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So i bought a fiberglass duckbill.. What steps to paint it?

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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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Default So i bought a fiberglass duckbill.. What steps to paint it?

do i sand it? wet sand it? air craft remover? i dont know where to start..
i painted my oem spoiler black and it turned okay.. all i did was wiper it down and sprayed over lol

i'd paint over it but it wont be even with the chipped paint..
help me out


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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Sand it. Wet sand it. Primer it. Paint it.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 04:57 PM
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Default Re: So i bought a fiberglass duckbill.. What steps to paint it? (JDM-EJ1)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM-EJ1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sand it. Wet sand it. Primer it. Paint it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Rough it up to get the gloss off, primer it, wet sand it, paint it....

EDIT: use a 3M pad to rough it up
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 04:58 PM
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Sand it with 180 until well scuffed evenly, primer, sand with 400 in one direction, paint.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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what he said
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 05:08 PM
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is that your gf with the boxers on ^^?
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AwdFtw &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is that your gf with the boxers on ^^?</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's a big girl!
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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hey hey i was just curious
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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eew no .. thats my sister lol .. [x]edit[x] she saw this and smacked the back of my head :-p


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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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lol wow blew up her spot
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