Spray Painting Plastic Front Lip

[Brandon]

I'm hoping to restore the blackness of my front lip as show in the photo below. Because it seems like a pretty easy job, I've decided to do it myself instead of paying someone 250bucks to do it for me. What I have gathered is,

1) Sand the surface with a coarse wet/dry sandpaper (600-800?)

2) Sand the surface with smoother wet/dry sandpaper (1200-1500?)

3) Clean the surface with soap, water and prepsol

4) Use masking tape to cover up the line between frontbar and lip with 3 layers of newpaper covering the top of the frontbar.

5) Use a primer spray can on surface (can you spray the paint right after the primer or do you have to wait for it to dry up? I've read about flexaid for plastic, is this the same as primer?)

6) Use matt (flat) black spray can from a distance going from 1 corner to the other (taking note to spray "over the lip" at the start and end of spray pattern)

Obviously this will be done on a normal day (not rainy) but does anyone know how long does it normally take for the spray paint to dry up? Also I'm thinking I MIGHT not need to spray it if the sandpaper can restore the blackness of the plastic. Last question is, any problem with spray painting on a plastic (need special type of spray?)?

It'll be great if anyone that has done the same can comment. Thanks in advance.

[Doobs]

Why don't you just detach the bottom lip from the bar?

Would make it a lot easier.

[Brandon]

Why don't you just detach the bottom lip from the bar?

Would make it a lot easier.

Because the head of the bolts/screws are all flatten by scrubbing. The masking/taping doesnt bother me and its what type of spray I should be using that makes me think.

[mad082]

you are best off using a plastic primer if you are doing it from a spray can.

as for sanding, read what it says to do on the spray can. same goes for how long to wait between coats and going from primer to base coat.