How to Paint Plastic Engine Parts.

[Pireboi251]

Difficulty: 1-3 out of 5 (depending on your skill)


Install time: 25-30 mins per layer of paint


Tools neeeded:
Heavy and medium grit sand paper
Primer
Duplicolor Trim paint or Krylon Fusion outdoor paint ( In Color of your choice)
Clear coat
Clay Bar

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paint001.jpg

(Demonstration with lower engine cover)


http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paint002.jpg

Step1: Remove the screws, the washers come off with a lil pressure and twsit

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paint003.jpg


Step 2:: wet sand with heavy grit...then rinse...and repeat with medium grit...rinse once again with soap. then dry.

Steo 3: Alppy two to three layers of primer in sweeping motions. (apply in light coats) "TAKE YOUR TIME"

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paint004.jpg

Step 4: Repeat step 3 with the Color of your choice ( I choose silver)

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paint005.jpg

Step 5: Repeat once again with the clear coat ( I used flat)

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paint006.jpg


Step 6: Clay bar to remove over spray and smooth out the paint

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paint007.jpg

(Optional) Step 7: Mask off a design of your choosing and reapat the paint steps. This is were it gets difficult if you dont know what your doing.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paintcap.jpg

[ncttrnl]

Wow! Awesome How-To, Thanks!

[bugzy]

Nice !

[Pireboi251]

Thank you...

i plan to do my center caps as well... ill post those up when i get them done

[URQ]

Yes not meny people on this forum do how to stuff1:tup:

[BLACK 1.8T]

any finished product pics with the main engine cover painted and installed also?

[Pireboi251]

my main cover is carbon fiber....im gonna candy red both of then eventually... it dosent look at cool as it used to.


http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/Kasai-kun/paint008.jpg

[scottd1975]

good job been wanting to do something with my engine, battery, covers for awhile

[Pireboi251]

Yea... this fire left me with A LOT of extra time

[Pireboi251]

UPDATE: Pic added

[karl]

i would like to add that if you use a adhesion promotor,(such as bulldog adhesion promotor )prior to the primer stage, you'll have even better results and dont necessarily have to use the plastic only paint. great how to!!!