Iceman Painting

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:25 pm

I have a red iceman that is slowly looking orange. I want to paint it black. Has anyone done this? Only thing im afraid of is the paint flaking off or it looking like shit after a year.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:47 pm

SlvrACR wrote:I have a red iceman that is slowly looking orange. I want to paint it black. Has anyone done this? Only thing im afraid of is the paint flaking off or it looking like shit after a year.

Probably just put a coat of primer on first. I painted all my fluid covers red and I primered them first. They still look new.

CA180 · Post by **CA180** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:48 pm

the biggest thing is prep... you gotta get it as clean as possible,, other than that the paint should stick to it fine

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:50 pm

Ya i figured thats all. Thanks

J8t4m · Post by **J8t4m** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:57 pm

. . . i would clean it first

LIGHTLY sand it a bit

clean again

Primer

Paint

Clear coat if your doing metallic and wanna make it look nice and shiny

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:13 pm

Hehe, I just sprayed Carb cleaner all over mine, shook it around, and sprayed it with a couple coats of red exhaust paint. Worked great.

I also wasn't too worried about how it would turn out, and I was in a hurry.

GTS · Post by **GTS** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:55 pm

DO NOT SAND THE ICEMAN. Its plastic is one of those that dosent like to be sanded and it will freaking look like crap when you paint it. Its some sort of a nylon, not quite a plastic intake material. Trust me I learned the hard way. Anyway here is the result.

BLUE TO SILVER

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:01 pm

So painting FTW???

Post by **jonnymopar** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:06 pm

Yeah I don't know about sanding it. It's not smooth plastic, it's sort of textured, so you'd probably have to sand the living hell out of it to get it to look better than just leaving it as is.

SlvrACR wrote:So painting FTW???

Yes, Eff Tee Double-you.

caustic neon · Post by **caustic neon** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:30 am

paint it with Krylon Fusion, it is a paint made for plastics. i paintad my iceman for my 97 with this and it is still looking great. i sold it to a guy in ecn he says it still looks great.

koreysxt · Post by **koreysxt** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:23 pm

I just painted mine last week. I bought a used Blue one. I first cleaned it real well. I tape the rubber grommets. I initially sprayed it with Rustoleum Flat Black (I didn't want glossy). I didn't like the looks of the Flat, so I just treated this as a primer. Next, I bought a can of Rustoleum Satin Black. I love the looks of this. Not too shiny, not too flat. I can't speak to it's longevity -- as I just did it. The Rustoleum is safe for temps below 200 degrees -- which should be way more than enough for the Iceman.

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:32 pm

Ya i want a semi-gloss look to it

koreysxt · Post by **koreysxt** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:30 pm

SlvrACR wrote:Ya i want a semi-gloss look to it

Semi-Gloss might be a little too Glossy. That's why I picked Satin. Satin is between Flat and Semi-Gloss. It's plenty shiny for me. I can get a pic with the new fews days if you'd like?

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:37 pm

Ya, I plan on doing it next weekend and a pic would be better then trial and error

koreysxt · Post by **koreysxt** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:22 pm

Sorry for the late reply. I had a busy holiday weekend. I took a couple pics of my painted Iceman. One is with flash. The blurry one is w/o. As stated above, it was painted with Rustoleum Satin Black.

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