Painting plastic parts?

Providing it has been primed, sprayed and laquered correctly there shouldn't be a problem.

Ta, G.

A very profound reply. I would never have thaught of that. :-)

I think it's usual to add a plasticiser to the mix when painting plastic parts that might be subject to flexing. Mike.

Can you not buy a tin of something made up to do the job already? I would like to paint the roof rails on my Peugeot 406 estate, as the current paint has flaked off and turned light grey.

Andy

Sounds like like the ideal sort of job for an aerosol. Something like that probably doesn't require a plasticiser. Mike.

You could try something like 'back to black'. I've never used it, it's a lot quicker and cheaper! You may find that paint is better in the long term though.

Actually, my AutoGlym tar remover seems to remove the greyness from my bumper :o. All my plastics seem to look new after using it. When I get chance I'm gonna wipe my bumper strip to make it go black again. I haven't used the stuff much though, in the short term it seems to be good though.

About 13 years ago I renovated a late Talbot Alpine with a friend (bought for £225 at 123,000 miles, sold two years later at 150,000 miles for £175 - bargain motoring!) part of that included spraying a damaged bumper after filling it. I bought an aerosol of paint specifically for plastic parts from B&S Motor Spares (they were a South/Mid Wales chain - now gone.) It cost about £6 then and it may have been made by Hycote if I recall correctly. There was a choice of colours, and it stayed intact over the two years he ran the car.