scratched fairings?

[skatefreak]

Sooo,
Fairings are somewhat scratched up,
can anyone give me any leads on something suitable for filling the scratches to sand down before respreying?

Best regards

-Jvr

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[skatefreak]

Well, some are deep, some are not so much but they are on the corners of the fairings and sanding would result in flat spots on some of the tighter curves i fear

Best regards

-Jvr

[Vincent]

Pics please.

[skatefreak]

a few pictures.
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/img00225-20110224-0725.jpg
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/img00224-20110224-0724.jpg
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/img00223-20110224-0724.jpg

Used to have to take the bike down rediculous passage ways etc when living in luton.

-Jvr

[Vincent]

The top one looks the worse and could maybe do with some filler. the others you should get away with sanding them down with fine wet and dry. The trick is to take your time and be careful not to rub too much away. You're going to have to paint the lot to get a perfect finish though IMO.

[skatefreak]

The plan is to resprey the whole bike.
I have been thinking i would like to go for white with black decals or even throw on some reflective decals but am still not 100% sure on what i'm aiming for...

I have a spair set of back fairings and sanded thoes down and spreyed them with a sprey gun and they came out nice in white but they have some cracks right on the mounting lugs which i tried to repair but would have to have another bash at i guess...

Cheers for the thoughts.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what products and where i could find suitable fillers?

Best regards

-Jvr

[Vincent]

It's not easy to get a profesional finish with paint, it's a skilled job. I've been trying for 30 odd years and still manage to mess it up. You need a nice warm dry and dust free environment and quality paint. By the time you have bought all the stuff, you might find it wouldn't cost much more to get it done right. It's sometimes worth trying 'round the back of car spray shops, all depends how responsive the guys that work there are, a lot will just tell you to f**k off but there are some out there that want to earn a few bob on the side. Get it all prepped up nicely to save on time. When I did a short stint in a car spray shop as part of my apprenticeship, the blokes there liked to do stuff for me as it made a change from painting the sides of cars all day.

Top marks for having a go yerself tho, if you don't try you won't know.

Not sure if isopan filler is ok on plastics, if so, you can get it from Halfrauds. You need to make sure it's OK on ABS tho first. You will only need a tiny amount

[skatefreak]

Awesome,
luckily i happen to have access to a compressor and sprey gun, putting plenty of elbow grease in and taking my time i managed to get a pretty good finnish on the back fairings i spreyed. Sadly before getting a clear coat on i got distracted by university and living as a student with a couple of other people they got knocked around

It may be worth pulling them out and having another look, some light sanding, a successfull repair job on the lugs and some clear coat + decals and they would be decent

The finnish I got was pretty good but i did sand the entire fairings down (old paint job on them) and bought some very decent paint from a sprey shop. Took plenty of time and LOTS very thin layers on. Came out really well but maybe put a little to much on in the end.

Live and learn, the best way to learn is to try

Hoping to get this bike into a more than respectable state by the summer

Cheers again

Best regards

-Jvr