I have a 11 pro with a red hood and would like to paint it white or blue. Is it worth trying to paint it? (I do have some panting experience) but its still a long process.
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PAINTING A RED HOOD???
- Thread starter Mnt.Tamer
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The 2011 RED hood, as you probably know, is not painted... it is a molded HDPE hood...same as the black hoods.
They don't take paint well... but you CAN do it.
See this thread.
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=271724
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They don't take paint well... but you CAN do it.
See this thread.
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=271724
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Make your own decals out of the one sided vinyl sheets that you buy in an arts supply store. You can cover as much red as you want. And you can change your mind or remove it when you sell it.
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Painting it is not to big of a deal if you follow proper steps, we paint plastic non stop on our custom carts www.sccarts.ca
We will be painting a 2011 red hood in the next month or so (depending on time)
Steps:
1. Before you do anything give the panels you want to paint good pressure wash.
2. Once pressure washed, clean with with warm soapy water (dish detergent works great).
3. Heat up the decals and remove them (not to much heat just enough to get the glue sticky underneath)
4. Use an adhesive remover to get all the remaining sticky stuff off.
5. Give it a wash with warm soapy water again.
6. Use a wax and grease remover and wipe the panels down, try your best to wipe in one direction and keep using a clean area of the rag.
7. Scuff the panel with a 3M pad, the grey pad is more then enough. Scuff at 45 degree angles from each sanding pass. So if you are scuffing straight across the panel, scuff the entire panel that way, then come back and scuff it 45 degrees from that angle. This will ensure you have no sanding scratches. You know you are done sanding when there is no more gloss left to the panel.
8. Use the wax and grease remover once again.
9. From here on out handle the panels with rubber gloves, those thin doctor type ones.
10. Get your panel to the location where you are going to paint it.
11. Hang it or lay it down however you are going to paint it, then use a clean rag with plastic cleaner or prep depending what brand they call it different things.
12. Use a tack cloth and wipe down your panels to ensure you have no dust on them.
13. Then use an adhesion promoter, mist it on lightly, two light coats works great.
13. Let the adhesion promoter flash off for 20 mins.
14. Now you are ready to paint, you can use a base coat / clear coat method or a single stage method. We personally like bc/cc
And it's just that eas
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Figured i'd chime in....
I personally painted my HDPE hood.
So far I have had great results. I've rolled the sled about 5 times since, but am constantly in the trees. So far, it looks like the day i sprayed it.
The key to making paint stick and look good on a surface such as this is in the prep work, and products used.
I do paint and body work, so if anyone has any other questions feel free to post or pm me...
Here is how to do it...First thing you need to do is get it clean. I would wash it with something like meguires "hyperwash" I do this prior to doing any work on ANY surface i work on. This is the first step to getting good adhesion.
Then, you need to scuff the surface. This should be done with a wet grey scotchbrite pad with dupont "blend prep" on it.
This will provide mechanical adhesion of the products.
Then, Wipe the hood down with duponts 2320 plastics cleaner. continually wipe it for at least 3 minutes. This will make the hood feel less slippery.
Then you spray the hood with two coats of dupont 2330 adhesion promotor. This is ready to spray, out of the can. Allow it to flash 5 or 10 minutes between coats.
Then you must wait 30 minutes before you can apply FLEXED sealer. Sealing it is important. The sealer with adhere to the plastic much better than the basecoat will. Spray the hood with 1 meduim wet coat of Dupont ValueShade sealer flexed with dupont 2350 flex additive.
After you let the sealer flash for 15 minutes you can spray basecoat. NEVER Flex the basecoat. It will more than likely take 3 -4 medium wet coats to cover well. When you spray base, spray with a 50 percent overlap, this will help to keep the paint from striping. Also be sure not to spray it to wet...remember, basecoat isn't glossy, clear is.
Once you have it all covered well, let it flash for 5-10 minutes and you are ready for clear. Use a good High Solids clear coat like dupont 4700 flexed with the same 2350 you used in the sealer. Spray your first coated a little bit dry, it is ok to leave a few "puppy tracks" as some call it in the first coat. Again, let it flash for around 7-8 minutes.
Then spray your second coat. This one needs to be glossy as this will likely be the final coat you put on. Clear coat is sprayed with a 75 percent overlap.
If you are worried about getting runs practice on a piece of masking paper or something. Then, let it dry overnight...you now have a custom painted HPDE hood.
This write up probably sounds confusing, but the process is actually straight foreward.
On a hood this small, good results can be achieved with a cheap paint gun. The mixing ratios of the products i listed will be right on the can, and anyplace that mixes dupont paint will be able to get this for you.
Have whoever does your paint mixing mix 8 ounces(16 ounces sprayable once reduced) of your desired color in dupont Chromapremier Basecoat.
This will be more than enough for the hood.
Sorry for such a long write up. Hope this helps
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Thanks for great info, im looking forward trying it.
