Ok i want to repaint my plastics but wanted to know the best but cheapest paint to use that will hold up pretty good. thanks
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I'm painting mine this week, I just finish cutting them. I took them off, soaked with degreaser then pressure washed. I am lightly sanding them with 800 grit paper and rewashing, let them totally try and the using Krylon plastic paint. Plenty of light coats and letting dry for 5 days before installing. There are a few people on here who have used that paint. No primer because it reacts against the paint(but i dunno) One guy said he installed after a day and went trail riding and had a few small chips but then repainted and let dry for 5 days before use to totally cure and has had no issues with the paint at all after he painted them and let them dry he bent em jumped on em and everything and had no problems. So thats' what i plan on doing.
Actually want adhesion promoter not inhibitor. Any automotive paint supply store should have it and maybe chain auto parts stores (autozone, advance, oreilly, napa) in their paint section.
Thanks. hopefully i will be getting to prep within the next few days and time to crank up the space heater for the garage
prep job includes
a good sanding job. if the plastic has scratches in it, remove them by wet sanding. start out with a low grit number like 200ish and work upto 1000.
you want the space you are painting to be around 75ish. paint does not want to stick when it is cold and wet out.
bulldog adhesive promotor is some good stuff, it is used when painting plastic bumpers on cars. just do not sand through or your paint job just went to sh*t.
when painting to light coats. get around 4-5 coats before you wet sand again with 1000+grit paper, lightly sand it, like said before, you do not want to sand the adhesive promotor. after a light wet sand, add a couple motor layers of paint and sand again if needed. then do clear. put around 3-4 layers of clear, sand if needed and clear again.
it is best to let each layer of paint and clear dry before you add another layer. so paint one light layer, go inside and play a game or two of COD then check paint. or you can look at porn, whatever you want to do to pass time.
whatever you do, do have the space heater pointing directly at your plastic, it will not be good for the paint that is drying.
a good sanding job. if the plastic has scratches in it, remove them by wet sanding. start out with a low grit number like 200ish and work upto 1000.
you want the space you are painting to be around 75ish. paint does not want to stick when it is cold and wet out.
bulldog adhesive promotor is some good stuff, it is used when painting plastic bumpers on cars. just do not sand through or your paint job just went to sh*t.
when painting to light coats. get around 4-5 coats before you wet sand again with 1000+grit paper, lightly sand it, like said before, you do not want to sand the adhesive promotor. after a light wet sand, add a couple motor layers of paint and sand again if needed. then do clear. put around 3-4 layers of clear, sand if needed and clear again.
it is best to let each layer of paint and clear dry before you add another layer. so paint one light layer, go inside and play a game or two of COD then check paint. or you can look at porn, whatever you want to do to pass time.
whatever you do, do have the space heater pointing directly at your plastic, it will not be good for the paint that is drying.
like shee said, make sure its warm where you are gonna spray the paint. that paint will run like a mexican from the border patrol if its too cold
was you responding to my question?
i was asking about what type of scrach fillers or stuff can we use for deep scraches. I know if if i sand mine out its going to be thin and look wavey.
I know when i did my plastics there were afew really deep scratches that i just had to ignore. hell man they are just plastics on a quad. look in my build thread you can't even see the scratches in the pics but they are there. here i just went and got a couple pics from my thread. i started with 320 on my orbital sander then 400, then wet 800 by hand then 1000 wet by hand. and 3 coats of clear
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AFTER
to get out the scratches, you have to sand a little, primer, paint, then sand a little again, paint some, and sand some more. like you said, with stock plastic, you cant just sand out the scratches or the plastic because very thin, you have to build it up a little with the primer and paint.
