Painting plastic fittings

[pdur]

I 've taken down the mast of my Mirage in order to replace the forestay. This entailed removing the Plastimo 608-S roller-reefing drum and while it was off I thought that I'd take the opportunity to service it. I've now dismantled it (fear not, I have not lost any bearings) and despite having cleaned the plastic bits in the dish washer it is still looking a bit tired. I thought that I might smarten it up a bit by painting it while it was apart but here is my question - what is the best paint for the job? I don't really want to spend a fortune and will only require a small amount but I would be interested to know what paints are suitable for plastic fittings open to the weather.

 

[Poignard]

I've never tried it but what about the paint used on plastic model kits?

 

[nigelmercier]

I do this a lot, I use Rustoleum Direct to Plastic: http://amzn.to/1zjVa2u

Excellent stuff.

 

[peteK]

I painted a stripe on the side of the boat to brighten up the existing one and used acrylic water based paint from Aldi , said on the tin suitable for plastic surfaces.

 

[VicS]

I bought Rust Oleum All-Surface paint for the plastic garden table. Seems to have made a good job of that.

250ml tin, not a spray like the Direct to Plastic in Nigels link

http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homeba...rust-oleum-white---gloss-paint---250ml-125054

 

[GrahamM376]

I've never tried it but what about the paint used on plastic model kits?

Plenty here - http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&...vptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_6tepctcsrr_b