Fairing touch up/repair

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

Hey, would I be stupid to try and repair my RHS fairing myself?

It's not damaged as such, it's just scuffed, mostly on the sticker but a bit of the blue at the bottom has been scuffed and will need spraying out.

If I remove the decals, mask off the good areas etc, can I simply sand down the scuffed area, filler if required, spray it then lacquer and will it match up with the rest of the blue perfectly? or is there a trick to touching up paint work?

I'm tempted to do it myself as all I'll need is a spray can of Yamaha Blue and a new decal.

I've tried spraying a panel before and it's turned out shit, mostly because I didn't prep the panel properly. But obviously with my proper bike panel I'm going to take a bit more care!!

Any advice appricieated.

p.s. I can't stand it being damaged and don't want a half-arsed bodge repair so if it's not likely possible to get a perfect finish with no painting experience then I'd rather buy a whole new panel.

Cheers.
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Laura · Playboy Bunny Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

Right you will have to spray the whole panel really if you try and bodge a bit it won't match it is posible to do it yourself but you have to prep everything right etc have the room where you are spraying the right tempriture etc.
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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

Laura · Playboy Bunny Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

It is easyier to spray a whole panel.

And if you mess it up you would till be able to sell on ebay.
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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Without any experience touching up is a pain in the backside. Basically you need to feather the paint and lacker into the existing stuff.

If you mask off the good stuff you will end up with a hard line where the paint is different levels, so then you have to flatten and repaint, then flatten and lacker etc etc etc.

If you don't think you can pain a whole panel I wouldn't try and touch up mate.
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iCraig · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Karma :

Laura · Playboy Bunny Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

You can now by plastic filler from halfords.
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Clanger · Stirrer Joined: 27 May 2004 Karma :

I know two really good plastic welderers/repairers who wont rip you off if you decide to let a pro do the work? One in Aldershot and one near Reading...

let me know and I'll send you their details
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izzi81 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Karma :

I patched up quite a bit of damage on my fairing, both holes and scuffs, and was quite impressed with how I did. However Hex is right and unless you spray the whole lot you'll have to deal with a raised line where the new paint is compared to the old paint. I can live with it because I can't afford a new panel and you can't tell it's there unless you peer at it Smile

It does take a lot of work though - sanding and spraying and resanding. You can get filler to do the job, from Halfords or from a specialist - I got an exact match paint from such a place and they sold me a filler as well.
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