Has anyone ever wrinkle-painted plastic?

[Jand3rson]

I'm thinking about doing black wrinkle paint on my M50 coil cover to kind of simulate the look of the S54, and make it look a little less like plastic. I know I obviously can't put my coil cover in the oven to cure the paint and start the wrinkle, but when I did the red wrinkle paint on my M20 valve cover, I just used my heat gun and evenly heated it up until the paint started to wrinkle.

Just curious if anyone else has ever done this, and if it came out good without melting the plastic?

[BlackSpeed66]

I think if you're patient with it and use the gun on a low enough setting (mine has two) it will come out alright. I've used my heat gun on most metal items with good results, I don't see why plastic should be much different with a bit of care. Got any spare parts lying around to practice on?

[CHIF8008]

you can get spray paint that is wrinkle paint. a lil different look than what your thinking but its still wrinkled paint.

[acolella76]

you can get spray paint that is wrinkle paint. a lil different look than what your thinking but its still wrinkled paint.

That's what he's talking about. But it doesn't come out of the can wrinkled, you have to heat it up for it to wrinkle properly.

OP, just put an S54 in your car. That should solve your problem. :)

[CHIF8008]

my bad, never used it before. thanks for the heads up

microwave?

[Jand3rson]

I think if you're patient with it and use the gun on a low enough setting (mine has two) it will come out alright. I've used my heat gun on most metal items with good results, I don't see why plastic should be much different with a bit of care. Got any spare parts lying around to practice on?

Yeah, actually. I can try it on the plastic cover that goes over the fuel/injector rails, since I'm not using it, good call.

[Matt-B]

I wrinkled my m42 valve cover a while back, on a garbage can lid.

the paint wrinkled on the lid that was plastic from overspray

but it will flake easily. sticks to rough metal much better

[Jand3rson]

I wrinkled my m42 valve cover a while back, on a garbage can lid.

the paint wrinkled on the lid that was plastic from overspray

but it will flake easily. sticks to rough metal much better

I'll rough the plastic up first and use adhesion promoter.

[rooster]

Im now curious post up pics and good luck

[AndrewBird]

I wrinkled my m42 valve cover a while back, on a garbage can lid.

the paint wrinkled on the lid that was plastic from overspray

but it will flake easily. sticks to rough metal much better

That paint was also on an un-prepped garbage can, so...