Painting soft tops (aka giving the girl some makeup)

[SublimeMudTime]

So I am awaiting my m998. It's 95% green with camo soft doors and a 2 man soft top. The body paint will be easy from what I've seen on the paint threads. I've gone through those paint threads (all 46 pages) and did not see any HMMWV soft top or canvas door painting details.

What have people done for getting the colors right without the purchase of new doors and soft cover?

 

[DatGuyC]

I've heard spray paint works good, specifically the krylon fusion for plastic.

 

[Mike82ndABN]

I painted the body and the plastic soft tops. All I did for prep is pressure wash. Then krylon camo rattle can. The doors took a couple coats. The roof seemed to absorb a lot more. There are no problems with flaking when you flex the material. This was just a few weeks ago so I can't give you any info on long term durability.

 

[dilligaf13]

Behr also works well on the soft tops. They're surprisingly porous and absorb the paint well, hence the multiple coats of rattle can that are required.

 

[SublimeMudTime]

Thanks folks!

 

[Mike82ndABN]

If you are trying to stick to the original green, and match the doors and soft top to the body, this stuff is going to match better than the krylon green http://www.rapcoparts.com/sppaperca.html