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Old 02-13-2010, 12:06 AM
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Default RE: Automotive paint

I've no direct knowledge of auto-paint techniques... however I've taken a good half dozen or more plastic Heli canopies to an automotive shop who did the painting and work for me.

I know they applied some sort of hardener.

The results have been fantastic.

At first I was afraid that the automotive paint would crack given that it is painted on plastic.

This has never happened.

Glow fuel seems to make no dent in it as well.

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I've used Krylon with a primer base on cowls I've repaired or rebuilt, and glow fuel and gasoline seems to have almost no effect on it.