Im looking to paint my GMC emblem black in the grill, need some advice from you experts out there on to do or not to do, and if so how, really need a change and its minor enough i might be able to pull it off depending on how much its going to cost. Thanks

 

I just recently did mine.....the best way is to heat the emblem up with a heat gun and peal the red letters off. Then ruff it up with a scuff pad. I applied a very small ammount of paint for the first coat so the other coats have something sticky to bond to.....i put about 4 coats on then some clear.

 

what did paint and pad cost ?

 

I just did two bowties for some friends. Like the previous guy said, I took 800 grit and wet sanded it smooth then for a metallic paint.....I did about 5 light coats so I could blend the metallic. But for a solid color, add a medium coat about 4 times and add clear on to that. Wait about 7 mins between coats of clear and I did 4 to 5 coats. Wet sand 800 grit-$3.50 and paint was about $8.

 

Yep i never sanded mine used a scuff pad instead....the scuff pad is equal to a certain grit of sand paper but i forget what. If you peal the letters off like i did be carefull not to heat them very much like i did....mine warped a bit and getting them back on was a real pain in the ***. If i had to do it again i would just tape everything except the letters.

 

i actually painted my old bowtie black wit fuggin KRYLON (haha) plastic paint, scuffed i down a lil and sprayed some primer on teh biotch, painted it black wit about 3or 4 coats and then cleared it wit like 5 coats or something, that thing never chipped and looked like it was paint by a body man

 

best way to go^^^^. i wouldnt spend money to have a body man do small stuff like that. my bow tie still looks great too on my blazer after a year.

 

sounds good i still want to leave the chrome lineing on it but i just want to switch the red to black, so basically instead of using a heat gun, another option is to sand the red off till smooth

 

Can you guys post pics, I've never seen the GMC grill emblem in black.

 

well i dunno bout the gmc badge but the bowties, there not actually gold, theres like a gold paint INSIDE the plastic piece, its technically just like a clear plastic, i would assume the gmcs are the same way, no need to sand down that much, just scuffer up, tape and spray