Painting roughstack?

[Harleymedic53]

Wats up i've been searching for a way to make my roughstack black. Its the rocktumbled finish RS. I have a black vapemate and love the way black anodized looks but got a feeling it'll be too expensive to get jus that anodized. Im pretty decient w/ a can of spray paint but culd use some tips to get a good durable glossy finish.

Any suggestions?

 

[Harleymedic53]

Im also considering doing a black wrinkle finish. Krylon has a spray paint that does it. Has ne one used it b4? Would it look like the krinkle finish on the BB? Should i clear coat it?

 

[Harleymedic53]

Anyone a painter??

 

[oldsoldier]

Successful painting relies pretty heavily on preparing the surface for proper adhesion. I don't have a roughstack but if you prepare the surface properly you can paint almost anything.

How to Paint over Anodized Aluminum

 

[oldjoe]

I've used the wrinkle finish paint on a custom PC I made for a customer and he was very pleased with the results.

 

[Nomoreash]

Might want to check out this thread and contact the op. He's don't a pretty good job on his rough stack. It's a pretty simple unfinished. With some prep work for proper adhesion it shouldn't be to difficult.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/cosmetic-mods/154117-new-roughstack-maxi-paintjob.html

 

[deadlichik]

Acrylic paints should adhere to the Roughstack pretty easily as well as the spray-on texture coating. Just make sure that no matter what paint you use, to use a spray sealant/varnish. I am actually planning on painting my roughstack black as well LOL. Ordered it this afternoon and coming up with some customizing designs. I think this one is going to stay fairly simple though. Black with thorn vines wrapping around it with a tiny blue rose cameo strategically placed.

 

[QuikWgn]

I'd really consider having it powder coated instead of painted. My local powder coating company only charges about $10 for most tube type mods, and with that tumbled finish it should have pretty good surface adhesion qualities, and the powdercoating is FAR more durable than any paint you could put on it.

 

[Para]

Wats up i've been searching for a way to make my roughstack black. Its the rocktumbled finish RS. I have a black vapemate and love the way black anodized looks but got a feeling it'll be too expensive to get jus that anodized. Im pretty decient w/ a can of spray paint but culd use some tips to get a good durable glossy finish.

Any suggestions?

I like the $10 powder coating...that's a helluva deal. But, if you can't powder coat, a good paint job will last a long time. Here's a couple of RS's I've done and they are holding up quite well after a couple of months. By putting on a good poly coat over the paint you can "repair" it should you sratch it up.

It's been said over and over again....the secret is in the prep. You can get a good paint job or a fast one....but not both.

 

[bmwjen]

nice job on painting these roughstacks. This gives me hope on painting mine!

 

[ScroungerLee]

Wrinkle finish paint has worked well for car parts I have done. It takes a long time to fully cure in my experience. I did a properly prepared aluminum valve cover and 24 hrs later I added a clear coat which lifted the wrinkle finish. I ended up skipping any clear coat and it still cleans up and looks great 5 years later.