painting vinyl spare tire covers

[Michael Rouch]

Hello,

i was wondering if anyone had attempted painting a vinyl spare tire
cover. i am curious as to what paints to use and what special prep needs
to be done to protect the work.

thanks.

-mike

[hawgeye]

"Michael Rouch" wrote...

> i was wondering if anyone had attempted painting a vinyl spare tire
> cover. i am curious as to what paints to use and what special prep needs
> to be done to protect the work.

Just about any paint designed for textiles should work. Some are better
than others. I prefer Createx for this type of work.
Painting vinyl should be prepped like most substrates, it should be clean
and free of grease, wax and especially silicone (armorall). Most autobody
suppliers carry wax/grease/silicone removers. It's fairly cheap and good
insurance.

--
hawgeye

[Mike]

Hi, Mike...
I used to have real problems getting paint to stick to the vinyl. I
think I would use Hawgeye's suggestions, for sure, and use Createx
paints with catalyst. I would also spray some of their bonding agent
onto the cover beforehand. The biggest problem with vinyls is that they
have a "free ester" in the plastic compound which makes them flexible.
these esters migrate from inside the plastic to the air continuously
throughout the life of the vinyl. (That's why they tend to get had and
crack as they age- old vinyl has lost most of the free esters.) Even if
the Createx works, don't expect it to last forever. It may, because I
don't know the formulation of the paint, but I doubt it.

I don't know of a clearcoating that would help, but if you use the
Createx, going over it when finished with a heat gun would really help
set the paint firmly. Keep the heat gun moving farily quickly over the
whole thing and quit when the cover is hot to the touch- about 100
degrees or so. A very hot hair dryer may do it, but I haven't found one
that will get hot enough.
Stanger

[Chris W Naggy]

Last cover I did I used regular Createx and put clear on it when I was done
and heatset it. It looks good. I keep checking with the people to see how it
is holding up and it still looks good.
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