Ok ive did this a million times and i cant get it done properly.
Im painting my front grill, ive sanded it a bunch with "fine grit, paint removing sandpaper" and the chrome doesnt come off. So i paint over it with 2 coats of primer and 2 coasts of black, and the paints comes off.

What am i doing wrong?????
how do i get rid of the chrome so the paint will stick?

 

does it flake off?

 

What paint are you using? Mine dosent flake.

 

Larger grit sand paper?

 

the paint just flakes of. yes.

im using el-cheapo primer, and black engine paint,. which was pretty expensive, im on my 3rd can. ( i did brakes, wheel center caps, and nuts too)

ive tried large grit sand paper, it doesnt remove the chrome or make the chrome rough enough for the paint to stick

 

I used krylon primer(2 coats), krylon gloss black(2-3 coats), and Krylon clear(1 coat I think). I do have one small chip on mine but it has not got any worse in the past few months. Try using Krylon.< I guess I spelled that right?

 

I used krylon primer(2 coats), krylon gloss black(2-3 coats), and Krylon clear(1 coat I think). I do have one small chip on mine but it has not got any worse in the past few months. Try using Krylon.< I guess I spelled that right?

 

Oops my internet messed up and I posted that twice.

 

where'd you get it from?

 

Walmart

 

if you want a blacked out grille i'll sell you mine now that i have a ralliart one. there's no paint missing, but there are some scrapes towards the inside of the grille on those "fins" in the inserts... nothing you can notice from more than a foot away.

PM me if you're interested and maybe we can work something out.

 

i will let you know. i might have figured it out now, we shall see

 

How much do you want for it? I have been looking for one of those, and my car is black.

 

chrome is hard to paint

 

Well its not chrome really. Just painted plastic.