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Oh Flyboy!

PS....The wider the board on the cover side the better...compresses the foam more evenly. Maybe a piece of plywood would work well too.
 
I finally got a chance to get started on the seat pan. I still have to clean off the old tar, adhesives, ect. the sand blaster wouldn't remove and straighten the bent flanges, then I can touch up what little rust is left and I hit it with primer tomorrow. I just ran out of time to finish it today.

as I said, it's a nice seat you bought there Flyboy!

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Many thanks Dale, you know I have a good set of eyes looking and a keen nose sniffing out bargins over there in the good ole US of A. ;)
 
I straightened the flanges during work yesterday and shot the epoxy primer on it after work. the top of the seat pan is a little pitted from the rust so I'll let it harden until Monday, scuff it all up and hit it with high build primer.

having access to a paint booth when you need it sure is nice :D

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Wow Dale, you have been busy, that pan is looking brand new, it's going to be the best part of the bike, will have to park it with the seat open to brag wherever I go. :D
 
Buzy? I just wanted to try out the gun I bought.

The top of the pan will still remain pitted after I'm finished with it as it won't matter after you've glued the foam back on and reinstalled the seat cover. now on the other hand, the bottom should look it came from the factory.

p.s. I've seen what your side covers will look like after they are finished. I highly doubt it will be best part of the bike...
 
That's a rough one for sure... how much metal, welding and time did it take to restore it?

on the other hand, Stan got lucky with this seat.... $50 USD.
 
Holy Kamoly Adler, thats a seat pan??????:eek::eek:
Yes I did get lucky indeed, but its all about having the right people on your side, I have a top class purchasing agent in the States, has a nose for a bargin like a blood hound.;)
 
Well She's all painted up nice and pretty. it's in the booth drying as I type.
I did get a little bit of dust in it as the booth hadn't been cleaned after the changed the filters.

Stan, that black singe stage looks really nice, especially when you finish it off with two coats of clear. :eek:
 
There's no place to hang things from in the booth.

the seat pan easily sat across the stand with room to spare. the padding was loose on the frame and down it slid until it caught the edge of the pan.
 
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After the pan was sand blasted, I hit it with two coats of epoxy let it set 5 days, scuffed it with a red scotchbrite and hit the top side with high build primer. then after a couple more days I blocked it with 320. when I got off work last night I gave it a final coat of epoxy. today I tacked it off, shot one coat of SSU on the seat bottom, waited 10 mins and gave it the second coat of SSU. 15 minutes later the first of two coats of clear went on, let it set for another 15 mins and shot the second coat of clear, flipped the seat pan over and shot two coats of SSU on the foam side. let it flash for ten mins and dialed the heat in the booth up to 130 degrees.

after 20 minutes 'baking' I flipped the lights back on and the rest is history.
 
Damn, that is just unacceptable, such shoddy workmanship, strip it down to the base and redo it, I can not condone anything less than perfect......:-\\\

Just kidding Dale, from what I can see, once you put the foam back on and the cover, those little marks on the edge aren't visible, nothing to worry about, they will be covered, no harm done, anything outside of that, I am sure a touch up would be more than good enough.
 
Stan, there's still the matter of the 75 X 15mm gouge and trash from the pad on the visible side of the seat pan. I'll look at it a bit more this weekend, but I don't think it can be repaired.

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a little paint stripper on the Skunks tank, a little on your seat pan and soon she'll be proper. kill two birds with one stone!
 
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