Spray Painted my exhaust tips

[BDreason]

I didn't remove it. I removed the two bolts in hangers in the back and that dropped them down enough, I then wedged a piece of wood to hold them in place and hold them down to where I wanted them. I spent about an hour just masking everything off so I got no overspray. Then sprayed away.

Can you speak more to the process.

What kind of sandpaper did you use?
How long did you wait between coats?
How long was the entire process start to finish?
Any other tips?

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[Bigmess]

I believe I used 320 grit, but it doesn’t have to be exact. You just need to scratch them up so the paint will adhere. I then blew them off and rubbed them down with alcohol. VHT says to wait 10 minutes in between each coat so that’s what I did and 30 minutes before applying the clearcoat after the final coat of color. The next day, I rubbed them down with zero steel wool and some polishing compound, then followed up with some ceramic coat wax. The whole process only took a couple of hours. The longest part was making sure everything was masked off, and that took probably an hour and a half because I didn’t want any overspray anywhere.

 

[RaptorDadVB]

How many cans of spray paint did it take you for the job?

 

[Bigmess]

1 can of paint and 1 of clear.

 

[green5150]

Waaaaaayyyy better! Definitely one of the first things I'm doing when I get mine. The chrome definitely looks out of place on this truck. Excellent job.

 

[BDreason]

I believe I used 320 grit, but it doesn’t have to be exact. You just need to scratch them up so the paint will adhere. I then blew them off and rubbed them down with alcohol. VHT says to wait 10 minutes in between each coat so that’s what I did and 30 minutes before applying the clearcoat after the final coat of color. The next day, I rubbed them down with zero steel wool and some polishing compound, then followed up with some ceramic coat wax. The whole process only took a couple of hours. The longest part was making sure everything was masked off, and that took probably an hour and a half because I didn’t want any overspray anywhere.

Thanks for the info. Can you share what products you used for polishing and waxing?

Thanks again,

 

[stlscott]

Repeated the process as described and everything turned out perfectly .... but ... watch out for taking that tape off too early. I got impatient and took off the tape and a piece of it touched the right exhaust tip and pulled a small amount of paint off. It's almost impossible to notice, but of course I can't stop kicking myself for taking everything off too soon. I only waited 45 minutes after the last coat. Should have waited a few hours and been more careful.

Really looks great though. Very happy with the final look.

 

[Bigmess]

Thanks for the info. Can you share what products you used for polishing and waxing?

Thanks again,

 

[Bigmess]

I use meguiars ultimate compound and meguiars ceramic wax.

 

[Bigmess]

Repeated the process as described and everything turned out perfectly .... but ... watch out for taking that tape off too early. I got impatient and took off the tape and a piece of it touched the right exhaust tip and pulled a small amount of paint off. It's almost impossible to notice, but of course I can't stop kicking myself for taking everything off too soon. I only waited 45 minutes after the last coat. Should have waited a few hours and been more careful.

Really looks great though. Very happy with the final look.

 

[Bigmess]

Looks great!

 

[Peter949]

Man this tread is going to make try and probably fuck up something.

 

[unixadm]

Looks great. I just ordered the same paint for my future Ranger Raptor.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Repeated the process as described and everything turned out perfectly .... but ... watch out for taking that tape off too early. I got impatient and took off the tape and a piece of it touched the right exhaust tip and pulled a small amount of paint off. It's almost impossible to notice, but of course I can't stop kicking myself for taking everything off too soon. I only waited 45 minutes after the last coat. Should have waited a few hours and been more careful.

Really looks great though. Very happy with the final look.

Awesome job, Scott! Thanks for sharing that tip with the community. We hope you are enjoying your Ranger!

 

[miniR]

Will someone upload some rear, and side views of the entire pickup please. I’d like to see what it looks like as a whole.
Thanks

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