How to **REPAINT** bike DIY?

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Any experienced bikers here who did that for his own bike and would like to share some experience?

I'm thinking to do one for my own bike, but i dont know what kind of spray paint i should buy. Any suggestion would be welcome.
=)

I know spray painting technique, juz that i didnt spray a vehicle before. I think i'll need a thing that can remove the old paint(or worned out painting), some kind of paint for the base, and color paint on the upper layer, and finally the outer most is the shining/colourless paint. Am i right?

Thanks.
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[MarJay]

Blimey,
Are you looking for torture or what?
You'll have to get a compressor and some professional liquid paint, because I don't think that spray cans can provide the consistency needed to respray an entire bike and have it look good. You'll need to rub down the entire bike and put undercoat on it, you'll need to strip all of the paint if the bike is a dark colour already...

Other than that ask Dusty, he resprayed his TZR 125 (although he had a brand new fairing - and he sprayed it black which has better consistency of tone) Its a big job.
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[ilovens125f's]

Hi i don't agree with the guy above
spray cans will do fine you have to
heat up the garage and keep it at
about 25c and spary in light coats
(don't just press and hope for good
results ) build them up slowly and
eventally it will look as good as new!!!
Once you started to spray one coat
finsh it don't stop in the middle of spraying!
spray about 8 inches away.Also make
sure the place you are spraying in is
as dust free as possable
Hope this helps
Kev
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[kev]

The spraying is the easy bit, its the rubbing down which take the time.
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[Hex]

If you have access to a paint shop, ask your relative on the best way to use the equipment.

As for what paint to use, I would just get some automotive paint that your relative uses in his paint shop.

They will probably get it cheeper than you could, and it should produce a good finish if done correctly.

[hall3_x]

Hex>
thanks for all the info....
BTW, can you tell me how you put a logo on yr signature?
i would like to ahve one on mine too, can you help me hosting it?

It'll be a very little GIF file with is about 300kb.

Thanks in advance~!
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???You tame a man with money.....
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As a general rule of thumb, you can't have a picture in you signature. However if it is very small and your on the good side of korn he may let it slip.

btw isn't 300kb huge for a gif file

[Hex]

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[Hex]

A picture in your signature if you put one in.
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[cagiva gezzer]

Are you on about you frame or fairing?

Have you thought about powder coating the frame?

My local place blasted and coated a pair of wheels for £40.
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[Valentino Mossy]

done my bike up,complete rebuild,repaired the cracked fairings, £90 quid for the paint for the compresser flippy/candy deep red colour ,pucca job, really tidy better then the tired old look,brought it up the garden,up a few steep steps,then it slipped !......
Three people on the bike and it f**king slipped !
one week later....

Repaired the CRACKED fairings,took it for a spin,and dropped it !
New clutch handle,new indicator,more touch up on the paint,+ new oil because it pissed its self over the road !
MUPPET !
the moral of this story...... leave the bike alone !..Its going to cost you more money !

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