textured plastics

[Jaff.]

anyone ever painted their textures plastics?

i have some dark door cards and some light B & C pillar interior plastics that i want to match so i want to make the light ones dark.

anyone done anything similar before? how did you do it? links to products?

or any other ideas of changing the colour of the light stuff?

 

[RyanWXM]

I used methylated spirits to clean first, then i used Halfords Grey plastic primer and filler. The color of your choice and then a clear lacquer on top thats all i did and fine

 

[Jaff.]

yeah i want it to stay the matt textured look but in a different colour lol

dont want it glossy or anything

 

[RyanWXM]

:L just spray and hope lol i wouldn't know then mate never tried to do that

 

[Jaff.]

lol no worries. ive sprayed plastic before and it turned out ok. but finding a paint match is going to be a nightmare for starters.

open to other options though. apart from flocking, that s***s getting expensive now

 

[LeeRS]

You could vinyl wrap them? Any colour and any finish is possible.

 

[Jaff.]

Nah it's too glossy lol.

Given up now anyway, they're being flocked. Couldn't think of anything to do with them

 

[LeeRS]

you can get matte vinyl wrap too. Flocking will be cooler though

 

[Jaff.]

Yeah would still look odd against the standard darker textured plastic though

Flocking is cooler, true lol

 

[Hodgins]

@Jaff.

Ive got some cream interior plastics in a pov spec 1.2 im breaking
Be ideal for flocking or painting if you want to keep your standard ones in tact.

Drop us a pm if interested

 

[Jaff.]

its not a clio matey

 

[Rob]

It'll never work, well it'll never look good.

 

[Hodgins]

its not a clio matey :wink:

Lol! Theres that out the window

 

[Jaff.]

appreciate the offer anyway mate

where in south wales are you?
i want to compare my ST with your RS

 

[Hodgins]

No worries,
I live near Ebbw Vale, the RS does come out now and again lol

 

[Jaff.]

Miles away then lol

 

[Mikeyjp]

buy a can of matt plastikote type product

 

[Knuckles]

Would it not be a case of cleaning the plastic then primering (not high build stuff) and spraying?

I did my side strips on my old clio and it kept the texture of them. Finding a match I imagine will be a pita though

 

[Jaff.]

like i said. given up. gone for flocking lol.

colour match is always going to be an issue