Painting a Pelican Box????

[Every Miles A Memory]

Pat,

Sell it and buy a new one in yellow. If the black one goes overboard, its very tough to spot a black case at night in the water.

-Sam

I thought about that, but I already have the box and it works. I got a great deal on it off of a fellow member on here, so it would cost a lot more than a can of spray paint to go to a Orange or Yellow one

Plus, it would draw a ton of attention where a white one would blend in somewhat

[AFSOC]

I thought about that, but I already have the box and it works. I got a great deal on it off of a fellow member on here, so it would cost a lot more than a can of spray paint to go to a Orange or Yellow one

I agree Pat, paint makes better sense but after reading this thread I can't get the wrap idea out of my head. Soooo many creative possibilities.

[AeroNautiCal]

Why not just put the case into a white fabric or plastic bag when it's in the sun?

[Echodawg]

Check this out:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195528

[robert]

I've got one I painted OD green. I washed it, cleaned it with something (probably brake cleaner or alcohol- it's been some years) then shot it with spray paint. It hasn't held up that well but I reshoot it every now and then. It's a Pelican case after all so I really don't care and I expect it to get beat up.

If I were worried about how it looked or wanted more durability I'd shoot it with Duracoat. It holds up pretty darn well on plastic gunstocks so I'd venture it'd do well on the case.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Check this out:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195528

Thanks for the link. I was surprised at how nicely his boxes came out after painting them.

I figure a rattle can of white primer and another of flat white will be pretty inexpensive. Plus, they're just cases getting scratched up on a boat, so I'm not all that worried how they look. Just more worried about whats inside

[syke]

Dragging up an old thread.....

Pat, did you ever end up painting your case?
If so, how'd it turn out?

[Honu]

wonder how that krylon plastic paint would work compared to other paints ?

[Every Miles A Memory]

I never ended up doing it, but now that I've got a few to fool around with, I'm going to try it with one that we just keep on the boat. That's exactly what I was thinking with the Krylon Plastic Paint

I'll but a can of flat white when we get home and try it on my Pelican 1500. I'll be sure to post up some photos of before and after and then again after we use it a few times out on the water to see how it holds up

Sorry I havent followed up with this. Life sort of got in the way. Thanks for the reminder

[Every Miles A Memory]

So I finally remembered about doing this. Sorry it took so long. Only threw a few coats of Rustoleum Plastic Spraypaint Primer on to see how it would hold up





This is only primer, but it's not all that bad looking. This Pelican 1500 was beat up pretty bad to begin with having a ton of scratches in the shell. We'll be heading out next week on the boat for multiple days of shooting, so I'll drag this along and see how the paint holds up.

I also only painted the lid of the box since the bottom is always sitting flat on the boat, and the lid was what I worried about keeping cool



I'll have to pick up a digital thermometer and see if it makes a difference between the box that is painted and the box that isnt