Painted body moldings

[warhawk]

Hey all, I've noticed that some members on here have painted their body moldings. I've read that some have painted them with the Krylon plastic paint. I was wondering how that has held up over time and what kind of prep work was done. Also if anyone has a different way to paint them I'd like to hear it, as well as how that has held up and so on. Thanks everyone.

 

[Tbars4]

...I used the Krylon fusion on mine and it's been wow, 2 years already...
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=186873

...On my flairs I sanded them all the way down past the paint color as they had a lot of trail rash on them...I also did the rear bumper complely with the fusion and wound up doing the front bumper with good/regular rattle-can paint...

...You may not be able to tell from those pics but, I had 3 different colors of grey as the trim faded...I have no problems at all but I have received numerous little rock chips in the front fender from wheeling adventures...I've also have gotten new trail rash and I have had no chipping or flaking...

...I hope this helps...

 

[Mike Deege]

I'm going to be doing the same project on my black 01 sport as soon as we get some sun here on Long Island. If its for your ST you probably have the same textured cladding that I have, so sanding is not going to be an option for me. From the threads I've read getting it to be smooth is hugely time consuming. I'm gong to be using SEM paint for plastic/vinyl (handsontools.com and sjdiscounttools.com have the best prices so far), my stereo guy uses it alot with great results and it has the flex agent you need for trim. As far as prep, cleaning the plastic with a good degeaser and scrubber should suffice(havent decided what i'm gonna use yet). Then an adhesion promoter, followed by a few coats of satin black(its a black sport with gray trim) and a few coats of satin clear. I've read alot of posts on this and this seems to be the right way to go about it. If I've forgotten something I'm sure someone with more experience will chime in,I hope . As for my nerf bars and rear bumper , I'm gonna clean up the rust, then use 3 or 4 light coats of zero rust followed by 3 or 4 light coats of their crystal coat clear gloss which I already bought from mfgsealants.com(best price). Good Luck

 

[warhawk]

thanks guys, Tbars4 where did you get the krylon from? You're Ranger looks great. I hope my ST looks that good when I'm done with it. I assume you sanded the texture out of all you're plastic since you said you sanded the crap out of it. How long did it take to sand it all out?

Mike, thats very descriptive thank you. Have you heard how well that holds up to exterior wear and tear? I am asking about my ST, I sold the Ranger this past February , the ST doesn't see the trail ever but, it see's gravel roads and a lot oh highway time, so I'm worried about chips and dings.

 

[Tbars4]

...You can find the Krylon Fusion at most auto parts stores and even Walmart..

...I had some deep rock gouges in mine so I took them all off and went to town on them...I spent most of one whole day just sanding them...

...This guy did his the same time I did mine and it turned out excellent I think...
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=186253

 

[Mike Deege]

The chips and dings are gonna show up no matter which of the two brands we use. I'm using SEM because I know they've been around a long time and I got a personal recommendation. I know it's a little more money and plastic is plastic is plastic, and the krylon gets good reviews, but SEM seems to be more geared towards the automotive, beyond that maybe because I saw the words fade resistant in their product description. At the very least there will be another product review on the forum.

 

[chad551]

I used the Kylon bumper paint that was sold at Autozone and used the adhesion promoter. It is cheap paint and when you get a knick or scratch grab your can and touch it up. My cladding looks like new all the time.

 

[jeremyc653]

do you have to sand down the plastic in order to paint it

 

[gmanpaint]

I used the KEYSTONE bumper paint on my bumpers. Non-fading, Flex agent, and adhesion promoters, are all in it. Have to go to a Keystone dealer for it. This is what a lot of collision centers use on aftermarket bumper installs.

My mirrors were painted using the duplicolor trim paint (satin).

My pillars were painted using the duplicolor trim paint (gloss).

 

[Mike Deege]

For jeremyc653--you don't have to sand to paint the moulding, unless you want it to look smooth which is very time consuming (check MONMIX postings-he' the body guru), just make sure it's prepped well and use an adhesion promoter. Check the bodywork forum-alot of stuff there.

 

[Tbars4]

do you have to sand down the plastic in order to paint it

....Check out the thread link in post #5...

 

[chad551]

I used a 150 grit sandpaper on my cladding. I had to redo my bumper over the weekend, and sanded it using the 150 grit. Then I used the Kyrlon Bumper paint in black and repainted the bumper looks like a brand new bumper.

 

[jad2411]

I used black krylon fusion for my fog light opening covers and for the trim in my 97 and it looks good, for the trim in my 02 I used spray on bed liner, because I tought would be a better choice as it is already textured, but I'll have to take it off and re-do it in fusion, I ended up not liking it and it's hard to make it look good when my truck is all shinny and not the bed liner