What paint to use when painting a ski?

Joshua.

Joshua.

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ive searchbarred, yet nothing showed up..

im basically wondering if there is a certain paint to use or just a good waterproof glaze or somthin to layer on top of other paint.

does anybody know what to use

?

thanks
 
just any kind of white spray paint for a base

then color with sharpies

then somekind of waterproof coating
 
if u r paint the entire ski over, u can use any paint as long as u put like 2 coats of polyurithain (killed that spellling).
 
yeah you just need to make sure and use a few coats of urethane/clearcoat over the paint job. Also, if it's new skis you're painting you should wait to break them in a bit, because otherwise the paint will crack and flake off after like a day.
 
Buy some Krylon Plastic Bonding Primer Spray Paint for the base layer, then on top of that apply a LOT of coats of whatever you're wanting and finish it off with a LOT of coats of clear waterproofing.

I mean ALOT of coats. Skis get pretty brutalized pretty fast you'll find, especially after you've worked so hard to paint them so the more coats you have the longer it will take for the paint to get chipped or scrapped off. Don't take the quick way out of painting your skis, make a day of it and be sure to apply a thin coat, let it dry, then do another.
 
I used sharpie's and didn't clear coat is, they faded a bit over a season but i simply retraced it yesterday to start the season. I might clear coat it 'cause i'm thinking about doing something more.

I hope that helps your decision

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I don't know how you managed to find no previous threads on this.

I didn't feel the need to post up 100+ threads

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/170743/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/379257/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/344305/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/331152/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/280268/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/279358/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/140559/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/72831/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/34320/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/12274/

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/search

Could also check

http://www.clevermill.com/paintingyoursnowboard.html

It seems krylon is the most commonly used as it bonds to plastic very well.

 
Ive done it tons of times.

don't prime it, don't clear coat very much

I had a whole thread that I explained it in but I can't find it anymore because of the new searchbar

Basically, start out cleaning it with some grease cutter and if you have it, denatured alcohol.

sand it to make it a little rough, with like 100 or 120 grit sandpaper. not too rough.

Spray like 5-7 VERY light coats of KRYLON BRAND FLAT WHITE on there,

the last coat should be just enough to cover up the graphics. The idea is that you spray so thin that the paint dries almost instantly upon touching the ski. You don't want wet paint that will set up into layers that will crack and flake off when the ski flexes.

after that, wipe it down with a dry cloth and use sharpies to decorate it.

then, use a VERY LIGHT coat of clear coat to seal the sharpie.
 
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