painted plastic pics

[jacquesraney]

Was wondering if everyone who is a "Do it Yourselfer" could post some pics of painted plastics..( that you did at home)

got a few rad covers. thinkin bout

some paint,,, wanna know if It can turn out as good as i think !! thanks,, any " Bowling ball paint jobs out there??

[theoriginal87]

lol painted my plastics and i think they turned out pretty good

 

 

those are also the same plastics that are on the bike n my sig.

[Badbar88]

What paint did you use ?

[Badbar88]

I'm about ready to do this myself so I can't wait to see how it turns out

[theoriginal87]

What paint did you use ?

 

just sanded them all down, sprayed them with rust-olium adhesion promoter, then gloss black rust-olium universal paint, and then finished them up with some atomotive clear coat.... and good luck with your project man

[esterelbanshee]

I sure hope that auto clearcoat has flex in it otherwise its gonna crack when the plastics bend. Some paints and clears have a flex agent in the recipe to account for plastic bumpers etc....

[SD1026]

lol painted my plastics and i think they turned out pretty good

 

 

those are also the same plastics that are on the bike n my sig.

looks good how is it holding up????

[too_fazt]

 

 

kandy orange, they didnt stay pretty for very long tho... tight trails dont like paint

[Larry's Shee]

Wish fusion came in more colors

[Fastassbanshee96]

Go to an auto body shop and get car paint. That's what I did with mine and it has held up to everything so fare. And you can get any color. It's a little pricey but I think it's worth it. I'm on my phone now but when I go on the computer I will post pics.

[bansheex666]

that's mine. It's held up to everything I've thrown at it. I just redid it in flat black, I like it alot more. I'll get a pic

 

 

Btw I used 97 cent paint, I swear by it.

 

Oh it used to be blue

 

here's after a muddy trip through woods with branches and rocks hitting it.

Edited May 4, 2010 by bansheex666

[Fastassbanshee96]

I did all my stuff by hand in my garage. I think everything turned out pretty good I also didall the the wet sanding and polishing of everything by hand too. The front rims were the stock gold rims but after about 80 hours of wet sanding they came out the way they are now. Pics are in my sig. Sorry about the photobucket but I'm using my iPhone. Lol. Let me know what you think of all of it.

[SheezFast02]

80 hours of wet sanding to get the gold off the wheels? That's crazy. I have a way of removing anodizing in just seconds. I wish I had something anodized kicking around so I could do a short vid. It'd sure save people alot of time.

[FrankieSquid]

80 hours of wet sanding to get the gold off the wheels? That's crazy. I have a way of removing anodizing in just seconds. I wish I had something anodized kicking around so I could do a short vid. It'd sure save people alot of time.

 

Sorry i dont mean to hijack this thread here but 80hrs of sanding the gold off the wheels? Damn. My wheels in my sig where gold, it took me 5 minutes per wheel and did no sanding. I posted a thread on this almost a year ago. I used a powerful drain cleaner. $8 at home depot

[Fastassbanshee96]

Well I wish I would have known all these tricks to get that shit off. It was a pain lol. The 80 hours wasn't just to get the gold off it was also to get out all the scratches and shit but alot of the time did was on getting the gold off. When you guys sanded did you do everything by hand or were you using tools like grinders and dremals? Everything I did was all by hand. By the time I got done with everything, rims clutch cover throttle box brake res ect. My finger tips were bleeding. Not fun. I wish I would have done dome more reading befor just grabbing some sand paper and going to town.