So I pulled my grill off yesterday to sand it down and paint it. (just a few rock chips over the winter, no biggie) As I'm about to sand it down I remembered how much of a pain in the a$$ it was the first time. So I go into the garage and look for another method. My eye catches my black and decker mouse sander (which comes with an attchment that looks like a finger)

So long story short it took me all of an hour to remove the clear coat and paint from the grill to start fresh again. I highly recommend this cheap tool for anyone looking at a DIY for painting your grill.

Hope this helps some people out and hopefully no one posted this already. My search showed no one did.

 

Which model sander did you use (part number or photos)? Did you sand it all the way down again?

 

I love my mouse. I actually got it when I made an emblemless grill for my G35. Amazing little tool

 

I've got one of those mouse things but i dont recall it having this "finger" like attachment. Any pics of what it looks like or how it goes on???

 

Here's the link for the mouse

http://www.blackanddecker.com/Produc...roductID=20240

And one with a pic of the finger attachement

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3Den%26sa%3DG

 

Yes I did sand it all the way down again. I figured I'd do it again since it was that time consuming. Fresh start I guess.

 

if I am painting it for the first time can't I just rough it up with some ~400-600 grit sandpaper? Is it better to to take it down to the plastic or whatever its made of?

 

The better you prep it the less susceptible it is to rock chipping. I thought I sanded and primed mine well enough and I have gotten lots of chips. A body shop guy said my prep should have taken all the chrome coating off if possible and that would be less likely to happen.

 

^ Yup. I'm repainting mine this weekend. I thought I prepped it good enough too by it ended up getting all kinds of chips on it.

Doing it right this time around tho

 

I need the finger attachment

 

thx for the advice...waiting on the black chrome...

 

step 1-
use 120 grit (to scuff surface), 320 grit, 600 grit, 800 grit & 1000 grit if you would like.

step 2-
wash off with dawn liquid soap, let air dry

step 3-
3-4 primer

step 4-
3-5 paint

step 5-
3-5 clear (if you going for gloss)