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Can You paint/polish atv plastic?
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Posted by: ma929tt

If so, how do you go about doing it? Can I make my scratched up plastic shiny? If I wanted to paint it, how would I do it?

Posted by: exracer416

theres something out called plastic renew it takes alot of scratches out of plastic its a pretty long process but its worth it go check it out

Posted by: dopeyferree

You can also paint atv plastic. I painted mine with the Krylon Fusion paint. As long as you take your time and do it right it comes out really good.

Posted by: ma929tt

after you paint it won't the paint crack when the plastic bends?

Posted by: beak7707

yes it can be painted, I have seen show quads with painted plastic. ANd yes the paint will crack when the plastic is bent.

Posted by: Ridin' Jesse

Plastic Renew is worthless...all it did was mess up my plastic n make more work...what i did was scrape off the plastic renew chemical, then get 1400 grit sand paper, and get out all the scrathes, then i used a power buffer and a special chemical i have for a few hours, n it made my plastic awesome!, but not as shiney as it was when it was new......id say if ur plastic if real bad, just buy some new plastic

Posted by: YFZ450Ridr

i saw a kid with a black 250ex and claimed to have powder coated his plastic that color?

Posted by: 2001300exguy

hey 250EXridr where from mo. r u from im from out by fenton

Posted by: Jay99400ex

You can't powder coat plastic

Posted by: SnowRacerX

what an idiot, the plastic would melt

Posted by: bad01300ex

Well here is what i did, i didnt want to spend alot of money on new cause i ride in the woods mostly and it would soon be all scrateched again, and paint wouldnt last one ride, so i took all my plastic off, sanded it with 100 grit sand paper, and for a 100 bucks got it sprayed with line-x truck bedliner, i was a little scepticle at first but it came out awsome, and this stuff is virtually unscratchable!! It kind of has a bumpy finish to it, not bad at all, but if your going for a show look, get shiney maier, if you want something that will last through the woods, do what i did. Oh and you can bend and flex the plastic and it just goes with it, its awsome, it looks really cool too, and unique, and it wont fade or scratch. I can stab it with a screwdriver and it does nothing! The only way you can get it off is if you really dig HARD into it with a sharp object, but as far as things you might encounter while riding it will be fine, but be carefull tho because ones you do have a tare in it, you can peel it right off, its like a tough rubber coating sort of, but its hare to put a tare in it.
Now i cant wait to get that new Maier 300ex front they are designing right now and get it sprayed!!