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Painting ski poles

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4mica
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 i used the search bar and couldn't really find much, if there is already a thread i passed up just link me or something. but do you basically just sand them down,paint, and clear coat ?
Nov 25 2008 2:13PM
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THEDICKBUTCHER
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i knew nothing about painting poles when i did mine haha i just bought purple spray paint at wallmart... 2 bucks, cleaned em real good and sprayed. They actually turned out siick! but theres some purple dots where i grab my skis, still gotta try and get that clean so use tape or something if you dont want something else to get painted.... its kinda obvious i was just lazy.
Nov 25 2008 2:17PM
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HARDSTYLE2767
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you put gorlia glue on it then cat fur and chicken feathers and i think you will be ready to go

Nov 25 2008 2:19PM
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ski_ENDUB
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Sand, primer, primer, paint, paint, clearcoat, clearcoat.
Nov 25 2008 2:22PM
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MEGAZORD
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I didnt bother with primer bu sanding is key.  Also dont cheap out on the paint.
Nov 25 2008 2:26PM
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4mica
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any specific type of paint work best ?
Nov 25 2008 2:31PM
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THEDICKBUTCHER
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hahaha ooops... i also didnt use clear coat but whatever well mine didn't turn too bad, good thing.
Nov 25 2008 2:33PM
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JordanClarke
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I painted mine once. Basically i just cleaned, sanded and made them smooth. then just put the paint on .. it worked fine.
Nov 25 2008 2:33PM
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Drew.C
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dont do it when its to cold cause the paint wont dry correctly
Nov 25 2008 3:01PM
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Ben.
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1) Sand down your poles. not super gritty sandpaper, just gritty enough to take off some of the old paint, and to texture the metal so the new paint sticks.

2) Spray your colors. if your taping, do your first color, several coats. then tape, then do your second color, several coats. let each coat fully dry before you do the next one. itll look alot better if you do a shitload of thin coats, rather than a couple thick gloppy ones.

3) After all those dry, get a can of clear spraypaint. Coat several times with that. Without it it will chip horribly. Even with the clear it does get beat up pretty fast, but whatever you can always paint em again.
Nov 25 2008 5:07PM
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G.R.E.G.
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what about those fiberglass rental poles? can you sand them since theyre fiberglass?
Nov 25 2008 5:18PM
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Ben.
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i dont see why not, just dont breathe in the dust, i cant imagine thats good for you..
Nov 25 2008 5:19PM
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4mica
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alright thanks for the input, i have everything i need so i'll post pics of the finished product when i'm done.
Nov 25 2008 5:21PM
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Drew.C
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one thing i do is duct tape my poles with colored duct tape and i make sick designs. Easier and it lasts better
Nov 25 2008 5:22PM
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cct_222
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word....thats exactly how i did mine, turned out pretty damn good too
Nov 25 2008 8:51PM
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spotter487
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I used to duct tape my poles all the time lol
Nov 25 2008 8:55PM
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MatRich
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sweet im so painting my poles soon!

Nov 25 2008 9:00PM
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Ben.
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mine turned out sick. then i beat the shit out of them all season and now they are in need of a paint again. lol ill prolly wait till the summer though
Nov 25 2008 9:17PM
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Dr.Scholl
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i painted one an it turned out super shitty so i didnt bother on the second one so now i go no poles

so remeber if you fuck your poles you can always just not use them

Nov 25 2008 10:16PM
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TechnoPotamus
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idk why i've never thought about painting my poles. if i wasn't so lazy i'd def give it a shot
Nov 25 2008 10:19PM
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S-Titterington
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bahaha. just ran outside to paint mine, did basically everything your not suppose to do. then came back and saw this thread. not like i care if it comes off... there poles.
Nov 25 2008 10:45PM
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Tinga
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very well put.
Nov 25 2008 10:59PM
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toominator
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No matter what you do they WILL chip. Its inevitable.

