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Tim Killian
 
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I tried the fusion paint on polycarbonate and was not impressed. It
dries quickly but the fine print says that it takes about a week to
reach full adhesion on plastic surfaces. Until then it is very easy to
scuff with only normal handling. Even after the full cure cycle, it is
still a relatively soft coating and can't stand up to any kind of abrasion.

Environmental rules have taken much of the quality and durability out of
paints available at retail. Rustoleum used to sell a really good
moisture-cure polyurethane spray product but it was pulled. You might
try an auto body shop and see if they will sell you one of the
commercial epoxy or polyurethane products.

~Roy wrote:
Anyone ever use Krylon Fusion plastic paint to paint plexiglass?
If so how does it hold up.......or is there any other recomendations
out there. I need to paint a clear acrylic plexiglass fish tank hood
that I just custom made for one of my sal****er tanks. I culd not
afford black plexiglass but had a heap of clear and
smoked........Around here they will not cut a full sheet of colored
pl;exi and its sold in full sheets only...$148.90 a sheet........

Previously I have covered the cler plexiglass in vynil contact
material like they use to make those stick on decals etc, but this one
is kind of complicated with lots of curves and ins and outs, and
covering it wrinkle free would be a real pain in the backside.
Thanks


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