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painting fibreglass flares
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 1:05 pm
by chimpboy
hiyas,
I got some fibreglass flares off marc in WA, they are in good nick (thanks mate) but I am thinking of painting them to match my bull bar and roof rack, sort of a charcoal colour.
How do you reckon I should prepare the surface? I was just going to clean them then rough them up a bit with a scourer or fine sandpaper, then hit them with a light coat of primer followed by the paint, pretty much the same as I would with painted metal.
Does that sound okay? Is there a special primer I should use for fibreglass or would the etch primer I have a tin of do? Or should I just not bother with primer at all?
Anyone got any tips?
Jason
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 1:11 pm
by pcman
etch primer is the way to go we use it on fiberglass pool surrounds before we glue tiles around them so the glue will stick
im a landscaper/paver btw
cheers
Re: painting fibreglass flares
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 1:56 pm
by bj on roids
chimpboy wrote:hiyas,
I got some fibreglass flares off marc in WA, they are in good nick (thanks mate) but I am thinking of painting them to match my bull bar and roof rack, sort of a charcoal colour.
How do you reckon I should prepare the surface? I was just going to clean them then rough them up a bit with a scourer or fine sandpaper, then hit them with a light coat of primer followed by the paint, pretty much the same as I would with painted metal.
Does that sound okay? Is there a special primer I should use for fibreglass or would the etch primer I have a tin of do? Or should I just not bother with primer at all?
Anyone got any tips?
Jason
Yes you can paint as normal (how you described) It is good to work with.
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 1:23 pm
by Tonka Tough
Going from memory (a while back) the only thing you need to put on fibreglass parts is flexi-add, but only if you think the flares will actually have to flex. Spray painters use it on modern bumper bars as part of the prep so when the bars flex on small impacts the paint doesn't crack and stuff up.
But, you should be safe just to paint them as you stated!
T.T
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 7:48 pm
by Area54
Etch primer will be fine, a fine mist is good. Flex add is really only for the polyolefin plastics (modern bumpers) and if the glass flexes this much, it will crack/craze the gelcoat surface (the flares are reasonably thick and inflexible)
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:09 pm
by chimpboy
Tonka Tough wrote:Going from memory (a while back) the only thing you need to put on fibreglass parts is flexi-add, but only if you think the flares will actually have to flex. Spray painters use it on modern bumper bars as part of the prep so when the bars flex on small impacts the paint doesn't crack and stuff up.
But, you should be safe just to paint them as you stated!
T.T
Ta... I've actually already done this job, and it appears to have worked well with just etch primer.
Whatcha got here, see, is a thread resurrection, see?
Jason
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 10:31 pm
by Tonka Tough
