Ok well...it was supposed to be a multiple product experiment with different roller types and different paints. I started out using a foam applicator brush stick thing using a dabbing motion to create texture and hide the chipped areas. Well I could immediately tell this was gunna work better then the spray paint for masking the chipped areas. After dabbing at least half of the end cap I decided to see what kind of texture my 1/2" nap? roller would create. Well the texture with the roller blended everything pretty darn well. No its not perfect but the even masking created from painting with a paint jug vs a spray paint can is much better. The chipped areas dont show up as real shiny vs the textured areas the entire area just carries the same sheen. I was able to manipulate the texture in many different ways......
examples.....
rolling with a mostly dry roller
rolling over and over and over as the paint dries
rolling with a foam roller would likely show more imperfections....but rolling with a lower nap would work
No need for me to drag this on....bottom like is that this works much better then spray painting. The final product is not perfect but it doesnt look like a horror show that spray painting produced for me. Now it is possible that you could spray paint on and quickly run a roller over it for texture.
Until I heat the grill up I wont know if it will adhere well but I see no reason why it wouldnt adhere very well.
See pics.....note pics are of 2 end caps not just one.
examples.....
rolling with a mostly dry roller
rolling over and over and over as the paint dries
rolling with a foam roller would likely show more imperfections....but rolling with a lower nap would work
No need for me to drag this on....bottom like is that this works much better then spray painting. The final product is not perfect but it doesnt look like a horror show that spray painting produced for me. Now it is possible that you could spray paint on and quickly run a roller over it for texture.
Until I heat the grill up I wont know if it will adhere well but I see no reason why it wouldnt adhere very well.
See pics.....note pics are of 2 end caps not just one.