’s what I did in a nutshell:

First I removed the badge, was pretty easy. I used a tool for bicycle tube installs, worked perfectly and popped off safely.

Then I masked near the grille edge and then used newspaper to mask the front end off. After all of it, I still had some minor overspray so heads up on that. No biggie, it wipes off easy.

Next I sprayed a light first coat. I don’t like chrome so I did the entire grille. After 30-40 min Each coat, I did some heavier applications while keeping it nice and even.

Lastly I snapped the badge back on, pulled the masking tape off and pulled off the excess dip.

Here’s some detail shots, I’ll post a bit further away pic tmrw. Sorry, my garage is a wreck right now haha.
Very nice.... when I see that grill it would be tempting to add some red color to it..but where ....
 

gicruz

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Finally had some time to dip my Telly grille! I saw a video on YT of a guy applying the dip with the grille still on his vehicle, so I said why not vs. remove the grille, dip, reinstall. So, here’s what I did in a nutshell:

First I removed the badge, was pretty easy. I used a tool for bicycle tube installs, worked perfectly and popped off safely.

Then I masked near the grille edge and then used newspaper to mask the front end off. After all of it, I still had some minor overspray so heads up on that. No biggie, it wipes off easy.

Next I sprayed a light first coat. I don’t like chrome so I did the entire grille. After 30-40 min Each coat, I did some heavier applications while keeping it nice and even.

Lastly I snapped the badge back on, pulled the masking tape off and pulled off the excess dip.

Here’s some detail shots, I’ll post a bit further away pic tmrw. Sorry, my garage is a wreck right now haha.
Hi,
I'm curious about something. How long has it been since you have applied this? How has it held up? I saw that you live in FL (so do I - 305) does the excess humidity affect it? Thanks for your help.
 


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