DIY Plastic spray painting

I'm expecting a delivery soon of a pair of oem ( plastic ) spats, thing is I want to have a go at spraying them myself

Does anyone have any tips for me that would be useful ?

At the moment they are painted black so obviously i'll need to sand them down and prep them so anymore help would be much appreciated.

Oh almost forgot i've found a place local to me that can sort me out some appropriate colour paint the company concerned has a good reputation for colour matches.

Cheers

Mark

Yeah get someone who knows what they are doing to do it.

Best advise i can give is dont be to hasty lots of coats not 2 big ones.

Good luck mate.

have you done it before?have you got a spray gun?prep is everything, what colour you painting them?

No spray gun the colour is Gunmetal 6NO.

It's always worth having a go yourself so I do

Don't do it with cans!! get someone who knows what thay are doing between £100-150+paint in the long run it will be cheaper:)

If they are already painted, and it is in good condition, just scotchbrite them and wipe them over with spirit wipe, not sure if gunmetal needs a colour base coat, but you should be Ok with black, once prepped, than give them three or four light coats, letting them flash off before re coat, and then give them two coats of lacquer, if you want more info give me a shout at the Brighton meet.

With spray cans:Pling:

Cool, cheers Dick. I should hopefully get them though the post before the weekend so can find out the condition.

Probably easier for a first timer to use spray cans.

Probably easier for a first timer to use spray cans.

Just what I was thinking mate, cheers guys.

In the end if it all goes tits up i'll get the sprayed at a body shop.

Don't do it with cans!! get someone who knows what thay are doing between £100-150+paint in the long run it will be cheaper:)

Do it yourself.. as others have mentioned prep is key... your base needs to be spot on perfect, something like a high build primer then rub it back a bit and put your colour on. Being metallic you will need a lacquer. Don't rush that is the main thing, let the various layers dry properly and don't be tempted to rush it.

I sprayed a FG bonnet with my old man once in black, we had a spray gun etc.....However the pains of keeping tiny bits out the paint, getting an even colouring, buying the paint and lacker and the time spent means that i saved nothing and might aswell have spent the £200 the bodyshop wanted.

And after all that the quality of spray compared to the cars paint job was no where near so i ended up cutting the bonnet back, priming it again and selling it on!. Its just not worth it, in my experience!

I sprayed a FG bonnet with my old man once in black, we had a spray gun etc.....However the pains of keeping tiny bits out the paint, getting an even colouring, buying the paint and lacker and the time spent means that i saved nothing and might aswell have spent the £200 the bodyshop wanted.

 

And after all that the quality of spray compared to the cars paint job was no where near so i ended up cutting the bonnet back, priming it again and selling it on!. Its just not worth it, in my experience!

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you're gonna have a nightmare matching that up mate

patients is everything! and make sure you get a decent prep wipes and surface prep solution, as tiny bits of fluff will show up very easily.

the primer will go on really easily, your can spray unevenly and all over the place and it will still be fine, but dont let this fool you as the colour has to be put on just right. make sure that the gun properly set up ie..right pattern and paint flow, as you can end up with allot of over spray with a bad pattern, or drenching the thing with too much paint flow, causing runs and puddles etc...

I'd recomend buying allot of paint too for practicing. usually about £20/25 for 500ml, which should do you for practicing and errors.

any questions just send me a pm

oh and it's worht while getting a rotary polisher and some g3 rubbing compound, as dull bits and small bits of dirt can often come out using this once the jobs been done.

And a spray gun

And a spray gun

Pay for the paint and P&p ill do them for free:)

believe it or not i sprayed my capri with cans outside my house one panel at a time ,prep is a must and dont rushwasnt 100% but you had to look close to see any imperfections

believe it or not i sprayed my capri with cans outside my house one panel at a time ,prep is a must and dont rushwasnt 100% but you had to look close to see any imperfections

jeez, how much did that cost in cans?!

believe it or not i sprayed my capri with cans outside my house one panel at a time ,prep is a must and dont rushwasnt 100% but you had to look close to see any imperfections

That capri is soo cool! Old skool rules.

jeez, how much did that cost in cans?!

bout 20 quid but it was a while ago late 70"S