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Painted My Bowtie!

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Hey!

 

I decided to paint the front Chevy bowtie to match the colour of the truck! I searched on the forum and figured out what I needed to buy and went to Canadian Tire and bought the Dupli-Color products needed and painted it! Apparently Auto Zone in the States sells Dupli-Color products for those interested down south.

 

I bought the following:

 

- 3M blue painters tape

- 3M Wet or Dry paper sheets (I bought the assorted grit sheets package which had a 320 , 400 , 600 and 800 grit sheets in case of future needs)

- Dupli-Color Adhesion Promoter ( a type of primer to allow the paint to stick to the plastic)

- Dupli-Color Perfect Match Automotive spray paint ( Bought the colour I needed for truck which was Olympic White. You can get your code from glove box

- Dupli-Color Perfect Match Automotive Protective clear coat finish

 

I took the Chevy emblem off the front grill by prying both tabs holding the emblem to the grill. It can be tricky but a flat head screwdriver and some patience will get her out of there.

 

I started off by taping the emblem with the painters tape. It’s a time consuming process but take your time as you want it to look good! The new emblem makes it easy to attach tape as there’s a crease along the gold portion which allows you to stick the tape in.

 

After taping I took the 600 Grit sand paper and sanded down the shit out of the gold portion of the emblem and made it nice and smooth and then washed the sanded area with rubbing alcohol.

 

After that I took the Adhesion Promoter (primer) and sprayed three light coats leaving 10 minutes in between them.

 

I then applied four light coats of paint on the emblem until I got the desired thickness and colour again waiting 10 minutes between coats.

 

After the final coat of paint, I waited 30 minutes and applied the three coats and one heavy coat of clear coat. Again, with 10 minutes in between coats.

 

After the last spray of clear coat I left it to dry overnight.

 

When I woke up I took the painters tape off (which came off really easy) and was amazed at how great it looks! Hopefully it stands up to the elements. The paint it very smooth to the touch and does not feel like spray paint at all. I’m most likely going to get a piece of that 3M invisible bra film to protect it of rock chips!

 

It’s a cheap and easy mod which could always be fixed if needed!

 

I attached pictures of the process along with the final results!

 

Let me know what you think, it turned out way better than I thought it would!!

 

 

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And the end results!!

 

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Let me know what you think!

 

Up next is the rear bowtie!

 

Stef

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I read on FSC that you can remove the foil on the back and then spray the back side. That way you don't get rock chips. Dunno how it would look with white though. Apparently the foil is silver and the gold color comes from the plastic. It's not clear.

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I read on FSC that you can remove the foil on the back and then spray the back side. That way you don't get rock chips. Dunno how it would look with white though. Apparently the foil is silver and the gold color comes from the plastic. It's not clear.

 

 

I've seen that done too and was going to try it until I found out that I can't with the new front emblems....booo

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looks nice, i did that with my old 84 s10 grille, did the whole thing.... not too bad once you get it figured out. I'd like mine to be silver.

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Looks great!

 

 

Probably can't tell from my sig that I am a fan :dunno:

 

 

Yes I can! And to be 100% honest, your sig is the reason why I painted mine! haha!

 

Thanks for all the compliments guys! :omg:

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