Painting belts and boots

[megowgsh]

Not all belts and boots come in the colors I want so I need to paint them somehow.

Any painting advice on what to use for a CTVT repro white Robin belt? The belt needs to wrap around a waist without the paint cracking.

Thanks in advance!

Peace, Love and Megos,

Austin

[thunderbolt]

maybe tool dip?

[JMC]

I sometimes use duplicolor to prime (it supposed to stick well to plastics) then use whatever paint you want.

Hope that is useful.

[Timothy2251]

Maybe one of the Krylon Fusion paints?

[Boywonder0]

What Timothy2251 said. Krylon Fusion for Plastics is the way to go for plastics. DupliColor is the best for vinyl, leather and fabric. Both are amazing products!

[megowgsh]

I sometimes use duplicolor to prime (it supposed to stick well to plastics) then use whatever paint you want.

Hope that is useful.

What is it and where do I find it? Link?

[piecemaker]

^You can find Duplicolor paint at any auto parts store.I know AutoZone has it.

[Capt_Kirk]

You could cast your own if you know how to do that. just sayin

[Lord Mongo]

You could cast your own if you know how to do that. just sayin

Excellent Idea, However what material do you cast in?

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

Hi megowgsh, just make sure you do a test spot first. I had some bad experience with vinyl and plastic paints on different materials. Sometimes not curing, or really not durable (scratch off easily).
"Krylon Fusion for Plastics is the way to go for plastics. DupliColor is the best for vinyl, leather and fabric."
I agree with the above, but Krylon didnt cure on vinyl (in my car, ugh!), and the Duplicolor, and the Krylon didnt bond to the car plastic (even after degreasing and slightly scuffing). Krylon bonded amazingly to PET plastic , though. Couldn't even scratch it off.
I have a pair of black boots from Doc Mego, and I have both types of paint. I could test if you like and let you know? Just not sure if the boots are made from the same material as the belts?

UPDATE: I sprayed part of both boots tonight. No pre-treating, so no wipe with thinner or a wet sand. Just straight out or the plastic bag. One boot with Rustoleum Plastic, and one with Dupli-color Vinyl spray. Three light coats about 5-7 minutes apart. I'll leave them for 24 hours and do a scratch and flexibility test and take pictures to show how each worked. Dupli-color Vinyl indicates it can be handled after an hour but I doubt it is fully cured by then. Rustoleum plastic indicates 24 hours but that doesn't specify absolute cure time. Cant seem to see anything online with a quick search. I'll check tomorrow.

[Toyman_Chris]

You could cast your own if you know how to do that. just sayin

When I ordered my belts from Doc, I had them cast in the color I wanted. I tried to paint mine and ugh.....they cracked like crazy.

Austin, If you find a way to paint em let us know.

[mikeoz]

I haven't actually painted a belt, but I've painted other plastic parts by mixing Modge Podge sealer with the color of acrylic paint that I want. It's worked well for painting hair on flexible vinyl heads and also for trim colors on boots.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

"One boot with Rustoleum Plastic, and one with Dupli-color Vinyl spray"
After 24 hours, and no good for either of the above. The Rustoleum Plastic can be scraped easily with a finger nail. Not even an option and the Dupli-color Vinyl spray took the finger nail test better but I could still scrape it, but when I squeezed the boot it wrinkled and flaked off. Neither of these would work for the purpose in this thread. I will clean them off and try scuffing the shine off the boot and see if that makes a difference. I really thought one of these would work.
I think casting might be the way to go on this. Not sure what smooth-on has that is flexible like that but hey will have something. Maybe FlexFoamIT

http://www.smooth-on.com/gallery.php?galleryid=454

and I think Clear Flex would be good as you can add pigment to that...

http://www.smooth-on.com/Urethane-Rubber-an/c6_1117_1153/index.html

I've seen the sample in store and looks really durable.

megowgsh, you use a pressure paint pot and compressor to minimize bubbles, right? From what I can gather in the other threads, you know about all this stuff. Otherwise casting with these products would probably have lots of air bubbles and defects.