I am currently looking to paint my 1985 Ninja 600R and im not looking to spend alot of $$$ on doing so. I decided to test out the painting that I wanna do so I remover one of my side panels to test on. So here is what I did, I flipped the panel over to paint the back of it so if I messed it up (expected to) it would be hidden, I then sanded a 8" x 8" location and cleaned it throughly. I then applied a coat of rustulem spray can automotive grey primer, waited 15m and coated another layer and let dry for another 15m mean while I used a space heater (approx 3 feet away) to dry the paint. I then applied a coat of rustoleum bronze color spray can paint and waited 15m and repeated 2 more times. Then I applied a coat of rustoleum clear coat high gloss spray paint and let dry for 15m and then repeated again. It looks really good and feels great and I let it rest for about 18hrs and I pushed my finger nail on it and I can dig the paint off. Is there something I can do so this doesn't happen like letting it cure for a certain time or letting it rest more in between coats besides having it professionally done? Thank you.

 

Southpaw, some paints will soften plastic because of the distillates used. I would recommend using paint which says the intended application is plastic. I like to do a quick alcohol wipe of the surface I'm about to paint, just to ensure no oils or water remain.
Any updates on your project?

 

Plus you will need a flex additive. I think duplicolor makes a paint just for plastics. I assume you are gonna use spray cans or you usin a spray gun?

 

If you mixed yellow & light brown colour then paint your bike with that colour with adding some shiner such a great result appear after do it some artificial stickers & pasting chips past on it..... it will be amazing i think