painting plastic

[schnaarf]

i have done a few searches but one think i couldn't find much on is painting plastic that would be ok in heat and to flex slightly.

Its not for a toy but it seems like there is a lot of knowledge here so thought I'd post up!! (its actually for a pair of sunglasses)

I've found plasti kote and krylon fusion.

Is it possible?

thanks!

[wendy]

It might be worth investigating glass paints. I know some work well on plastic.

Some of them do require baking, which obviously means they'll withstand some heat, although the baking may be too hot for your sunglasses

[craftybeader]

Alcohol inks work okay on plastic and it will take heat, but not sure whether that would be the effect that you want

[ejralph]

I was going to suggest alcohol inks too - although haven't tried it myself on sunglasses. They are translucent colours, but you can also get metallic mixatives too to create all sorts of more opaque metallic colours.

[ceinwen]

Genesis heat set paints may work, it is what I use on the Reborn Dolls, it only needs heating to 130 degrees C for 8 mins, the vinyl just gets quite warm but doesn;t melt. Or you can use a heat gun on it xxCeinwen

[LillyTea]

I would suggest acrylic paint as its flexible and waterproof.

You would need to put some kind of varnish on it though as acyclic paint can peel.

Lilly