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Painting Bottle caps?

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I was looking at my car today and thaught the bottle caps would look good painted black with a polished lip.

Has any one done this before (pictures would be good) and is this worth doing it myself?

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yeah man bottle caps are cheap to replace so do it youself!

you can get paint at repco, and primer, i guess a light sand, or a decent clean with proper cleaner and spray?

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Hey, Here's some on dad's car last winter - just after we did them. Heaps of them spotted around town now :o

Ok attachments don't want to work...

Yeah, sand, prime, then use a fine brush to do the 'serated' part of the wheel.

Edited by Surge

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Poly prep would help but aint neccassary.Just makes paint adhere to anything.

A coat of Prep,primer,top coat.

Done

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Don't buy Repco paint, crap mostly. Mitre10 or a paintshop, pay for what you get there. Ensure you primer otherwise will come out poorly, won't stick etc...

Let me know how you go, I'll deff. give it a go in the next few weeks!

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Cheers for the help. Can this be done with the tires still on or is it best to take them off?

I probably won't be doing this just yet. I'll probly do it when i've got the money. How much $ are we talking on paint?

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yo man, you get the iS goin in the end?? hows it coming along? stripped out racer??

whoops was meant to be a quote from surge

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Won't cost too much.Decent paint from M10 is about 20 bucks a can so atleast 2 cans.atleast one can of primer...$23 odd dollars,polly prep...$5,wet and dry..$2

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Well i will have to do some jobs round the place for dad for some money (having no job really sucks) then ill give it a go. If there is any one from whangarei who would like to give me a hand with this sometime PM me and i'll get back to you when there is some progress.

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I'm still keen to see pictures of black bottle caps if anyone has any.

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E30stz Posted Today, 05:57 PM

charcoal = ph fat!

i just did a quick wheel transfer on Paint and charcoal looks pretty good

but black will suit it better being a pre f/l with all the black on the car (bumpers front lip...)

This is a messy job of what it could look like...

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I think they look quite good, alot better than standard IMO

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unfortunately they are still bottle caps

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Just spray em with chrome spray paint from Mitre 10 like some rangi did today haha love it

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