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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 05:22 PM
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another less-bling painted grill

too lazy to do it myself, and spend almost $50 with materials and labor. turned out great, with a few simple steps and about 10 cigarettes.


>> materials used... minus the sanding sponges


>> grill removed



>> wet sanding


>> applying first coat of underspray in my ghetto paintbooth -- 98 ford e150 lol


>> 4 underspray coats, 8 flat black coats... and 2 hours to dry


>> my installer Danny reassembling everything


>> installed the finished product




i love it
 

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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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Looks good, interesting texture.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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Looks great man! Definitely has a different texture compared to Plasti Dip but still looks pimp
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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Looks grainy
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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^+1 but i like it!
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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Real grainy
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 12:29 AM
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$50 on material?? Mine was $15 max. None of the less looks good and interesting texture....
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 12:56 AM
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I like the texture, I spent like $25. Primer, Paint, Clear. Sand Paper.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 01:40 AM
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Hmmmmmm, looks good bit grainy tho...hehe
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 03:43 AM
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me like!
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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BTW in case you guys didn't know the Duplicolor rubberized undercoat comes like that with the wrinkled/grainy texture after you spray it on and it dries, its mainly used for truck beds with undercoating and boats n such.
 
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