spraying door handles black, d.i.y?

[ddcboyle]

Hey, looking to spray my door handles black, but after removing them from the door I realised theres no screws. Just those wierd rivvet things.

 

Is there a way to spray the door handles so its equal and good finish, or a way to take them apart and put back together again?

 

Thanks

[Keyser]

Masking tape

 

 

 

You can spray them without taking them apart - I did mine and the look fine.

[MrRoper]

Really easy to plastidip while on the car, but the finish wont be as good

 

EDIT: after reading properly they are already off!! sorry :S

Edited July 5, 2013 by MrRoper

[mick-r1]

ill be watching this, wana either colour code mine or go black.....

[ddcboyle]

I thought there might have been a way to take them apart.

 

SInce im the cheapo on the forum and cant afford garage prices, ill look at doing passenger side during the week. Ill throw some photos up too, and try show any defects for those who want to give it a go too

[mick-r1]

cool, i was looking at taking them off but i dont like to break things.... actually i love to break things and dont really want to break these hahaha

[LloydV]

Ive plasti-dip'd mine black at the moment, looking to make it more permanent as the dip comes off very easily on the handles, so shall be watching with interest.

[squanchy]

Could someone who has resprayed their handles with actual paint, as opposed to plastidip please tell me the process they went through and what products they used?

 

I'm looking to respray mine black. Did you emery them down first, then apply a primer? Or does a plastic paint like Plastikote work well enough?

 

Cheers.

[rtbiscuit]

when i sprayed mine i took them off the car, and made up some small wooden wedges to hold the handles in the open position, then taped all the back section up to keep them there and keep the paint out.

[squanchy]

when i sprayed mine i took them off the car, and made up some small wooden wedges to hold the handles in the open position, then taped all the back section up to keep them there and keep the paint out.

 

Ok, cheers for that. What type of paint did you use?

[rtbiscuit]

car paint

[squanchy]

Of course... Car paint :/

 

[rob63]

when i sprayed mine i took them off the car, and made up some small wooden wedges to hold the handles in the open position, then taped all the back section up to keep them there and keep the paint out.

 

Did mine the same way, colour coded them to match the wheels and was very pleased with the finish.

 

To make things easier and to keep the car on the road I bought another set of handles from Z man Alex, still have a spare set for sale

[rtbiscuit]

Of course... Car paint :/

 

i get my paint from www.paints4u.com best stuff around, i try and avoid the halfrauds own stuff.

[rob63]

Of course... Car paint :/

 

i get my paint from www.paints4u.com best stuff around, i try and avoid the halfrauds own stuff.

 

+1 on this, the clear coat is far superior. Good service from them and the chip touch-up kits are very good

[ddcboyle]

Guess ill buy some of that. Ive always just used halfrauds paint, but will see how this turns out.

 

Ill grab some woode blocks aswell.

 

Biscuit- what bits did you tape up? You on about the springs?

[rtbiscuit]

paints4u spray nozzles are as close as you'll get to a spray gun

 

as for taping up basically i taped up everything i didnt want to spray paint.

[ddcboyle]

I just sprayed my door key fob last week, its had a week to set and dry etc in the room, but when I leave it on somewhere, it seems to sort of stick, as if the lacuer hasn't set properly. This is a week after it was sprayed?? Any idea why.

[rtbiscuit]

If its soft it means the clear coat is too thick and applied too quickly. Leaving the evaporating agent trapped under the harder outer shell.

[ddcboyle]

If its soft it means the clear coat is too thick and applied too quickly. Leaving the evaporating agent trapped under the harder outer shell.

 

god damn.... I knew I done something wrong. I can never do anything perfect first time lol.

 

any way to fix it? or will I need to scrape off?

[jumping350]

Prob have to sand off reapply paint let it dry for a day and then re clear coat, that's what i would do anyway

[rtbiscuit]

if its soft and you can squidge it you could try baking it in the oven or stickng it under an infrared heatlamp. not sure on temp and time and you run a risk of it drying too quick and then cracking. at a guess try 100 degrees for 10 min.

[ddcboyle]

ill give that a go in my crappy oven. hopefully it works, if not, bye bye nice green key

[ddcboyle]

done the 10minute oven thing. bubbles have appeared randomly, roughly 8 of them. still seems a bit tacky though

[jumping350]

You didn't grill them by accident did you lol