fusion paint?

[Clayton]

Has anyone tried to use the Krylon Fusion paint on the white plastic chasis parts? What where the results/durability?

[Coelacanth]

I've used Krylon Fusion black "paint" (it's actually more of a dye that bonds to plastic than a mere spray paint) on vinyl & hard plastic parts from my '70 Charger's interior that I'm in the process of restoring, and the results were excellent. It's meant to bond to the surface, not just paint a layer on top, and therefore resists scratching and dings.

I also used this black Fusion to "paint" a red Kydex bumper for my Zebra Optima, and I would say it's moderately durable. Keep in mind this is a bumper and I've run into a few things with it, and I can barely see some red underneath some areas that got some pretty decent scuffing.

With all that said, I would suggest using nylon clothing dye in boiling water as a better method of coloring nylon & plastic parts (i.e. RIT dye) but that Fusion-For-Plastic is very durable when applied properly.

[Diggley]

Fusion's worked great on a couple projects
...So far used on both Lexan & Tamiya plastic:

Son's:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10823&hilit=warthog

Mine:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8967

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=12952

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

Fusion's worked great on a couple projects
...So far used on both Lexan & Tamiya plastic:

Son's:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10823&hilit=warthog

Mine:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8967

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=12952

Wow, I missed those threads until now(I need to get out more). Good stuff.

[scoobyvoodoo]

The Krylon Fusion paint does work pretty well on most "R/C" plastics. About the only type I have found it to not work well on so far was the body that came on my Tamiya repro Holiday Buggy. I think it is some type of ABS or something but it's not the normal white styrene that Tamiya usually produces. This body came molded in dark blue and does not accept any type of paint even when scuffed and prepped properly.

[ROH73]

The new Holiday Buggy body is polyethylene, which pretty much cannot be painted (or glued).