Painting clutch cover and stator cover best method

[swordcombat]

Yeah i know is sounds strange , but i want to paint my stator cover and clutch cover on my kx250.
Now the clutch cover is magnesium pro circuit and the stator is standard plastic.
Now i want paint that is hard wearing because of boot rub.
Obviously i cant get plastic powder coated and would rather do it myself anyway.

Would i be better priming them first and what would be the best type of paint to use?

[Foxx4Beaver]

powder coating would be the way to go if you're worried about boot wear...mag cover would be a different story.
there's guys on here that do it....or you can get your own powder coating kit on-line for $100....all you need is an oven big enough to fit the parts....you could use a toaster oven for a clutch cover.

[swordcombat]

powder coating would be the way to go if you're worried about boot wear...mag cover would be a different story.
there's guys on here that do it....or you can get your own powder coating kit on-line for $100....all you need is an oven big enough to fit the parts....you could use a toaster oven for a clutch cover.

Yeah magnesium needs to be de-gassed before powder coating so im told?
I was also thinking of plasti dip for the stator cover?

[Foxx4Beaver]

Yeah magnesium needs to be de-gassed before powder coating so im told?
I was also thinking of plasti dip for the stator cover?

it shouldn't be to big of deal.
plasti dip might be a good idea...I myself have never had anything "dipped", so I have no idea how durable it is or the process.

[swordcombat]

Yeah magnesium needs to be de-gassed before powder coating so im told?
I was also thinking of plasti dip for the stator cover?

it shouldn't be to big of deal.
plasti dip might be a good idea...I myself have never had anything dipped, so I have no idea how durable it is.

Plastidip is in a spray can buddy , they paint full cars with it , and its tough and power washable and then you can peel it off , youtube it buddy , amazing stuff.

[tkeen511]

I have worked with plasti dip, and it would be easy to do, but it won't hold up against your boots. Maybe if you just ripped around a corn field or something here and there, but I don't think it would hold up. Your Stator cover takes a lot more of a beating than a car does, and a lot more constant rubbing. Plus my experience is once a little starts going it all starts going. But on the bright side you could redo it every time it comes off and it would be cheap and easy to do.

[swordcombat]

Is there anyway of doing magnesium at home with aerosol cans?
I heard normal paint will eventually bubble and come off?