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Lost_in_ohio
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

After three years I have beat the crap out of my airbox cover. Tired of looking at the dings and scratches.

I saw some really great olive drab paint......I was wondering exactly what it would take to paint the fly screen, fender and airbox cover flat black? I was hoping to use rattle cans. Never painted automotive before, to be real honest don't care to learn. I just would like to complete this project in a reasonable fashion.

I understand the basic prep process, But what primer do I need to use? What paint would work the best?
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Barnyard
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 12:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

dont know about the painting part but the olive drab on the air box sounds really kick a$$. I have an extra set of plastics I think i might get them painted.
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Hooligan620
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 01:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I used Krylon both primer and paint and it worked great! No reaction with the plastic and easy to use.
Soak the can in really hot water until the can gets hot and shake like crazy before you spray for a professional finish. Sand with wet/dry 600 grit and put on several coats.Consider using a clear coat, they come in gloss, semi-gloss and flat.
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Ustorque
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 01:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

they sell a product called "bulldog" it is a clear coat spay which is used first on the plastics to help with adhesion, the primer, and then paint.
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Skinstains
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 02:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I spraybombed my whole bike. I used B-B-Q paint and just went crazy. If it gets dirty it only takes one minute to touch it up. I actually got some conctere on it a week or two ago that I'm gonna touch up now. Thanks for the reminder.
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Chainsaw
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 03:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I was wondering exactly what it would take to paint the fly screen, fender and airbox cover flat black?

I tested at least 6 different kinds of Flat Black Spray paint on my Firebolt Plastics before doing the whole thing. I ended up using Rustoleum Flat Black Textured for metals.

This paint bonded so well to the plastic that it was extremely difficult to sand back off, exponentially more difficult that the other paints I tried, including the Krylon Fusion for Plastics.

I did not use primer, only prep was done with a red ScotchBrite pad to scuff the surface of the plastics. I don't have so much as a single chip on the chin fairing nearly 3 years later. I highly recommend the Rustoleum.

I used varying grades of Synthetic Sandpaper (like ScotchBrite Pads) to knock down the texture to get an even all around finish. I've been complimented several times on the paint. Most folks don't believe it was done with $16 of rattle can paint. : )
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Firebolt32
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 04:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Where the hell did you pick up concrete Skins?

Use the bulldog...It works very well.
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Lost_in_ohio
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 05:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

As I expect, Thanks a bunch for the tips.

I don't have any illusions about how it looks. My bike is a daily rider and it isn't a garage queen or a weekend rider. It is getting pretty beat up. Urban living and driving will do that.

Anyone interested in seeing the results? I am going out to get the stuff now.
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Skinstains
Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 10:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I for one want to see the results.

As for the concrete, I do hi-rise work and most seem to be concrete lately. There is no safe parking in NYC so I just wedge it in somewhere on the jobsite and hope for the best. When they deliver the concrete to the floor they are pouring (top) it always seems to splash around. By the time I come down at day's end the concrete is already hard. I aint losing any sleep over it though. It's not like the bike is covered with it, it's just a few clumps and drips here and there. I really thought it would come off my leather Corbin but it doesn't seem to so I'll just let it wear off.

(Message edited by skinstains on August 16, 2008)
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Merlyn
Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 05:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I checked on getting my plastics (all of them) shot with flat black Line-X a couple weeks ago...

$100.

Textured, tough as nails, and dark flat black.

Something to look into, anyway.

Merlyn
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Skinstains
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 - 10:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey Merlyn, just leave your plastics around a job-site and you can get the concrete look for free. Tough as nails as well.
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Michael_hill
Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 02:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I got this from another Bueller....and it has turned out VERY well so far!

Chalkboard paint! Available at any hardware store....and because it contains slate dust...its hard as a rock!

I wet sanded the plastics.....used plastic primer....and the chalkboard paint in two coats and it looks great still! No signs of any chipping!

Merlyn...if we ever get together for the ECM reflash you can check the results!
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Gatorxb
Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 - 11:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Does anyone have pictures of their xb spray painted flat-black? I've been thinking about it for a while and it sounds like a sweet mod I can actually afford.
-by the way: first time poster, long time ease dropper. Awesome site!!!}
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Michael_hill
Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 12:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Tons of photos of my bike on my photography site! I would have some from tonight but the DNC has town locked down and all my good light shooting spots are blocked off. I also just painted my pipes and Jardine flat black...completes the look!

www.MichaelHillPhoto.com under the People/Projects/Events heading
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Petebueller
Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 07:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If you have black plastic just sand it back with wet glass paper. If you don't have black plastic it may be cheaper to buy than painting, and then you fix scratches with glass paper.

You can take out scratches with paper and cutting compound.

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Use Novus 1 and 2 to put back the full shine.
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