Paint for acrylic windshield
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Paint for acrylic windshield
Wanted to paint the inside lower part of a windvest shield. The gun smoke one i just got for my Road glide is not painted on the inside down low as a lot of them are to hide the bumpers and rubber mounting area. Saw somewhere that people have painted them but want to make sure i have some stuff that will stick. Any suggestions on what brand flat black? I'm all taped and ready to paint.
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if your painting the inside of a windshield just tape it off where the paint is going to end scuff it with a red scotch bright pad. Wipe it with lacquer thinner or wax and grease remover then paint.. If its in a position where your not going to really see the inside lacquer will work and thru the plastic it will be shinny on the outside.. I used to do bug guards for trucks all the time painting the inside of a clear guard to match the vehicle and it worked great.. You can even use contrasting colors.. 
Hmmm...I just painted a cop-looking shorty helmet I bought for road trips with the Krylon fusion paint.
I taped off the black part of the helmet, along with the DOT sticker, and painted the top black with the fusion. It is noticeably very dull compared to the original paint, and I didn't sand it- just used solvent to clean, so it had a smooth surface to bond to. (they say you don't need to sand for it)
I taped off the black part of the helmet, along with the DOT sticker, and painted the top black with the fusion. It is noticeably very dull compared to the original paint, and I didn't sand it- just used solvent to clean, so it had a smooth surface to bond to. (they say you don't need to sand for it)
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Hmmm...I just painted a cop-looking shorty helmet I bought for road trips with the Krylon fusion paint.
I taped off the black part of the helmet, along with the DOT sticker, and painted the top black with the fusion. It is noticeably very dull compared to the original paint, and I didn't sand it- just used solvent to clean, so it had a smooth surface to bond to. (they say you don't need to sand for it)
I taped off the black part of the helmet, along with the DOT sticker, and painted the top black with the fusion. It is noticeably very dull compared to the original paint, and I didn't sand it- just used solvent to clean, so it had a smooth surface to bond to. (they say you don't need to sand for it)
old school i guess...
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I did this a week ago using cheap gloss black after cleaning with lighter fluid. This was per Doug at Windvest's instruction.
BTW: I got the 14" Light Smoke, and he is going to send me a new one because the ones on the website show them painted. He said he has newer stock that is.....
BTW: I got the 14" Light Smoke, and he is going to send me a new one because the ones on the website show them painted. He said he has newer stock that is.....
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Before you invest a dime, let alone a dollar, in that acrylic windshield, watch this video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsls5ZPCUnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsls5ZPCUnE
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Acrylic vs. polycarbonate
I just watched the above video. I read just lately that Cee Baileys which makes aircraft windshields Uses aircraft grade acrylic for their motorcycles. If acrylics are so bad why would a company like Cee Baileys use them? Now i wonder what the windshield that i bought from Windvest is made from. HD uses the Lexan i think. After what i read on the Cee Baileys site i thought that the acrylics where better than i see a video like the one above. Could some one explain these two plastics a little more? Really don't want to ride around with something that shatters in the video like that in front of me. Could that have been some cheap brand acrylic windshield is there any standards these have to meet?
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No doubt that polycarb is better. My new riding glasses will be made of this stuff. But I dare you to sit behind your shield and let me fire a GUN at it! I call BS on the bulletproof angle! Or maybe the bullets went through it - it looked like it just dented, and THAT did not happen, save maybe on the rocksalt.