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[THedooBZ]

was at the sandon hall show t'other week and i saw some sportpack arches which were made of rubber, but i didnt buy any of them due to my concern that paint might not stick with them bring rubber...

now i know the originals i have are plastic and so i understand you need a plastic primer for these
but is there any special products/ techniques needed for spraying rubber?????

[miniboo]

prime and key and paint as normal i believe.

i thought that the rubber sprotpack arches were the genuine items?

[v8mini]

i used to be a paint sprayer years ago for a ford dealer, when painting body kits / spoilers, we used to add plasipak to the 2 pack ICI paint we used that allowed the paint to flex a bit when cured

[Phil-R]

I just bought some of these, and nearly finnished painting them on Sunday. I used 320grit to take out some minor imperfections, 600grit to prep them, then plastic primer. I took my time and kept the paint as thin as practical. Modern paints are more flexable than you'd think, but you'll need to put in the time preping the arches.

[JuaniKart]

well im buying some of this 2morro: http://www.sandtextr...VC-u PRIMER.htm

i want to paint the top and bottom part of the dasboard with the same paint i used for the car, see how it goes.. problem with just painting it with PVC paint its that it will not be the same kind of blue..

Vgl lets hope the paint doesnt crack and its flexible enough