Justin33

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I'm planning on painting the outside of a lexan body other then cleaning it really well is there anything else i should do? Scuff it up maybe? What type of paint should i use? Can i use spray bombs from home depot or something like that or do i have to use RC lexan paint? Any help would be awesome i'm trying to do this on a budget

upsidedown5

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It is more advisable to use the R/c paints designed to adhere to Lexan. The home depot spray paint wont allow for any flex and will crack/chip really easy. Any particular reason for painting the outside of the body? It will be way more susceptible to scratches and damage than painting the inside as designed.

upsidedown5

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Also, the lexan spray paints (for the amount of paint you need anyway) aren't ridiculously expensive.

dgdcustoms

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I painted one body on the outside with Krylon plastic paint. It held up great too. I scuff the body with a red scotch bright pad before painting.

Justin33

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Thanks for the advice guys i'm painting the outside cause i got a used body with a horrible paint job but still in good shape crack wise so i need to make it look nicer. Any links to which paint you used from krylon?

dgdcustoms

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Here ya go... It's Krylon Fusion Paint
http://www.krylon.com/products/fusion_for_plastic/

Justin33

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Thanks dgdcustoms

fq06

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Search Google for it but you can remove the bad paint job with brake fluid... I forgot if it was dot 3 or 4. I think it was 3. Comes out clear and ready to repaint.

Edit:

Dot4
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=085nJ...%3D085nJyj4TBM

asc6000

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self etching auto body paint works like a champ
colors are limited but it does not chip off even the roof of my baja vw