I got this picture from somewhere on and I was wondering if it would be possible to get my grill to look as glossy as this with black spray paint and clear coat. I've looked at a lot of DIYs and posts about their results with painting their grill and they never look as glossy as this. I was thinking if I just sanded with very fine sand paper and maybe wet sanded I could get it this glossy. Any suggestions? Thanks for the help and sorry if this post is in the wrong spot.

 

I don't think you can get that nice a shine from a spray can. Your best bet is to take your time between coats and do a wetsand. I ended up spending a lot of time, and money on supplies and still ended up taking it to a body shop. They only charged me 40 bucks to paint it gloss black and I was happy with it. Shop around before you start buying sand paper, paint and clear coat.

 

^ +1

I also don't think you'll get nearly a clean, wet glossy look comparable to the work of a shop. I spray canned my (on top 5 coats of plasti dip) and then clear coated it, and I ended up with some texture. I'm pretty meticulous and I still had the texture. I ended up liking the texture because it's unique, still glossy, and is a uniform texture, but that's just me.

I would go to a shop. If I would have looked around more like dukehotty and found someone who could do it for $40, I would've done it in a heartbeat. Might have to strip it and do that if I can find a price like that, actually...

 

^the fk? who uses plastidip as a base coat and expects it to be a smooth finish?

 

bodyshop FTW. I had my Gialla grill painted at a local body shop, and while it was NO WHERE near as cheap as $40, they did a stellar job. Even tweaked the paint mixture a little bit so it matched my 10 year old Desert Platinum closer.

 

Actually, you'd be surprised. With enough coats of paint following plastidip it actually was smooth and glossy. The clear coat on top of the black paint is what crinkled.

 

You got it done at a shop and it came out that glossy? Because $40 for that isn't a bad price at all. Even though I would prefer to do it myself I'd gladly spend the $40 if I can get level of gloss

 

If it's the clear coat that caused the problem you could always try sanding it down and using a different clear coat. Did you use a cheap brand?

 

It came out pretty glossy. It wasn't wet sanded after so it could be even more glossy. I'll try and post a pic.