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Let the blasting begin!

have y6ou found any good sources for the decals for the forks and chain guards? What about the one on the airbox..I think it was the battery label?? If you find like a full decal set anywhere..do pass on the info. i got 4 bikes that could use the kits.
 
chuck hahn said:
have y6ou found any good sources for the decals for the forks and chain guards? What about the one on the airbox..I think it was the battery label?? If you find like a full decal set anywhere..do pass on the info. i got 4 bikes that could use the kits.
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I'm 'saving' the one on the fork lower I have by taping over it before I sand and clear them. the air box I have has the decal on it as does the seat.

although I can't find it right now, there's a place in the UK that made some replacement decals including the one on the chain guard.
 
Octain said:
Whats the problem with that?
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probably that he WANTS the decal. lol


Also one bag of media: $7 (reusable)

electricity for compressor: not enough to be worth adding up

labor: Free, it's fun if you are doing it because you want to (and have gear) instead of needing to do it




Dipping: unsure of costs of having it done but gas to and from will undoubtedly cost a hell of a lot more than the sand


having the means and motivation saves money.
 
Dale,
You could contact Reproduction Decals. It says to do so if you don't see what your looking for, the closest I found was a '80 GS1100E set of 7 warning decal set. Here's their E-mail address:

info@reproductiondecals.com
 
Now this is going to be an interesting one to watch! Dale, I will be checking up on you as you go along!
Good luck and enjoy!
 
seems easier and a ton more cost effective to just tape off the decal, blast the frame and be done with it. no shipping, no transporting, no problems. It will also be faster. he can do the frame in a single afternoon and not have to wait a week for someone else to dip it and then to get it back and the shipping (one to three weeks) for the decal...

And here I was thinking that people on here were for the DIY way so you can do it faster, easier, better and cheaper! I guess not???
 
Nessism said:
Yup, easier. And while you're at it why not have someone else paint the frame too. Heck, why stop there, get someone to restore the whole bike.;)
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blasting makes one hell of a mess, takes a little setup and needs cleaning, a few times, both before and after the process... all the poster was asking about was for his future reference. getting a frame dipped takes little time, makes no mess and most of all contains no blast media(!) after it's done..... and after it's dipped there's every chance the company doing the dipping can dip it in a rust inhibitor so that the INSIDE of the tubes are protected as well.

........ you can't clean out the INSIDE of a frame with blasting, nor protect it with a lick of paint ;), while dipping you can.

hth makes an imformed choice to those wondering the same :)
 
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So out of curiosity where would one go to in the DC metro area to have something like this frame dipped? And how much more would it cost?
 
sparki said:
blasting makes one hell of a mess, takes a little setup and needs cleaning, a few times, both before and after the process... all the poster was asking about was for his future reference. getting a frame dipped takes little time, makes no mess and most of all contains no blast media(!) after it's done..... and after it's dipped there's every chance the company doing the dipping can dip it in a rust inhibitor so that the INSIDE of the tubes are protected as well.

........ you can't clean out the INSIDE of a frame with blasting, nor protect it with a lick of paint ;), while dipping you can.

hth makes an imformed choice to those wondering the same :)
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Sandblasting not only removes rust and paint, it also gives the metal some "tooth", which is an ideal surface to paint on. Sure, you could dip the frame in acid to eat off all the paint/rust, but as already noted it will remove the VIN label too, and you will still have to rough up the metal somehow before painting. As far as cleaning inside the tubes, there are very few open tubes on a GS frame so I don't think this is detail is significant.
 
Nessism said:
As far as cleaning inside the tubes, there are very few open tubes on a GS frame so I don't think this is detail is significant.
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Especially when I turn the frame over and don't hear any loose rust rolling around.
 
Nessism said:
Sandblasting not only removes rust and paint, it also gives the metal some "tooth", which is an ideal surface to paint on. Sure, you could dip the frame in acid to eat off all the paint/rust, but as already noted it will remove the VIN label too, and you will still have to rough up the metal somehow before painting. As far as cleaning inside the tubes, there are very few open tubes on a GS frame so I don't think this is detail is significant.
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any good powder coating company in the UK bead blasts aluminium or shot blasts steel before coating it anyway, so if P/C is the way you want to go then dont bother with the expense of dipping it first,
if you want to spray the frame then the options are up to you for preperation but, as you say blasting is a perfect key for painting
 
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If the frame is rusty, I don't think soda will be aggressive enough.

keep in mind, soda is a one time use. you can't sweep it up and reuse it.
 
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