A NOTE TO THOSE READING THIS THREAD....... AS A PROFESSIONAL I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE USE RATTLE CAN SPRAY PAINT TO PAINT ANYTHING LIKE BODYWORK. IN THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL SEE A GREAT EFFORT TO PAINT THIS BIKE BUT IN THE END THE PAINT WILL NOT LAST AND WILL COST YOU WAY MORE IN THE LONG RUN THAN IT WOULD TO PAINT IT THE RIGHT WAY..........THANKS (HYBRID)
First off, we're still experiencing cloud cover so I cant get good sunlight pics.
For those that want to know how I did it here we go.
Things I purchased and prices:
I believe thats everything I bought.
Thats how i did it, if you have any more questions feel free to ask
this whole process took about 8 days 5 hours a day, I have a patient wife and she allowed me to do it in the living room.
Some pictures of the process, and final outcome
First off, we're still experiencing cloud cover so I cant get good sunlight pics.
For those that want to know how I did it here we go.
Things I purchased and prices:
- American Traditions Clear Plastic Primer - $3.97 x 2 cans
- American Traditions Gray Plastic Primer - $3.97 x 2 cans
- Rustoleum Cobalt Metallic Blue - $4.98 x 12 cans
- Dupli Color Gun Metal Gray - $4.98 x 3 cans
- Dupli Color Top Clear Coat - $4.98 x 8 cans
- Paint Remover- eats teh paint off - $4.97 x 2 cans "to much work"
- 150 Grit Sand Paper 3M - $1.98 x 1 pack of 5 sheets
- 240 Grit Sand Paper 3M - $1.98 x 1 pack of 5 sheets
- 320 the same
- 600 3M Imperial wetordry $1.98 x 1 pack of 5 sheets
- 800 3M Imperial wetordry $2.98 x 1 pack of 5 sheets
- 1000 3M Imperial wetordry $2.98 x 3 packs of 5 sheets
- 2000 3M Imperial wetordry $2.98 x 3 packs of 5 sheets
- Mothers Carbana Wax n restore $7.77 x 1 bottle
- Zymol car wax $13.98 x 1 bottle
- Bondo spot putty $3.98 x tube
I believe thats everything I bought.
- First I sprayed the tank with paint remover
- Then I hosed it down, when I realized it was harsh and burned skin
- Then I sanded every fairing, starting with 150 grit to remove that blasted clear coat
- then I moved on to 240 to smoothen the surface down
- from there I proceeded to apply the Clear primer, accept to the tail cause it was black so it got gray
- I let the primer set 15 minutes then applied a second coat with no sanding between
- Two hours passed "per fairing" I then used the 320 to get the bondo and paint rough up, but smooth too
- I began applying light coat of blue paint to each fairing
- waiting 5 minutes and applied another light coat
- waiting 15 minutes and applied a wet coat or thick coat
- waiting 45 minutes for the paint to cure "fast drying" I sanded with 600 wet sand
- Applied another coat of blue paint, waiting 20 minutes between, and sanded with 1000 wet sand
- waited 30 minutes for a good dry surface, and sanded with 1000 wet sand again
- wash the fairings with mild detergent "soapy water like dial or dawn"
- proceeded to clear coat, one light coat, 10 minutes, heavy coat
- sanded them down with 2000 wet sand
- then a nice thick coat,
- then as the fairings dried i noticed the bastards oxidized
- so I bought the mothers restore wax and began to wax the ever loving shit out of them.
- 1 coat of mothers, wait 5 minutes, a second coat of mothers, wait 20 mins 1 coat of zymol
- then I applied a wet coat of zymol "dipped the pad in water with the wax" and brought out a great shine
Thats how i did it, if you have any more questions feel free to ask
this whole process took about 8 days 5 hours a day, I have a patient wife and she allowed me to do it in the living room.
Some pictures of the process, and final outcome