I just painted my stock black chain guard to red like the TLD. Anyone else use this paint? I did it on Wed. so the can says wait for seven days to be chip resistant. I will then bolt it back on and see how well it holds up. see my profile for a pic if you like.

 

Arggg! Seven days! Keep us posted on the durability, please. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I tried it and posted the dismal results a few weeks back. I started with the underside of the nose cover as a test. It tool about 1/3 of a can to change the color of just that small area. It does not cover very well at all. After about a month, I can still scrape it off with my fingernail. It did NOT bond with the plastic like they claim. I prepped the piece by first washing it and then de-waxing with Xylol. It may work for touching up scratches of the same color, but probably not any better that the cheap stuff. Oh yeah, it's 4 bucks a can!

 

tried some to a week ago or so and after a week i could still take my thumb and remove it.It sucks IMO.

 

Same results with Fusion. I tried prep with alcohol, then with ammonia like can suggests, then another try with sanding surface with 220 down to 1200 sandpaper, but still the paint comes off with a findernail scratch very easily - even after 7 days. Urgh.

 

After reading about your post's of the paint coming off with your fingernail, I went right to the utility room where my chainguard is curing. I tried to scratch it with my fingernail, but all seems to be well. Does not flake off. Seems to be very durable. I do believe you though, that you had this problem. Is it possible that the plastic guard that I painted has a different surface (kind of glossy) compared to the piece that you painted? I did do the paint thinner prep that the directions indicate before painting. Before that though, I degreased the guard with simple green and then dawn dishsoap and hot water with an old tooth brush to be sure every lick of grease was gone. I have however, not yet installed the piece, so only time will tell. As far as I can see though, all looks well. As far as how much paint was required, I think I only used maybe a quarter of a can at most for this piece. I knew that changing colors from black to red would not be easy, so I just sprayed a very light coat on one side, then rotated the piece a quarter of a turn, did the same thing, rotated a quarter turn, and so on until I was all the way around once. I then let the piece set for about 45 secs. to a minute, then repeated the same thing all over until I was once around, and let it set for about a minute or so. By doing this, I maybe saved some paint, got a very even coverage with no runs, and hopefully got a good BOND. I hope I don't have the same experience you guys had. I'll let ya know soon.

 

When I say that I applied a "very light coat" to the piece, what I mean is, on the first time around, there was way more black color than red. The second time around, it was about the same. third time around it was about 50/50. Fourth time around was mostly red but you could still see black. fith time around, you could see black only if you got down and looked real hard in some spots. I did seven or eight times around, I can't remember. Just thought I'd explain this as everybody iterperets "very light coat" in thier own way, and probably not the way I meant.

 

03PolarisPredator, are you still happy with the Kryon Fusion paint on your chain guard now that it's been a couple of weeks? Can you scrape it off with your fingernail? I hopeful your many, many very light coats technique makes the Fusion paint adhere better than my 3-coat attempts.

 

well, so far so good. however it has only been on since last wednesday and I have only ridden the bike twice with it on. it is not soft yet, by that I mean no, I cannot scrape it off with my fingernails, and I hope it won't get to be that way. I am not holding my breath though, as it seems no one else has had any luck with this stuff yet.

 

Although they claim it works on a wide varietly of plastics, my guess is that the quality of bond it gets will vary greatly with the material it's applied to. The chain protector is definately a different type of plastic than the body panels. Maybe it will work well for you on that piece.