rustoleum paint ideal for metal trim {good for shadowline?}

[grays]

http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=509

has anyone on here tried this stuff? if so any good results or does it still chips?

[grays]

mod please move to right section. thanks

[mulletman]

I tried using Rustoleum for a motorcycle project a while back. If you try to do it right with wetsanding/layering/clearcoat... the stuff ends up wrinkling up on you once you get a nice glaze on the paint. Complete crap paint, unless you're just going to just a one-shot spray and that's it. For any sort of paint project using spray cans, I use nothing but Belton Molotow paints. The big high-pressure cans are just awesome. The bike in the avatar to the left was painted using those.

For metal trim, I'm planning on using SEM trim paint. I've done a little of this project, and it's going well.

[vert_this]

some info that may help? I wouldn't use rustolem myself.

http://www.strictlyeta.net/technical/shadowline.html

[grays]

I tried using Rustoleum for a motorcycle project a while back. If you try to do it right with wetsanding/layering/clearcoat... the stuff ends up wrinkling up on you once you get a nice glaze on the paint. Complete crap paint, unless you're just going to just a one-shot spray and that's it. For any sort of paint project using spray cans, I use nothing but Belton Molotow paints. The big high-pressure cans are just awesome. The bike in the avatar to the left was painted using those.

For metal trim, I'm planning on using SEM trim paint. I've done a little of this project, and it's going well.

ive used rustoleum before with very good results on my engine parts. never had any wrinkle after clearing it.

just wondering about this product because ive tried sem and dupli with promoter and they still chip after awhile

[mulletman]

ive used rustoleum before with very good results on my engine parts. never had any wrinkle after clearing it.

just wondering about this product because ive tried sem and dupli with promoter and they still chip after awhile

Did you wet-sand and layer the rustoleum? How many times?

I was shooting for an actual professional-looking glaze on my motorcycle project, and after 3-4 coats it developed some nasty wrinkling no matter what I did. I wish I had some pictures of it... After calling a local store that stocks specialty aerosol paints, the guy guessed exactly what paint I was using based on my description of symptoms.

[grays]

nope just sand/prime/paint/clear about 20mins or so

[nmlss2006]

I have used rustoleum paint for seat rails and for the bottom of multiple trunks with good success. I recently used it for a hood hinge with decent (not perfect, but acceptable!) results. See my project thread on the blue car.
It would probably not be my first choice for exterior trim, I used the duplicolor bumper trim paint per Luke's suggestions with very good results (though durability is so far an unknown).

[grays]

dupli still chips as ive used it before . just ging to use vinyl tape and use my heatgun to put it on good .

[mulletman]

nope just sand/prime/paint/clear about 20mins or so

Ah, that's probably why it worked. I was trying to sand out the orange-peel that spray cans inevitably provide, which meant I ended up putting on more paint than you probably did. If Rustoleum gets thick at all, you end up with issues.

[Cabriolet]

just used this on my the Krylon Dual paint on my kidneys and light rings. came out very well

http://www.krylon.com/products/dual_paint_primer

and it's supper easy to get.

[nmlss2006]

The SEM with the adhesion promoter shouldn't chip, since it actually melts into the plastic. On the aluminium gutter trim, anything will chip eventually - including the factory trim, as my 318 can demonstrate. The only way to get it NOT to chip for a (very) long time is to have it anodised, but I don't think that's in the cards stateside.

[AndrewBird]

Powdercoat is your best bet.

[grays]

just used this on my the Krylon Dual paint on my kidneys and light rings. came out very well

http://www.krylon.com/products/dual_paint_primer

and it's supper easy to get.

did you try to scratch it with your nail to see if it chips on a test part?

[Cabriolet]

did you try to scratch it with your nail to see if it chips on a test part?

hasnt chipped yet