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What is the best paint for the sears carrier. I used the truck bed liner paint. Would not stick. I also used the paint for plastic. Would not stick. Help :?:
Goldwing Rider said:What is the best paint for the sears carrier. I used the truck bed liner paint. Would not stick. I also used the paint for plastic. Would not stick. Help :?:
You have got to be kidding me!biglefti said:I haven't done a flame test to be sure, but I think that the Sears carrier is made of HDPE. If that is the case, no paint will really stick to it in it's natural state. However, you can flame treat it and then shoot it and you can have pretty good results. You can use a propane torch to treat it by setting a hard flame and moving the tip of the flame cone about 1/8 to 1/4 inch away from the surface at about 1 foot per second. Obviously the carrier will now have a stripped look to it, but that should go away with the paint job. You can shoot it with enamel, or I believe a basecoat/clearcoat.
Goldwing Rider said:What is the best paint for the sears carrier. I used the truck bed liner paint. Would not stick. I also used the paint for plastic. Would not stick. Help :?:
cwoods said:You have got to be kidding me!biglefti said:I haven't done a flame test to be sure, but I think that the Sears carrier is made of HDPE. If that is the case, no paint will really stick to it in it's natural state. However, you can flame treat it and then shoot it and you can have pretty good results. You can use a propane torch to treat it by setting a hard flame and moving the tip of the flame cone about 1/8 to 1/4 inch away from the surface at about 1 foot per second. Obviously the carrier will now have a stripped look to it, but that should go away with the paint job. You can shoot it with enamel, or I believe a basecoat/clearcoat.
Goldwing Rider said:What is the best paint for the sears carrier. I used the truck bed liner paint. Would not stick. I also used the paint for plastic. Would not stick. Help :?:
Krylon Fusion works.
schiel1 said:I got this off the sears site
***20 cu. ft. capacity carrier mounts only to approved, factory-installed and aftermarket roof racks rated at 150 lbs. or more. Completely assembled with quick release hardware included.***
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product. ... Cookie=Yes
When you mentioned that the sun may have got to it, it made me think of what if you used a liguid deglosser made for taking the shine off paint before repainting, or maybe some other type of spirits to take down the surface a bit.