Painting ST1300 black plastic trim

[970mike]

Tim's 03 ST1300 black plastic trim was looking more grey than black, I found this plastic paint that works great. Here are a couple of pictures of the difference.

 

[Hondafarian]

Nice job, Mike. I'll be right over with my faded parts.

 

[dduelin]

Boy that looks great.

 

[Stylo Steve]

Just an FYI, If the black trim isn't to far gone you can do the same with a heat gun. I used a heat gun on my 95 ST1100 trim and it came back to life looking new with the exeption of the nicks and scratches that happened over the years. Super easy peasy lemon squeezy. THe plastic you paited looks great though!

 

[Hound]

This stuff is hard to find in the UK and when imported from the US it ends up costing £37 (US$47) a can.

Anyone know an equivalent here in Blighty that's a decent colour match? (I've asked this before, but crickets.)

 

[Obo]

This stuff is hard to find in the UK and when imported from the US it ends up costing £37 (US$47) a can.

Anyone know an equivalent here in Blighty that's a decent colour match? (I've asked this before, but crickets.)

@Upt' North who sells rattle can paint over your way in black and made for application to plastics?

 

[Upt' North]

Halfords Plastic Bumper Paint Black 300ml | Halfords UK

Shop the latest The Halfords Plastic Bumper Paint Black is specially formulated to provide a durable finish. at Halfords UK

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@Obo
Might be worth a try. Never used any that I can remember.

 

[Hound]

Cheap enough for an experiment I guess, thanks Upt.

I already tried the heat gun trick on the handles/latch flap but it just started damaging the surface - no oils came out of the plastic at all.

 

[motornut]

That does look great, refreshing the black plastic makes it all look better.

 

[SMSW]

 

[edq]

Just an FYI, I have recently used black and decker touch up paint on my faded plastic. Its very cheap here in BC. $12 a can, fast drying and made for plastic tool parts.
The duplicolor is $23 a can here.