suggestions for painting all my plastics
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suggestions for painting all my plastics
ok my bike was stolen last week. 
i did get it back but not before all the plastics were spraypainted and the tank was sanded almost to the metal. so as you can see below, it looks like crap!! the picture on the left isn't actually my bike, (i think i found that picture from someone here) but that's exactly what mine looked like a week ago. i wont be able to afford new plastics for a long time (if ever) so im asking for suggestions/advice on painting them myself.
i did get it back but not before all the plastics were spraypainted and the tank was sanded almost to the metal. so as you can see below, it looks like crap!! the picture on the left isn't actually my bike, (i think i found that picture from someone here) but that's exactly what mine looked like a week ago. i wont be able to afford new plastics for a long time (if ever) so im asking for suggestions/advice on painting them myself.
wish i could help, my friend is amazing at painting but your so far away hope you get sorted soon 
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i hadn't even really looked @ the whole thing that close since i got it back but it looks like i might be able to just scrub all that ****ty silver and black off. they did a really quick/thin spray over most of it. hell i thought they had sanded the tank down cuz there's still alot of the purple that you can see but the spray can must've been almost gone. it's just very thinly sprayed on it. i'll see how it goes.
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Try the xylol, although I can't speak about it's quality from experience.
Painting is 95% about prep-work, so go to town. Sand it all the way down with a rough grit. Get spray on sandable primer. Sand with fine sand paper until everything is buttery smooth. Spray with regular primer. Spray with the paint you want on there. At that point sand with an ultra fine sand paper to get the orange peel texture out, and it'll look beautiful.
Considering plastics only run $400 shipped, and painting properly will run you $150+, it's not all that much more for a brand new start. Plus you can sell your old plastics (regardless of state) for a decent amount piece by piece as people want original plastics and are willing to paint.
Painting is 95% about prep-work, so go to town. Sand it all the way down with a rough grit. Get spray on sandable primer. Sand with fine sand paper until everything is buttery smooth. Spray with regular primer. Spray with the paint you want on there. At that point sand with an ultra fine sand paper to get the orange peel texture out, and it'll look beautiful.
Considering plastics only run $400 shipped, and painting properly will run you $150+, it's not all that much more for a brand new start. Plus you can sell your old plastics (regardless of state) for a decent amount piece by piece as people want original plastics and are willing to paint.
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