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Title: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on April 26, 2009, 03:19:18 am

I want to give the three wheeler a paint job now what could i do to the plastic to smooth it out , the fenders have to flex. I'm thinking wet sanding but i don't know. any other suggestions

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: VileZambonie on April 26, 2009, 03:06:42 pm

You'll need to clean and scuff with some scotch brite and I would use some kind of adhesion promoter. Either way every time I've seen one repainted it comes off.

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: HAULIN IT on April 26, 2009, 10:31:30 pm

Irish, It's pretty unrealistic to paint the fenders on a 3 wheeler/quad, ect. & think they will hold up. They flex & flop around, not to mention bumping stuff with them. It would be like painting a balloon, radiator hose, tire, ect. & thinking after using it for what is used for, expecting the paint to not be cracked & falling off. If it was something you have a couple different colored pieces from different ATV's & wanted to do it to make it all one color to sell...spray it with Bulldog & put flex in the paint. Lorne

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Blazin on April 26, 2009, 10:51:51 pm

x2 what he said!

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: HAULIN IT on April 26, 2009, 11:06:58 pm

On a side note...If the panels are just lightly scraped up, you may try wet sanding them with 600, then 1000-1200 & try buffing them since they are molded all the way through this may work pretty well. Give that a try! Lorne

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on April 26, 2009, 11:17:28 pm

i was doubtful about it not cracking but i thought maybe there was a nother way to do it that i didn't know about it would probably take a whole lot of flex lol

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on May 03, 2009, 04:37:19 am

OK found out what i want done just don't know were and if i can do it my self
(http://www.3wheeler.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=20033&stc=1&d=1237345569)
now if I'm not wrong on thing its like a film that you dip whatever you want in it and it covers it

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: 4x4orbust on May 03, 2009, 09:52:37 am

i know what you are talking about!    the guys on the chopper show did it to some fenders and a gas tank for one of their bikes...

i think this is what you are referring to....http://www.dynamicfinishes.com/water_transfer_printing.html

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on May 04, 2009, 12:11:41 am

thanks 4x4 but i just looked at the prices and to do a stock to a gun your talking 100 at the lowest lol i just might have to buy that guys 3 wheeler it will probably be cheaper

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: 4x4orbust on May 04, 2009, 06:27:14 am

yeah it's not cheap stuff, but man does it look good!!

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: bigkountry on May 04, 2009, 01:18:13 pm

The Krylon Fusion (in a spray bomb) has held up decently on my boy's 70CC 4 wheeler. I scuffed it used and adhesion promoter and then sprayed it.

You might want to look into a flex additive, alot of my friends use it on their body kits.

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on May 05, 2009, 12:13:24 am

they make flex for spay bomb?

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: bigkountry on May 06, 2009, 03:16:29 pm

No, I meant through a gun if you wanted to go that route.

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on May 07, 2009, 11:55:30 am

lol i thought there was a new product i didn't hear about

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: CreativeNotice on May 27, 2009, 09:38:28 pm

I know a guy here local (NE Texas) that does water transfer printing. he's a smaller operation so he might have better pricing, if you want I can get you his contact info.

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on May 30, 2009, 01:58:52 am

Sure if you don't mind

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on July 22, 2009, 01:57:03 am

found camo wrapes for ATVs and trucks
http://decals.ws/category.php?category_id=49

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: DFAA on July 26, 2009, 07:56:09 pm

Colorbond(summit carries it) does very well on plastic. Thats what I did with all my trim. I even painted the ring on the steering column (rubber ring at base/bezel), and I was able to twist and bend it without the paint cracking. Supposedly it "bonds", but its not too great on metal.

Dan

Title: Re: Painting plastic
Post by: Irish_Alley on July 27, 2009, 03:59:09 am

thanks dan. anyone heard of this stuff b4?