painting a hood black!!

mountainmaxrider

mountainmaxrider

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what would i use to paint my stock mountain max hood all black? just tell me what the type of tool is called just to paint the whole hood black.....i don't want to draw any art on the hood...just black. what would i use?

thanks
 

You need to wet sand the hood with 400 grit - clean it with a solvent degreaser, possibly spray a sealer and then apply an acrylic enamel paint - automotive type. go to the local automotive paint shop and they can help you along. I've seen guys do it with rattle cans too -
 
Are late model hoods basecoat clearcoat or acrylic enamel?

Is it doable to mask decals and spray or will it chip around the decals?

A colour change can get pricey with new decals...

Any ideas?
 
Hood Painting

Removing decals is not easy. My son and I just did his SRX. The problem with not removing them is that if you are changing the base color, the existing decal often times will still have a perimeter and fade of the original color. My sons 01SRX was blue with stock decals but nearly every decal had a blue fad in it. In order to make a clean break and paint it black, we removed all he decals.
 
I rattle canned mine. 400 grit wet sand, then lots of light layers of gloss black, and then a few layers of gloss. This is the third year without a repaint and it still looks pretty good. Not saying it couldnt use a new layer or two but it has no cracks, peeling off, or flaking off. Total cost was under $20. If I were to do it again I might give the KRYLON FUSION paint a try, it is supposed to bond very well with plastic. I am probably going to paint my sport quads plastics with it this summer for something different.

My latest pic of my sled is in this thread to show you what it looks likehttp://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21576
 
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