HELP! Paint for Stihl 084 covers

[RomuloTDI]

Hello again

I wanted to ask you another question, I have the covers of my Stihl 084 very discolored, they have lost their color and they are ugly, do you know what paint they use or what paint I can give it to recover the original color? I bought a yellow thinking that the original color was some kind of yellow but it looks horrible, does anyone know what kind of paint I can use? If it's a spray better than I don't have a paint gun.

Thank you.

A greeting from Spain.

 

[Stump Shot]

Myself, I either dye them black or hydro dip them with a pattern that is liked, hopefully someone with direct experience can chime in with their paint knowledge.

 

[RomuloTDI]

Do you dye the covers of the machines black? And how are they? Do you have any photos of the Stihl 084 with the covers in black?

 

[Stump Shot]

Do you dye the covers of the machines black? And how are they? Do you have any photos of the Stihl 084 with the covers in black?

Yes, dyed with Rit dye. I do not have any pics with a dyed 084 someone else may around here.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

If the covers in question are plastic rather than metal, there was a recent thread about recovering stihl plastics with hydrogen peroxide hair product I think it was.

 

[Woodslasher]

If the covers in question are plastic rather than metal, there was a recent thread about recovering stihl plastics with hydrogen peroxide hair product I think it was.

I think that was just for making yellowed plastics white again and not for restoring the color of plastics.

 

[Stump Shot]

Hello again

I wanted to ask you another question, I have the covers of my Stihl 084 very discolored, they have lost their color and they are ugly, do you know what paint they use or what paint I can give it to recover the original color? I bought a yellow thinking that the original color was some kind of yellow but it looks horrible, does anyone know what kind of paint I can use? If it's a spray better than I don't have a paint gun.

Thank you.

A greeting from Spain.

If metal then paint right from Stihl would do the trick. Stihl Orange Spray Paint

 

[RomuloTDI]

Great, but the problem is that this product is in the United States, I am from Spain and the seller does not ship to Spain, do you know if this product is also sold in Europe or in Spain? in the Stihl SAT they will have it? Tomorrow Monday here in Spain I will ask to see if there is any luck and they can get it for me.

Thanks from Spain.

 

[Stump Shot]

Great, but the problem is that this product is in the United States, I am from Spain and the seller does not ship to Spain, do you know if this product is also sold in Europe or in Spain? in the Stihl SAT they will have it? Tomorrow Monday here in Spain I will ask to see if there is any luck and they can get it for me.

Thanks from Spain.

Take the Stihl part number and try searching in your area, or go to your Stihl dealer. The link I provided was just to show what is available.

 

[RomuloTDI]

Hello,

Yes, this morning I sent a WhatsApp to my Stihl dealer here in the city where I live to see if they have that paint can and see if they can get it for me, these days they will tell me something.

Thank you.

A greeting from Spain

 

[K Mueller]

Look at this tread for restoring your faded covers. Paint will wear eventually and will look worse in my opinion.

Plastic Restoration

Hi all I haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd share some techniques on restoring cracked, sun faded and oil stained plastics. We'll start off with something cracked. Here we have a air filter cover from a 084 stihl As you can see the large and small cracks. First off degrease and clean...

www.arboristsite.com

 

[MSaw]

I agree with the last statement. You'd need plastic primer first and once sprayed they never look right. You're basically hiding the problem when the plastics can be polished up without too much hassle.