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Painting Flares - What to Use?

noreasteb

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I have the old plastic style flares for my 77. They were originally painted the same color as the exterior but that quickly peeled off. The paint really did not adhere to the plastic.
I would like to paint black and was thinking of the Krylon Fusion spray paint. Anybody have experience with this stuff or recommend anything else?
 

Bubbason

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Used it on some outdoor plastic furniture a few yaears ago and has held up extremely well. I don;t know if it would stand up to spilt gas though.
 

Heus33

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Used it on some outdoor plastic furniture a few yaears ago and has held up extremely well. I don;t know if it would stand up to spilt gas though.

I used the Krylon Fusion Semi Gloss black on my Xterra's trim and you're right, spilt gas will eat away at it but otherwise its a great product...sprays good and lays down nice.
 
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noreasteb

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I am looking for something that is durable and wont peel. I can live with the gas issue by being carefull not to spill, but even if one flair needs and recoat its not too bad.
What about Rust-Oleum Plastic? Anybody every try this stuff?
 

Justafordguy

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I used duplicolor spray on bedliner on mine. I just sanded them a little first.
 

Heus33

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I am looking for something that is durable and wont peel. I can live with the gas issue by being carefull not to spill, but even if one flair needs and recoat its not too bad.
What about Rust-Oleum Plastic? Anybody every try this stuff?

Use the Krylon Fusion then, you wont be disappointed.
 

Sac '68 sport

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The Dupli-color vinyl stuff works pretty good too. I sprayed some old shock bushings with both that and the Krylon and did some tests. Hammer, clamped in the vice every which way, hammer while in the vice, scrape on the driveway...and was really impressed with both. The only thing that got through the paint was the scraping on the driveway and that's only because it was actually taking material off the bushing. Even then I had to rub pretty hard. The hammer and vice just made skuff marks, but the paint stayed put. I was hitting them hard and even hit 'em with the claw side a few times hard enough to put perminant dents in the bushings. Paint stayed put great. I didn't try any solvents though. Cleaned them with Super Clean and a brush first, hosed off and let dry, then painted. I did clean one of them, I think the one I painted with duplicolor, with superclean and it held up fine to that. I also did my washer reservoir and Pass. side fresh air intake with Krylon fusion several years ago and they are still nice and glossy with no flaking or chipping.
Not flares, but I wouldn't hesitate to paint any plastic with either.
 

72-Madisyn

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If you clean and scuff your plastic then pretty much any of those plastic friendly rattle cans will work well. Most have an adhesion promoter in then, which is pretty much the key to getting paint to hold to plastic. gas or any other solvent may be another issue with rattle can but like you said, re-painting one flare isnt that big of an issue. I know that most cans say, "no sanding needed", but trust me it is always a good idea just to give the paint something to bite to. good luck
 
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Thanks for the recommendations. Not sure if i'll use dupli-color or krylon, but will definitely ruff up the surfaces first.
 

My69Pony

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After Ruffing it up (I'd Use 220 Grit) spray it with some Bulldog Adhesion Promoter and pretty much anything will stay put. I’ve used Bulldog with great success on a multiple of surfaces (fiberglass, metal, plastic, old paint, and others).
 
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