Can't take sanding any more (and I doubt the plastic can either). Finally got the compressor setup. Eliminated all the air leaks in the system. Got the 1.7mm gun setup and the primer shaken till my arms are tired.

Got 2 whole days to throw some paint around. Hopefully in a couple days we'll see something that looks a lot better.

I even found a nice design I might try to airbrush on the lowers

 

Good luck, o brave soul. Make sure that if you're using duplicolor's clear... well hopefully just don't use duplicolor's clear.

 

good luck with that. wish i had the ***** last time mine looked bad.

 

Good luck, I hope it works out. Make sure you post up some progress pictures. Good, bad or indifferent, we'll all learn something.

 

Right now, it's going bad I'd say. The primer is magnifying all the rough spots (I swore I sanded it smooth). Might need to go back over with a filler primer and another layer of regular primer...

Or resand and reprimer completely. I'll see when it dries

 

BONDO. Use the thinner stuff that comes in a tube. Let it dry, then sand it.

 

i hear your side of bad painting runs my friend.
i put 4 coats of primer, 4 coats of black, and 4 clear coats on my tank...
then it rained while i was at walmart letting it dry.

that days forecast you say? oh, sunny.
what was i buying at walmart? a tarp (and sweet tea).

it slid off completley in one huge nasty animal pelt looking piece.
so it kinda looks like my own homemade tank bra
exciting i know. exciting.

if you see any tank bras on ebay by spicymeowmix, do not buy.
repeat, do not buy.

 

Well finished priming everything but the tank and front fender (I forgot about the front fender). The tank I'm saving for last.

Sorry bout the bad pics (part of the reason my gf is getting a new Canon Rebel XSi for her birthday on Thurs).






This one is a toughie. Hard to get sandpaper into there. Paint will be a problem too without overspraying the surrounding areas. Any hints?


The easiest piece to deal with. Got it brand new, unpainted, still in plastic off Ebay for $20. God I wish he had a full set...

Some things I learned:

• Sand thoroughly
  I missed some spots that looked and felt smooth. But the primer made them stick out like Harleys. Went back with the DA and reprimered those parts
• Monitor my air pressure closely
  The air pressure changed after the first few seconds. Once the compressor kicked in, it stabilized but lower than my initial setting.
• Turn the piece for each coat
  I got the best coverage when I started turning the part before each coat. That way I came at it at a different angle, getting the spots I lightly misted better
• Filler primer is my friend
  On a lark I picked up 2 cans of filler primer too. After the first misstep priming, I used that as a base coat of primer. It significantly helped the rough spots. And being a different color, light spots of the real primer showed up easily
• Priming is practice
  Took a couple tries to get the gun movement, air pressure and everything down. But priming is most forgiving (or takes the least amount of work to do over). When the gun is loaded with paint, things will be much smoother

Got late and a couple parts are still drying. So tomorrow the silver goes on.

 

nice, good job. i have to re paint my bike this winter but i plan on half a$$in it... unlike u this looks great so far.... make sure u put a before and after pic when your done... your bike used to be yellow right?

 

Ya a bright, mismatched rattlecan yellow that was impossible to strip completely off. Going metallic silver but it was raining today