I sanded, primed, painted and clearcoated my poles 2 seasons ago and after a week they were looking pretty rough.

This last season I put black duct tape on them and then used white insulation tape to create a spiral running down each pole.

The tape method is far more durable than paint, faster to apply, and for most designs looks just as good. If you want to do something fancy with spraypaint it may be possible to paint directly onto tape, I dunno. I'd imagine if you had a more clothy type tape it would stick better than a more plasticy type of tape.

These are my poles the first time I painted them. I haven't got pics of the version I did with tape.
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Nov 26 2008 4:17AM
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spliff.Life
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word, get nice stuffor it chips off in a day

Nov 26 2008 11:02AM
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Cow_Jibber
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you can make some sick designs with hot glue, and tape

try this site for ideas http://www.e-lacrosse.com/stech905.html

it's a lacrosse website, so whenever you see the word dye replace it with paint, and replace the word lacrosse head with ski poles,

oh, and clearcoat the shit out of them

Nov 26 2008 11:42AM
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MatRich
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does it need to be spray paint or will a brush do the same thing
Nov 26 2008 12:22PM
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4mica
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has anyone ever used rustoleum paint when painting the poles ? i put my first coat on and after a day of drying i can scrape off the coat of paint with my finger nail, is that just how the first coat is until i get atleast another 2 coats on ?   or did i used the wrong paint ? i think rustoleum may be for primarily metal when my pole is like carbon fiber or something along those lines.
Nov 27 2008 12:40PM
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TheWorst
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just sand it down, and spray paint. you dont need any fancy clear coats, the paint wont really come off cause your poles dont hit shit all the time.
Nov 27 2008 2:27PM
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MatRich
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I started painting my ski poles... I am going to do the second primer coat in half an hour and then il be painting the base coat in neon pink and then puting masking tape for my designes and painting the rest glossy black and then topping that off with clear coats. so basicaly my poles will be black with neon pink designes...

Im also painting some skis ( 07/08 line invaders) Im painting them for a school project and then im going to trick them out for my pesonal use. Their going to be wood pattern plus a bunch of designes I will do later

Nov 27 2008 9:10PM
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toominator
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make sure you let the paint dry fully before putting masking on it. if you don't its likely to pull some of the base coat off with it. most spray paints take a good day or two to cure fully.
Nov 27 2008 10:11PM
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TheWorst
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fuck dude, a few years ago i just put tape around and spray painted with white, so there was a black pole with a white spiral going up it... yup, no fancy shit like you, took me about 10 minutes.
Nov 27 2008 10:33PM
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Thenowhereman42
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If you want to put a lasting finish on that don't use spray paint, use something acrylic like tremclad.  Thin the paint out with mineral spirits.  If you use this kind of paint you don't need to primer it because it's supposed to be painted right onto metal.  Do a couple coats, wetsand, repeat untill shiny enough, and then if you want a real sick finish sand it down with really high grit sandpaper, 1000 or 1500, and buff that shit.

Someone posted this method on a car forum a while ago and I know multiple street racer kids who have put dank finishes on their ricers with this, almost up to factory standards.  I myself did something reletively similar (slightly more effective but a lot more complicated and time consuming) to this to paint the fender on my old civic before I sold it and it came out really well.  I figure if it works on cars then it would probably work on poles for sure, and likely last you more than a season. 

better explaination of it is here

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

Nov 27 2008 11:08PM
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4mica
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alright so here is basically the final product, i still need to put atleast 2 more layers of clear coat. If you cant tell the other color besides blue is yellow


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Dec 1 2008 7:16PM
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[MEGAMO]
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my poles from last year until i snapped one in half. worked out though, i have pants the color of that bandana now, so it would have looked a little goofy with the polesClick for larger image
Dec 1 2008 7:49PM
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MatRich
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hmm whats odd with this picture LOL
Dec 1 2008 8:00PM
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[MEGAMO]
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haha you caught me, i photoshopped the trees into the background
Dec 1 2008 9:25PM
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