I am hoping someone can help me with my 2006 Monte Carlo SS Paint job. I am a novice to painting but pretty good at repairing my Monte. My car mechanically is sound but the paint needs help. It was a Florida car most of its life and the paint paid the price for it. It appears that at some point the rear spoiler and rear bumper were repainted but they did a poor job. I want to try to fix the spoiler first and if it looks good, I might try to do the bumper. I found instructions on the following web site:

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/d...-spraycan.html

My question is that the paint on the spoiler now is all cracked and you can feel the cracks. How to I prep the spoiler before painting? Do I try filler to fill in the cracks or does it need to be sanded down to remove it? Also, was planning on painting with Duplicolor paint, as shown. How many cans do you think I will need to paint the spoiler? Should I put down a base coat of a different product first? Lastly, is Duplicolor clear coat a good product to use as the top coat?

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

 

Back in the early 2000's I had to do the new spoiler for a Red Monte Carlo. It was a urethane black 3 piece on going on my sons Monte Carlo then. The thing I struggled with most was getting the Red to cover the light Gray primer. I finally switch paints and it was much better. I was shooting it with a gun then. Today the paints are much better. DupliColor should be good. View some Youtube videos on painting for tips before you begin.
I was concerned that my Cars paint had little cracks in it so a friend that is a body man told me that it is common for that. He has a Red 03 Monte Carlo and his was doing the same thing mine did.

If I was going to do it I would
1st. remove the spoiler from the Car
2. Use some sort of a paint remover to get rid of the old finish.
3. Do some sanding to smooth it out
4. Use a little bondo product on it to smooth it some more, sand the bondoed spoiler
5.Primer the spoiler
6. sand again
7. light coat of primer and sand again
8 Use the desired paint that you want for the job
9. Probably gonna take at least 5 coats of red to get the desired color
10 sand lightly with 400 or 600 grit to get it smooth ( wet sanding)
11. Apply the clear coat and sand after the first coat with 600 grit
12. continue with the clear 3 to 4 coats the final sand would be with 1200 grit then buff it with some final cut and buff liquid buffer material
then you should be good to apply it to the car.
You might be able to find some info on Auto geek.com or Dr. Color Chip ( do a google search on these)

 

I would sand it down until you get to smooth / solid surface. You don't want to put fresh paint over substrate that's clearly degraded and falling apart or you're going to risk adhesion issues down the road.


You may already be aware, but in case you're not, that paint likely isn't going to be an actual perfect match. It would probably be relatively close on a brand new car or something that's got very few miles / sun exposure, but on a 10+ year old car with some mileage on it, its probably going to be noticeably off. No doubt will look better than what you've got though.