I've been working on my 86 hatch project for a long time, and one of the things needed to put it back together, are a lot of black trim screws. Of course I'm not buying new ones from Honda, even if they were available the price would be crazy, most are just #8 or #10 sheet metal screws, at the hardware store they want 1.00$ each for a painted screw, they are crazy. So I'm just painting my own, The issue is paint tends to chip, so time to experiment. I have a few hundred spray cans in my garage, I took a bunch of plain sheet metal screws, screwed them lightly into a piece of pine, and bead blasted them. First batch is a duplicolor industrial semi flat black, we will see how it works, I have a little VHB black epoxy, so I'm also going to try that. Anyone else found a paint or combination of paint and primer that doesn't chip? most of these screws only hold trim, and are screwed into plastic tabs

 

Look on mcmaster carr, or ebay. You should be able to buy them in bulk for next to nothing.

 

I already have a ton of the right screws in bulk, just not in the right black, no point in buying more, if I can find a good chip resistant paint. The rustoleam industrial enamel seems to be working good, I've had to blast this stuff off with the beadblaster before, and it's pretty tough. the other issue with the hardware store ones, is they all seem to be a flat black

 

i have a 89 EF hatch and I took fine grain sandpaper and lightly sanded them so the paint/primer would adhere to it.

 

it seems to have worked, i screwed them into a piece of wood and hit them in the blast cabinet, i used a couple yesterday and no chipping

 

I've done the same thing many times....always worked fine

 

very nice I have several cars I need to try this on

 

I use generic tremclad rust paint on mine, the trick is to leave aerosol paints to dry for a WEEK, with lots of hot sun if you can, aerosol paints take a long time to FULLY harden, sure you can touch and pick them up after a few hours, but you can still easily scratch them with your nail, leave them for a few days in the sun and they really harden up and resist any damage. I also suggest poking them through cardboard to paint them, so you dont actually need to use a screwdriver to remove them.