Flexible paint???????????
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Flexible paint???????????
I'm close to the point of painting my leaf springs. They are apart and ready to be blasted. What steps should I take to guarantee that the paint won't just flake off or chip. The first thing I will do is glass bead the smaller springs and sand blast the larger ones. What is the preferred 2nd step? What paint prep before primer? What Primer?
BIG QUESTION If you can paint a flexible front bumper and the paint flexs and stays on why can't you do leaf springs the same way. What about rocks and things hittting it? I would think the flexible paint would not chip as bad as hard paint.
BIG QUESTION If you can paint a flexible front bumper and the paint flexs and stays on why can't you do leaf springs the same way. What about rocks and things hittting it? I would think the flexible paint would not chip as bad as hard paint.
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First, you should go to the suspension forum. And do a search on sandblasting leaf springs. Read that entire thread. Do not sandblast your leaf springs. It removes the metal treatment.
They make a flexing agent, you mix with your primer, base and clearcoat.
In theory it will work. I have never done it.
You might want to ask Aekisu.
zanny
They make a flexing agent, you mix with your primer, base and clearcoat.
In theory it will work. I have never done it.
You might want to ask Aekisu.
zanny
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OOOOOOOPPPsssssssss!!!!!!!!
Thanks Zanny,
I'll look at that thread. I hope it doesn't do to much damage since a bunch of guys have done it on the 48 - 60 forum. Thanks for the tip.
I'll look at that thread. I hope it doesn't do to much damage since a bunch of guys have done it on the 48 - 60 forum. Thanks for the tip.
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Well, if you paint a plastic fron bumper with regular auto paint, odds are it will eventually crack and flake off in places. There is a flxible additive that should be added when painting anything flexible, one of the brand names is "Flexane", but other companies make their own versions of this too. Now, that is for use on plastic body parts, hard to say how well it would work on something getting the work out a spring gets. Maybe try vinyl paint if that doesnt work?
