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Vortec57
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 06:27 pm: |
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Did a search and didn't come up with anything that answered my question and checked out the KV to no avail. Anyhow. I've got to rotate my motor down this winter and do new rocker box gaskets and a few things. While it's down I was thinking of slinging some black paint on my frame/swingarm. I don't want to tear the bike down entirely, so not stripping it of the factory coating. Any suggestions on what kind of paint to use on it? Has anyone painted their frame and had any issues with it? I've done some painting before so I'll of course be cleaning it throughly and scuffing it good before spraying. I plan to use a good grade paint and spray with my gun, no rattle can job. |
Bads1
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 06:49 pm: |
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I've done it. |
Skinstains
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 07:26 pm: |
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Sorry, I'm a rattle-can guy. |
Vortec57
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 08:09 pm: |
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Bads, can ya give me more info on it? From the looks of things you're about the resident paint expert. |
Bads1
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 09:03 pm: |
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I'm not a expert my good friend is. Although I prepped alot of it. He was the artist. Doing this as we speak.
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Rpm4x4
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 09:05 pm: |
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Why would it be any different than painting anything else? |
Bads1
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 09:07 pm: |
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My Son also does work for him. He presented Erik with a full XB body set.
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Bads1
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 09:09 pm: |
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Its not 4X4 just the prep work is slightly more intense when your doing it without it being completely stripped is all. |
Rpm4x4
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 10:03 pm: |
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Its not 4X4 just the prep work is slightly more intense when your doing it without it being completely stripped is all. LOL. I've painted... and assisted painting many vehicles as a very good friend of mine works across the parking lot from me at an autobody shop. I am his prep bitch on a lot of his side jobs. From what I've seen you can paint pretty much anything. |
2008xb12scg
| Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 10:59 pm: |
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Bads1-hope you post a picture of that when it's done. Looks pretty cool! |
Etennuly
| Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 06:27 pm: |
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57, You can actually use the long cured powder coat as a base primer. I have done it several times in my shop and on my Uly wheels. Clean them really well with mineral spirits, sand to a smooth finish with 600 grit and water. Do not sand through the surface, keep your sand paper off the edges. I use an adhesion coat as a preventative measure and then just paint over it with a good quality urethane. |
Bads1
| Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 07:04 pm: |
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To help you with wet sanding primer. Use a a guide coat. A guide coat is using a black spray paint in a rattle can and just mist on black over your primer..... just a mist. Then wet sand. You'll know when you are done when you have wet sanded the guide coat off. If another coat of primer is needed and sometimes it may to fill tiny imperfections..... then repeat the step's. |
Bads1
| Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 07:05 pm: |
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Don't.... or try not to burn through the primer. |
Vortec57
| Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 08:34 pm: |
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Etennuly: Thanks, I'll try it using the powdercoat. I've painted before and done my fair share of prep work for other projects, just wondered if there was goign to be any compatibity issues on it. Looks like it's going to be a go on this one as I've got a guy paying me way too much to paint his bike, and that will finance mine. I love when it works that way. |
Etennuly
| Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 09:53 pm: |
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What ever type of paint you are using, I would recommend test sanding and spraying a spot under the air box cover somewhere, just to make sure of compatibility before attacking the whole thing. Have you seen the pictures of Bads1's bike. It is wild, and beautifully done. |
Bads1
| Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 09:57 pm: |
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So true. I've seen paint have a reaction to even paint that lies below the primer |