spraying plastics

shager · Scooby Slapper Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Karma :

i no iv asked this before but can not find the post so if any ones got any advice and wot products are the best to use

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

Paint

HTH

shager · Scooby Slapper Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Karma :

yer but wot kind and will it require a primer

veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

You need lots of little tins of modelling paint, if you want red, you can use crushed beetles instead.

Just paint the panels with a roller, and use a toothbrush to fill in any bits that you've missed.

T

shager · Scooby Slapper Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Karma :

i was thinking of doing a good jod with spray paint

tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Karma :

Smear shit over it, makes it go faster Thumbs Up

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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

shager · Scooby Slapper Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Karma :

y cnt any 1 just tell me how to do it with out trying to take the piss i throught this was a forum where people tried to help each other

carl1990 · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 27 May 2006 Karma :

i sand down all fairings, then primer coats, then top coat and lacquer, then i leave it a couple of days to harden properly.

Smile

carl

element · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Karma :

this might help..

https://www.info-central.org/finishing_spraycan.shtml

i know its for painting rockets but painting with cans is generally the same.. Make sure you prep well. Dont rush throught the job and dont touch the panels for a few days after laquering em else you will ruin them trying to put them back on the bike before its all hardened.
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puremagic72 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Karma :

Ok, i have just sprayed my single seat cowling, which is plastic.

Sand down lightly between each coat with fine wet&dry.

I used cellulose primer, about 2 coats should do it, then 3-4 coats of the colour of your choice(cellulose again) sanding in between, dont sand the last colour coat.

Then 3 coats of cellulose gloss laquer(lightly sanding in between)

Leave for a day or 2, then your done.

Mine came out fine, but i'm a sprayer anyway, and do it in a dust free enviroment.

And use a tack cloth.

Baz. Thumbs Up

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element · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Karma :

puremagic72 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Karma :

Yeah, here's befoe & after.

Baz. Thumbs Up

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puremagic72 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Karma :

And after!!

Baz.
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element · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Karma :

looks alrite for a spray can job. My attempts have been quite appaling to my standard. Smile

. Is it me or is the paint a bit thick towards the edges? Could be just reflections/jpg compression..

Il take a pic of my dads tank when im next in the garage. He done a pretty good job aswell but its still a spray can job and its gonna chip/scratch well easily (Well my dads has and so has mine in the past). Is there anyway of getting a half decent, resistant surface, with just cans?.
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puremagic72 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Karma :

Well, as said above, i'm a pro sprayer, so i done the cowling in my tea-breaks/dinnertimes at work, And in my spray booth with extraction fan in the back using my spraygun, not a spraycan.

No fat edges, just the reflection, and its dried quite hard aswell, for cellulose.

Just get some decent spraycans if you cant get someone or have it done professionally.

I also matched the paint up wrong though, its a bit too red+light compared to the rest of the bike, but might put some stickers on it to take the eye of it.

Baz. Thumbs Up

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element · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Karma :

here some pics of my old mans bonneville tank...

https://www.apbe19.dsl.pipex.com/dadstank.jpg

https://www.apbe19.dsl.pipex.com/dadstank2.jpg

Ive found a place locally that specialises in bike resprays and they seem reasonably priced. Im gonna go down some day next week and get a quote.
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puremagic72 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Karma :

If you can get any smoother, then get it, but if you want, just rub the paper together which will smooth the wet&dry out!!

I actually used grade 800 on the seat cowling.

Baz. Thumbs Up

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Gsxr 750 2000, alstare Corona, Current bike 1999 R6
(1) Kids in the back seat cause accidents; accidents in the back seat cause kids.