| Author | Message | ||
     Ron_luning |
Since I broke my elbow in a bicycle accident I have a bit of time where I won't be riding any motorcycles. I'm looking to paint my 1125R a silver metallic. Searching here on all of badweb has yielded a little info on what others have done. It seems like the best results could be attained using the techniques in this link: http://www2.dupont.com/Surlyn/en_US/assets/downloa ds/reflections_coating_guide.pdf There seem to be a few different options in that dupont instruction though. What has anyone done to their bike that worked well? Also, where can I purchase all of these supplies? I have a decent air compressor, and Home Depot seems to sell those sprayers for maybe $45. Where is a good place to buy the paint/clearcoat/adhesion promotor/flex agent? | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Automotive paint/ body shop supply store should have everything you need. Even some of the napa stores in my area have an impressive supply of paint supplies on hand. | ||
| Krassh |
There is a guy here who painted his 1125R white then blue. Trying to remember his name... | ||
| P_squared |
There is a guy here who painted his 1125R white then blue. Trying to remember his name... Rainman1ne (Justin) is who you're thinking about. He works at an auto-body shop down the road from me. | ||
| Mr_incognito |
I actually just did mine Silver. It looks fantastic! Ill get pic up soon, but anyways the guy that did it is a friend of mine and he told me that he had to put a crap load of flex additive in the paint because the 1125 plastic is kind of "rubbery"....I was gonna try to do it myself because I have a paint set up, but im glad I didnt now....this guy that did mine is good (owns his own paint shop) and he said he had trouble figuring out what would work best. | ||
| Ron_luning |
Hmm, too bad for me I don't know any paint/bodywork guys. I'm thinking the price that a pro would charge me would mean the bike would remain white forever. |
