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Originally Posted by tripower
Yes I have had success with several re-chromed pieces that were painted like grills, dash bezels, valances, etc. Would recommend scuffing with 600-800 grit paper (perhaps wet), then clean, then a coat of a good Etching Primer before your top coat. Have used this on several cars out in the elements and nothing has lifted off.
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That was kind of what I gathered from the Hot Rod restoration article online.
I really do like the idea of bringing the grilles down to pure bare metal then applying epoxy primer, but not at the expense of wrecking my nice new chrome.
Although the majority of us (me included) tend to over restore and make things better than the factory did, I always still think about how the factory did things way back when.
I don't think the factory would have chromed, sandblasted, epoxy primered, then painted these grilles. It wouldn't have made economic sense.