[AHam]

So I'm thinking about doing some painting of the plastics on my bike and I didn't find (read YES I searched ) for what type of paint most of you are using?

Is it rattle cans? Rustoleum? or what??? I want to start with my air cleaner first and see from there.

And I think I found that most of you use 600 grit to wet sand before applying paint. Now do you prime then paint?

Sorry but I'm a COMPLETE Novice with this stuff.

 

[bekohlko]

I can tell you what paint not to use... I sanded down my chrome parts with a 200 grit foam sanding block, then sprayed them with Krylon Rust-Tough Enamel (because that's what I had). Then the bike sat through a rain storm followed by a hot humid day, and the paint started to bubble and flake off. After that I went back and read the can, and it didn't say anything about plastics... I plan to redo it with Krylon Fusion and I will also probably lay a coat of primer down first. I do recommend using a larger grit than 600 though.

 

[bane]

http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/index.php/topic,1127.msg16160.html#msg16160

http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/index.php/topic,494.0.html

http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/index.php/topic,2074.msg31431.html#msg31431

http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/index.php/topic,315.0.html

http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/index.php/topic,2020.msg33136.html#msg33136

http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/index.php/topic,1397.msg22893.html#msg22893

 

[snowman68]

The can of primer and my daughter said 250-350... She's in auto body.... I sanded, primed, then painted my mirrors and spedo trim and so far have not had any issues. I used krylon primer and grill paint. It ended up being a little darker than the motor.

 

[stroguy]

For flat black also google a spray called plastidip. It is a no brainer and is at Lowes and the such.

 

[Natedog]

For flat black also google a spray called plastidip. It is a no brainer and is at Lowes and the such.

This is what I plan on spraying my rear pulley with at some point.

Good site:
www.dipyourcar.com