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PVC is tough to get most paints to bond to, Paul. I think I'd be tempted to spray them with Krylon Fusion (find a yellow or gold tone). Then, using that for a "primer", spray your metallic gold over that.
-------------------- Dale Feicke Grafix 714 East St. Mendenhall, MS 39114
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I would suggest using an automotive type such as duplicolor or touch up spray bomb from a parts house after using a plastic bumper type primer. the pigments in the automotive color will be mica flakes instead of the cheap bronzing powders used in the gold in spray bombs and will not turn green after a few weeks.
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Krylon Fusion bonds quite well to PVC, clean it well and scuff with a fine Scotchbrite pad. It takes about a week for it to cure and during this time it can be scratched fairly easy, but once it cures it bonds very well.
-------------------- David Thompson Pro-Line Graphics Martinsville, NJ
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I've had good luck with the Automotive touch up paints like Duplicolor or Near Match. When you say PVC, what product are you referring to? I think there is a big difference in adhesion with something like Sintra or PVC foam boards versus PVC products that are not manufactured for the sign industry. Be cautious ith the Krylon Paints, many of them are for indoor use only, and I agree with using mica based metallics over metallic powders which will tarnish and turn ugly in a short period.
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Last time I did the Krylon Brass for outside use I cleared over it with 1-shot spray can clear and it has been about 5 years and I go by them everyday on my way home and they still shine.
-------------------- Jake Lyman Lyman Signs 45 State Road Phillipston, MA 01331 Posts: 635 | From: Phillipston, MA | Registered: Sep 2002
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