Painting vinyl with fusion

[T!mmy]

Hey I just painted myentire door panel with Krylon Fusion

I took the two pieces apart sanded a bit, yada yada yada, painted both the plastic part and the vinyl section with Krylon Fusion. Now I want to make it a little bit more scratch resistant. What clear coat would I need for this? Remember I have to clear coat vinyl as well as plastic. Thanks guys.

[Bilson8tor]

use krylon's clear coat its called Crystal Clear, its worked on both plastic and vinyl for me

[T!mmy]

Did you use the Krylon Fusion?

[Bilson8tor]

Originally Posted by T!mmy

Did you use the Krylon Fusion?

yes i did

[T!mmy]

do you have any pics and what all did you paint ?

How did you prep for the diff parts? (vinyl parts opposed to plastic parts)

thanks

[T!mmy]

I hope he responds by tomorrow at 8:00 Because thats when I plan on going and starting on everything...

[Bilson8tor]

sorry bout the delay i was at a concert all last night
heres the pics of what i got done so far i still have some more panels i want to paint but i have to wait for it to warm up again, the stuff u see painted is with krylon fusion red, and krylon krystal klear coat




i hope all the pics work, and just pm me or post if u got questions

[Bilson8tor]

T!mmy did u ever do anything to ur car i haven't heard from u, did u even get my pm?

[T!mmy]

Well I'm fed up with this paint that is supposed to do stuff and it doesn't...Whenever I put the clear coat on the krylon fusion it sort of ate the fusion off...there's like spots now...I don't know if maybe I did something wrong but I've followed every tutorial thing I've seen.

SO what I think I'm going to do is begin trying to fiberglass everything

[T!mmy]

the only thing about glassing I'm worrying about is the glare. Don't know how I could get around that.

I might look into getting everything rewrapped in a black vinyl...don't know though

opinions?

[Ricochet]

I'd love to help you man but all I've done is paint the plastic parts in my car, black. Did you paint your vinyl within the recommended heat range (I think you gotta paint shit when it's like 75º or warmer, and not humid)? Did you do it in thin coats with a lot of layers? Clearcoat shouldn't eat paint .. You gotta put that on in thin coats too. As far as prepping paint for clearcoat, I've never done anything.. just sprayed it on top of the paint. Sorry I'm not much of a spraycan guy, more of a wrench-turner.

[Bilson8tor]

Originally Posted by T!mmy

Well I'm fed up with this paint that is supposed to do stuff and it doesn't...Whenever I put the clear coat on the krylon fusion it sort of ate the fusion off...there's like spots now...I don't know if maybe I did something wrong but I've followed every tutorial thing I've seen.

SO what I think I'm going to do is begin trying to fiberglass everything

ya i had that happen to me too, that means u either were spraying to close or put on to thick a coat or the air was humid, the best way would have been to test panel to find the best distance and arm speed, the best tip would to be stay as far away and still have paint accumulate on the object, but u know now that ive done that paint thing, i have decided that i want to do something different. so im just going to leave what i did, and when i go to finish my interior im going to have every panel part in my car wrapped in black vinyl

and the whole point of fiberglass is to give a super smooth shiny look, if u dont want shine i would try a flat color, with very little clear coat, or maybe even none at all

either way, be sure to post pics of what u did, so i can see how it turned out

[T!mmy]

yea that's what I'm looking into actually...everything black vinyl

[Bilson8tor]

Originally Posted by T!mmy

yea that's what I'm looking into actually...everything black vinyl

i would suggest u talk to eckoman_pdx, he seems to know a lot when it comes to interiors

check out this post of his:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=163840