i'm painting the plastics on my blaster,

i think there was a thread here before about it and some new of some stuff that was made for painting plastics.

can anyone help me?

thnx
brandon

 

i tryed doin a search and that didn't work iether.

 

i can, i work at a body shop, we paint plastic, metal, fiber glass, you name it.

ok, 1st thing, preperation. I would recommend to sand it with 180grit with an air palm-sander. Get it all scuffed up. Then wash it off, dry it, wipe it down with a degreasing solvent(du-pont makes some, its called prep-sol). Primer the plastics. then spray some guide coat on it.(guide coat- black spray pain, really faint, so it speckles. Then wet sand the primered plastics with 600grit, just so there are no more speckles. this will smooth the primer, and make the paint look smoother, and adhear better. Once your all sanded nice and smooth, your ready for paint. Wash you plastics, so all the sanding slop is gone, then wipe down again with the solvent. Your now ready for paint. Make sure you do it in a properly ventalted area, so all the fumes aren't inhaled, and no dust sets in the paint. You also could see if the local body shop will do it. I know we do. It may run you a hundred bucks.

 

kool, thanx

 

oh, plastikote or anyother spray can will make it look like kaka-poopoo

 

OK

LMAO

 

how strong is it ?

how long will it last?

 

Hey AM, what paint would you recomend?
Clear coat?

Also will the clear coat withstand gas being leaked on it?

Thanks!

 

Use a flexible primer and some sort of polyurethane paint so it won't crack as soon as you put it in the back of the truck and drive down the HWY