Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:30:00 -0500
Reply-To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: Paint the plastic bumper extensions?
In-Reply-To: <tzkxyadi.fsf@cs.indiana.edu>
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Paint jobs, as with many other things, depend upon good prep. If you
go out and just spray some paint on your plastic parts, without some
prep, yes, I'm sure it will peel off in a couple of months.
Need to make sure there is no wax on the plastic, and that there is
something that the new paint can adhere to. This often times means a
little bit of sanding or something similar to rough up the surface.
Then after the sanding you don't want the loose debris on the plastic
when you spray, so you need to use a tack cloth or similar to wipe it
down.
For the grills on my van I used one of those scothbrite pads to clean
the bugs off the plastic. This also helped roughen up the surface just
a little so that when I painted them, the paint adhered well.
To get any wax off I use naptha on a cloth to wipe things down.
Remember even a trip through a car wash will often toss a bit of wax
on to the exterior bits of plastic on your car.
On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:15 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> The PO of my van painted the bumpers, air dam, and the plastic trim
> panels on the sides with Plasti-Kote "Bumper Color" black paint. This
> paint is intended for exactly this use. Looks very nice with the red
> body paint except he did some sloppy masking and there's some
> overspray in a few places. Time will tell how long it lasts, I guess.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>
>
> Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:
>
>> Very good.
>>
>> Must be where yo
> u live.
>>
>> Cause those normal paints come off plastic where I live, after a
>> while.
>>
>> And I thought that someone might like knowing about a 'real' paint
>> for
>>
>> Plastic, and it does go on very nicely 'kinda thick' and is
>> formulated just
>> for plastic.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thought someone might like to know about it.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: JordanVw@aol.com [mailto:JordanVw@aol.com]
>> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:30 AM
>> To: scottdaniel@turbovans.com
>> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Paint the plastic bumper extensions?
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/28/08 4:09:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> scottdaniel@turbovans.com writes:
>>
>>
>> Sorry , 'any black paint' won't really stay on plastic, especially
>> the extra
>> slippery kind that bumper caps are. I posted earlier about a spray
>> paint
>> that really is for plastic and really stays o there, 'Fusion' it's
>> called,
>> in hardware stores.
>>
>>
>>
>> sorry, most black spraypaints do stay on just fine.
>> ive used rustoleum, krylon, you name it. painted grilles,
>> mirrors, etc.
>> paint lasts for years and doesnt peel.. ive never used their
>> "fusion" line
>> but if you want to pay a few extra bucks for paint thats up to you.
>>
>> ive used rustoleum satin black and krylon satin black to do grilles
>> and
>> mirrors and bumpers.. never had a problem.
>>
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