painting plastic hubcaps

[hairnet]

recommend what kinda of paint to use please??

 

theyre orig honda ones and bolted on like some citroens so they cant be pinched

 

theyre a bit scruffy and would like to freshen them up

 

ta

 

 

[saucedoctor]

I always use ordinary silver car paint. The generic Silver Aluminium stuff looks well, as it has little reflective flakes in it. A word of warning, though - if you put lacquer over it, it reacts and ends up looking like Hammerite.

[Micrashed]

Plastikote silver, or just normal silver spray paint is all I have used in the past with acceptable results.

 

 

Its in the prep - 

Wash - hot soapy water (I use fairy liquid)

Rinse

Dry

Lightly key with some fine emery paper

Wash again, rinse, dry

 

Light  dusting spray coat to prime then 2 or 3 top coats waiting for it to dry in between.

[DVee8]

As he said^^^

[barefoot]

Someone suggested a specific VW silver paint as being ace for wheels but I can't remember who or what.

 

Hope that helped.

[saucedoctor]

Carplan Silver 19 is a VW silver, but I can't remember which one. Silver Reflex maybe? I saw it recommended on RR, and used it on the R25s alloys. Looks well.

[Timewaster]

Except carplan paint is like white spirit that has had a vaguely similar coloured paint brush dipped in it.

Find somewhere that sells Hycote and get some BL Silver Birch.

Lovely.

[cobblers]

VW reflex silver is "wheel colour" normal paint, Put it on like normal (primer-paint-lacquer) and it will turn out fine.

 

You can skip steps with special wheel paints and get an OK job, depends on how picky you are.