I've read that Krylon Fusion works well on atv plastic. Has anyone had any luck with this? I've got a used honda with some worn looking plastic and I'm wondering if I can't spruce it up a little without spending $300-400 to replace all the plastic. Any suggestions?

 

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I have tried the Krylon on my grizzly. I tried painting the breather vents on the side. There are two problems. The first is if you spill gasoline on the paint - gone!
the second is that it will give it a shine but the scratches always show through. It is a cheap band-aid in the interum. If you stay with the same color, that will help. The Krylon Fusion is about the only option for paint.

Good luck

 

do not do it you will regret it majiorly i did it on my suzuki and well at first it will look good then when u go to wash it if you have to scrub it will scrub the paint off so u have to just use more paint instead of washing it and slikybob is right gas will eat it rite off but if you do decide to do it tape off everything and go for it

 

go with a graphics kit.

 

I've painted entire plastics with Krylon Fusion and here is the key.....

You MUST clean and lightly scuff the surface.... they say no prep work, but if you want to do it right trust me... do some prep work....

You don't need to scuff it deep, a fine sandpaper will do.....just enough to take the shine and outer layer off the plastic...

The next thing is to do many light coats.... if you put it on thick or in 2-3 coats it is going to be vulnerable to gas and scratching.....

However if you do many light coats, like 6-8 coats while letting the coats nearly dry it will work.......

I have done it so that the stuff barely scratches with a screwdriver... and even then you are digging into the plastics and not scratching off the paint. It will work as advertised, but if you take a couple steps beyond you will be much more happy....

Last summer I turned a yellow 400ex into a Honda red 400ex and after a summer of hard riding the thing still looks perfect. You would never know it was painted with spray paint if you were not told. We used 5 cans of paint which is crazy, but it was cheaper than new plastics.....

 

Before you lay any paint prep with Bulldog adhesion promoter! If not any paint will peel off.

 

I painted mine last year and its doing great. The color is Hemi Orange Pearl.

 

What kind of prep work did you do?