Enamel on rubber wont dry

Matt1982 · Post by **Matt1982** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:59 am

Yes, yes, yes, I found out that enamel, a solvent based paint, wont dry on certain plastics and rubber after the fact. I am new to this (as you can see by my post count)

I'd rather not remove the paint. Is there anything like an enamel paint hardener that I can spray on? The thing I dont get is that it was already painted, so the enamel is not directly on rubber.

kenlilly106 · Post by **kenlilly106** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:59 pm

Strip the paint, there's nothing that I know of you can apply to harden it, the softness is due to a reaction between the paint and plastic/rubber.

The paint that's on the part is probably so thin that the solvents in the enamel paint leached through it, causing the problem.

Ken