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Sandbooger

Jan 21 2006, 08:12 AM

I am going to paint my Rhino myself and am just curious what I should use to prep it. I know that there are adhesion promoters for plastics but have heard that the painters are just using a self etching primer. Anyone out there know the scoop?

funco4life

Jan 21 2006, 07:22 PM

I like to use plastic prep. then hit it with a da sander with 220. coat it with a good 2k primer then wet sand by hand with 600. next wash it with HOT soapy water (dawn dish soap) and a grey scotch pad. dry it compressed air then tack rag it . now your ready for base coat. I like to tack rag it after base coat,before the clear. then for a slick job,let your clear sit a day or two then wet sand it with 600 and re-clear it while over reducing your clear by 20-30% but what the eff do I know

UnderwayBoats

Jan 21 2006, 07:37 PM

I'm a dumb ass but where can one get these supplys?
just wondering

funco4life

Jan 21 2006, 08:32 PM

any automotive paint supply shop

Sandbooger

Jan 22 2006, 07:59 AM

QUOTE(funco4life @ Jan 21 2006, 07:22 PM)

I like to use plastic prep. then hit it with a da sander with 220. coat it with a good 2k primer then wet sand by hand with 600. next wash it with HOT soapy water (dawn dish soap) and a grey scotch pad. dry it compressed air then tack rag it . now your ready for base coat. I like to tack rag it after base coat,before the clear. then for a slick job,let your clear sit a day or two then wet sand it with 600 and re-clear it while over reducing your clear by 20-30% but what the eff do I know

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Yeah, it doesn't sound like you now anything

When you say plastic prep, do you mean an adhesion promoter? I found some at Temecula Valley Paint that says it is for plastic bumpers. The directions say to spray a few coat of the promoter, wet over wet, than lay down your first coat within 5 min.

Thanks for the info,

Matt

A-Dare

Jan 22 2006, 08:18 AM

Hey fucno4life, would you use a "flex agent" or something like that in there? I honestly don't know $h!t, but that was I heard about painting plastic bumpers or even the plastics on my old banshee.

funco4life

Jan 22 2006, 10:59 AM

plastic prep just realy cleans off any mold relase that might be on the plastic. you could use a bonding clear ( adheasion promoter) under the primer but I don't. now I have just plastic preped then sand with a grey scotch pad, then adheasion promoter, then paint with a dark color,but the green on a rhino is VERY hard to cover with anything but black ,so I like the first suggestion. and I would'nt do grafixs without preping the first way. I hear the some painters get away with it but I have shitty luck so it has never worked for me. after you paint your first job you will know why we painters charge so much

Sandbooger

Jan 22 2006, 11:24 AM

QUOTE(funco4life @ Jan 22 2006, 10:59 AM)

plastic prep just realy cleans off any mold relase that might be on the plastic. you could use a bonding clear ( adheasion promoter) under the primer but I don't. now I have just plastic preped then sand with a grey scotch pad, then adheasion promoter, then paint with a dark color,but the green on a rhino is VERY hard to cover with anything but black ,so I like the first suggestion. and I would'nt do grafixs without preping the first way. I hear the some painters get away with it but I have shitty luck so it has never worked for me. after you paint your first job you will know why we painters charge so much

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I have painted a few times and you are very right, I realized very quickly why paint jobs cost what they do. I have painted Three dune buggies and a quad, and each time I think I have it wired, some other curve-ball is thrown at me. It seams to me that you learn something new each time.

Here is a picture of my first paint job.
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