paint plastics with good results?

[DohcBikes]

Fusion paint is a hot mix that burns into the plastic, it works incomparably better than regular aerosol for wood or metal. Many, many people have used it with excellent results.

[pipeline triker]

My wife is redoing an 81 250R for herself and the rear fenders we have, have been painted 3 times all differant colors. Takes some time to do it the right way, but painted plastics go from looking not that great the day they are done to worse everyday after that. Get some good razer blades and start scraping and wet sanding. if you want it to look nice and stay nice.

[zx10crazy]

Thanks for the tips I think I'll try both methods the spray paint on my 200x and I'm going to try the wet sanding and buffing on my 250r worst case I'm back at square one eBay for an aftermarket set Thanks guys I'll let you know how I make out

[fabiodriven]

I've seen more and more people posting with good results on the plastic paint so they must have come a long way Doug. My personal preference, I'd much rather wet sand. Why do it any other way if you can make it good as new in my opinion.

[dougspcs]

Why do it any other way if you can make it good as new in my opinion.

Simple answer?? We are an inherently lazy species!!

[Daniel86]

I used to work for a company that made parts for the Ford F-150 and the flexable parts we used a product called Adhesion Promoter. It allows the paint to stay flexable and not crack under normal conditions. It can be bought at local auto parts suppliers and like others have said prep is the key 75% prep 25% paint.

[DohcBikes]

That's an excellent point, when painting cars that require the plastic to be painted body color, I also use adhesion promoter. I do believe krylon fusion already contains adhesion promoter.

[webbch]

I've seen more and more people posting with good results on the plastic paint so they must have come a long way Doug. My personal preference, I'd much rather wet sand. Why do it any other way if you can make it good as new in my opinion.

One pretty good reason - suppose you have a blue '84 110 and need rear fenders because the PO shaved them? Good luck finding 'em, and pay a pretty penny if you do. Or....grab a pair of red ones much easier, and paint 'em.

[jakestrawn]

I agree if u dont have any cracks u should be able to sand those back into shape.

[bryan84]

what kind of paint for fenders??

[honda atc guy]

Whoever coined the phrase “Looks good from far and far from good” was likely talking about painted plastic at the time.

now that's funny!

[Poco Loco]

My take on painting plastics is, dont do it unless your gonna put out the big bucks for the good stuff. This is a customers Ryno that I did a while back. Still looking good after 4yrs. No scratches or chips or flaking. If you have ugly plastics and are on a budget, sand and buff. Dont paint em. It just makes em uglier.

[zx10crazy]

[NJPCRX]

I used adhesion promoter and chevy orange engine paint. The only thing I did wrong was used scotchbrite to scuff it up and it left a couple deep scratches that you can see under the paint. It was a new fender, the only reason I painted it was I needed it to be orange to match the rest of the bike. Couldn't find Daytona Orange spray paint, but chevy orange was as close as I could get.

[250Racer]

I have had good results with automotive paint with alot of flex agent in it.