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Nearly there
Just a quick update. I'm now an expert on how not to paint a motorcycle. All the issues of incorrectly supplied thinners turning the paint to yogurt through to the original paint crizzling up every time you touched it with any new paint & so on. Any how here is a quick photo of her. She hasn't been buffed or polished, no decals & the rest is still dirty but she's together. Still needs a lot of work to bring her back but slowly bit by bit. I have some of the decals here & some yet to be picked up but waiting till it's all buffed before I put them on.
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Well done Steve ... looks like you got it right in that pic mate
She is looking a bloody sight better that she was mths ago ... all takes time ...
Did you clear coat the paint as well ??
BTW - I am the worst painter on the planet .... I gave up many years ago doing my own , so good onyu for sorting your way through it ..
She is looking a bloody sight better that she was mths ago ... all takes time ...
Did you clear coat the paint as well ??
BTW - I am the worst painter on the planet .... I gave up many years ago doing my own , so good onyu for sorting your way through it ..
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Thanks. You'll notice though that there is no close up & the belly is a different color even though it came from the same can of paint??? Oh well. I'll just have to re do it. Yes I did give it a couple of coats of two pack clear. That has not been rubbed back or polished yet. Did I mention that I haven't touched the red. That still needs to be repaired. The photo also shows where I went wrong with the exhaust. A couple of hours & I can have that sorted too. Still better than this below.
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I should have told you about using plastic primer on the fairings.
Sorry Blue.
Reason your belly pan is a different colour is because the undercoat is a different colour to the side panels ? I'll bet it is !
GREAT JOB !!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry Blue.
Reason your belly pan is a different colour is because the undercoat is a different colour to the side panels ? I'll bet it is !
GREAT JOB !!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks. You'll notice though that there is no close up & the belly is a different color even though it came from the same can of paint??? Oh well. I'll just have to re do it. Yes I did give it a couple of coats of two pack clear. That has not been rubbed back or polished yet. Did I mention that I haven't touched the red. That still needs to be repaired. The photo also shows where I went wrong with the exhaust. A couple of hours & I can have that sorted too. Still better than this below.
She still looks the part in the pic
and at speed , who's ever going to get enough time to tell the difference ...lol
I should have told you about using plastic primer on the fairings.
However, if you scuff plastic and hit it with light coats of a good 2k primer (and make sure you let it flash for long enough), it seems to stick pretty good.
However, if you're given the wrong reducer or hardener, you're definitely screwed no matter what.
