Painting my 83 gs1100e

[posplayr]

Yes we are going to apply the decals on the day we sand. Planning on doing that on Sunday. If we are applying decals over sanded clear would that not ilinamate the "outgas"?

If the clear stinks , then it is probably outgassing. Even if you sand it it will still stink unless you leave it for a while. An teh part you are sanding off is probably the driest with the least stink.

Figure it dries from the outside in, not the other way around.

[jbird7262]

Pop's work looks good, I would'nt worry about anything, He's been painting forever, "tricks of the trade", I've got 35 years of auto painting under my belt! Everyone is talking about the solvents that carry the paint out of the gun evaporating. One trick is to sand your finish as you were planning on doing and let the paint cure out for a day or so, then apply your stickers. A good tack coat of clear to seal over the decal, then let it rip!, Clear tends to sag off the decal first before the rest of the basecoat. I think your in good hands. Enjoy the time together.

[Hayabuser]

Great job Trev! Really makes me embarrassed that I painted mine with rattle cans.... in my yard... on a broken table I pulled out of a dumpster...

[Sandy]

Trevor, I'm pretty sure the clear coat would need to outgas same as the paint. Maybe a quick email to your decal provider. It would be a real shame to see bubbles appear under the decals after all that work. If you're going to err here, err on the side of caution buddy. It's going to look great when it's done.

[Nessism]

Hope you guys have one of these things. They only cost about $30 USD. This is doubly important if spraying urethane, although even a carbon mask doesn't provide complete protection.

[Nessism]

Regarding outgassing of the clear and decals, I've done decals a bunch of times and never waited more than a couple days before shooting the final clear coats. Typically just one day.

[Ecklund]

Great job Trev! Really makes me embarrassed that I painted mine with rattle cans.... in my yard... on a broken table I pulled out of a dumpster...

I thought that WAS the way to paint stuff.

[JTGS850GL]

Reminds me of my last paint job. My bike started out looking like this:










and ended up looking like this:


Here's a thread on the painting process. The painting process starts at around post #94 which includes the construction of the paint boot, the stands, a "Lazy Suzan" rotating stand and supplies used:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?218173-New-to-me-GS1000G/page3

Amazing how much paint can make a difference.

[BigD_83]

Reminds me of my last paint job. My bike started out looking like this:

and ended up looking like this:

That's a beautiful finish...well done

[posplayr]

That's a beautiful finish...well done

+1 ; yes it does Complete transformation.

[trevor]

More progress today...Dad and I sanded the clear coat with 600 then 1000 paper in prep for the decals.





And I reinstalled the exhaust after painting it ( thanks for the tip on Beauty tone Glenn)





I decided to hire a professional to lay down the decals. Bella is someone I met at BMW bike night. She has a great business doing mobile installations and vehicle wraps.
She did a great job and she is not to tough to look at either. lol



My dad was happy...lol







I decided to ad one of my "old Skool" decals to the tail piece...I like it.




So tomorrow while I go to the vintage motorcycle swap meet in Cloverdale with Rob, Dad will lay down a "dry" coat of clear followed by two more coats of clear and it will be all done!

[Arronduke]

Trevor, simply amazing.

Your very luck to spend time with your Dad working on your passion. Mine unfortunate hates motorbike and will not set foot in my garage.
Anyway moving on... these painting threads have me thinking, right. I will have a go.

Love what your done and with the help from the forum is just magic.
I'm buzzing and have found my first thing to fix and paint, I hope I will receive the same help.

Your bike is going to look great, funny thing is it already did!

This will be a project one day soon..

[trevor]

Trevor, simply amazing.

Your very luck to spend time with your Dad working on your passion. Mine unfortunate hates motorbike and will not set foot in my garage.
Anyway moving on... these painting threads have me thinking, right. I will have a go.

Love what your done and with the help from the forum is just magic.
I'm buzzing and have found my first thing to fix and paint, I hope I will receive the same help.

Your bike is going to look great, funny thing is it already did!

This will be a project one day soon..

Thanks, I do feel very fortunate to be doing this project with my dad.
I really like the paint scheme of your bike. That is the Euro version of our bikes?

[trevor]

So today my dad put down the final clear coats....looking good!











I will post pics in a couple of days when it's back together.

[glib]

Sweet finish!