paint

[yeah]

how do you get paint to stick to your scooter i tried paintin mine and put three or so coats on and it ended up chipin off.

 

[VillageFox]

dont fall. and put alot of coats of paint and clear coat.

 

[kill.me.heal.me]

sand the part with sandpaper/griptape before painting, add about 5 coats, then polyurethane

 

[scooterperu]

use car paint... it's expensive but hard to chip off

 

[Tom LoForese]

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use car paint... it's expensive but hard to chip off

thats wut im using

 

[Steezeman]

And spray the different layers REALLLLY thin, because if it goes on thick it's gonna chip.

 

[Brian Boston]

-sand
-primer
-few layers of paint
-clear coat (or 2)

thats if you really want it good

 

[Eric Magray]

^do that^ but also lightly sand the layers of primer with some fine grit (i use 2000 grit) sandpaper (dry sanding works but wet sanding is recomended for metal) and it gives it a more adhesive surface to bond to. if you do wet sand make sure you use primer that says wet sanding is okay and trust me it makes the paint stick a lot better.

 

[Pete Pachota]

You might also try anodising, either find some place that does that or, if you're into chemistry, do it yourself: http://astro.neutral.org/anodise.shtml

 

[jamiemac2005]

primer paint the laquer...... that always does it for me... are you laquering and polishing after.. takes a little loger but lasts for aages

 

[farmboy uk]

You might also try anodising, either find some place that does that or, if you're into chemistry, do it yourself: http://astro.neutral.org/anodise.shtml

i want to try that!!

 

[ojfross]

well sence i cant ride for awile i went and took my new pro modle that ive never riden and started painting just today i sanded everything then primered then sanded a lil with really fine grit paper then primered and sanded 4 more times then ima put 5 layers of paint and 3 of clear
jsut to see how it turns out and if i dont like or it turns out like shit ill just sand it all off

 

[Eric Magray]

You might also try anodising, either find some place that does that or, if you're into chemistry, do it yourself: http://astro.neutral.org/anodise.shtml

i want to try that!!

it'd be cool to have done but i would be afraid of melting my hand off or something

 

[skadityska]

You might also try anodising, either find some place that does that or, if you're into chemistry, do it yourself: http://astro.neutral.org/anodise.shtml

im pretty sure anodizing isn't too good for scooters, it would scratch off easy as far as i know.
i think powder coating would be best.

 

[farmboy uk]

anodising is a chemical change so it won't scratch off its not like a layer of paint

hence the fact that anodised bolts don't scratch off their colour when you tighten them

 

[Eric Magray]

yes it does scratch off and ive never heard of anodized bolts because they would have to be aluminum since you can only anodize aluminum. and aluminum is too weak to use for bolts. you're probably thinking of grade 8 or certain coated bolts (when one metal is coated with or plated onto another usually to resistance to rust)

 

[coombsey]

yeah use primes

 

[skadityska]

anodising is a chemical change so it won't scratch off its not like a layer of paint

hence the fact that anodised bolts don't scratch off their colour when you tighten them

you rust the outer layer, then you change the chemical, but it only changes like .0004 of an inch of the aluminum on the outer layer....
once you scratch that much off itl'l come off.
its what they use for paintball guns.

 

[farmboy uk]

ok

 

[coombsey]

or that