My DIY paint job

[Guest]

Finally got it all back together. Hats off to all those who paint for a living. That is something I will never do again.

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[tkent02]

That is something I will never do again.

That looks sweet!

Wait about a year, you will get the bug to do another.

[azr]

Congrats on a job finished. She looks great. Looks as though you're going to have to back to black that plastic now to get it as shiny as the paint. Curious how you painted the white on the tank, did you spray the white down first over the whole tank then tape?

[bccap]

Very nice. But I can tell your bike is female. It's parked in front of a mirror.

[OLDENUFF]

I painted the tank and fairing all blue first. Then masked it off and painted the white over it, sanded it all with 1000 and laid 2 coats of clear. Turned out good for an amateur, but not perfect.

[tkent02]

The next one will be better.

[pete]

Good job! I did mine myself also after getting lots of excellent advice on here and I'm glad I tried it.

I'll be doing the next one myself... and I'm looking forward to it so much I'm building a new shed that can double as a spray booth

[nvr2old]

The bike looks nice. You should be very proud. It's tougher then most people think, but the feeling of satisfaction when it's done, is it's own reward.

[Vmass]

Looks great, nice job.

As AZR stated, using Back to Black on the plastic and rubber will really highlight your hard work.

[Whitedog]

Nice work, the next one will be easier.

[rustybronco]

I'll be doing the next one myself... and I'm looking forward to it so much I'm building a new shed that can double as a spray booth

Best to get a good spray gun this time.

[pete]

Best to get a good spray gun this time.

Yeah yeah yeah... nag nag nag...

Haha yes indeed!

[BigD_83]

I painted the tank and fairing all blue first. Then masked it off and painted the white over it, sanded it all with 1000 and laid 2 coats of clear. Turned out good for an amateur, but not perfect.

Looks great to me. I'll have to go back to see the before pics.

You want to do mine for a bottle of CC and a case of Kokanee?

[OLDENUFF]

To be honest, my body shop guy quoted me 850.00 to roll my bike into his shop and pick it up with a new paint job. All the paint, paper,supplies and HVLP gun cost me half that so I probably paid myself 8 bucks an hour to do it myself. I had to do the main fairing twice because I wasn't happy with the first job. Good experience but I wouldn't do it again. Thanks for the compliments. Bob

[BigD_83]

I have a spray booth at work, but I'm not sure I want to tackle the job quite yet. At least I don't have a fairing to worry about.

We have a local painter that gets great reviews, and he does prep work. I'm going to pay him a visit this month for a quote, and I anticipate it to be in the $800-1000 range depending on whether I go decals (being made up for GSJim in Toronto) or paint the pin stripes.