Adventures in motorcycle painting.

[DMPLATT]

I use photobucket.com. They have a free subscrip.
I also use Mihov image resizer. Was recommended to me from someone on GSR. Works great.

[Anonymous]

Looks good man. What kind of stripper did you use? Just a few tips for future reference. On cars I've always used aircraft stripper. Rarely have I ever had to use a second application. Magic, that stuff is. I've used wire wheels, but seems kinda slow to me. A grinder with 40 grit will work good on flat surfaces as long as you don't stay in one place too long (heat warping). The last tank I stripped was a 78 Kawa. Just used a laquer thinner soaked rag (factory paint was laquer based). Cheap, effective, and fast. Oh, was that primer self etching? If not, it may not last as long as you'd like.

[Nerobro]

And I did stage two of the paint job today. Pictures to follow.

[Planecrazy]

Don't forget, Chicago boys, Joe Nardy is in possession of a brand new paint gun I bought at HF, and he already offered the use of his garage. We will, of course, have to pick up some plastic sheet to create a "painting room" in it (and it would be nice if others chipped in on the cost of the gun -- which was only $25), but it should be a great opportunity to test/practice with a decent paint gun. Let me know if you guys are going to try it and I'll try to make it out there for the "festivities."

Depending on when this baby comes I may have several opportunities or none at all. Keep me apprised!

Good job so far!!

Steve 8)

[Nerobro]

Yesterdays progress.

Yesterday I progessed another step on paint.


The first thing I did was the swingarm and centerstand.


And then came the frame. The swingarm and frame were done in the shadows behind the house. I later discovered that the end of our driveway gets sun. :-)



Both the swingarm and frame will need some sanding to make them perfect. At least the visable bits are nice and glossy now. I may just leave the frame as is. But the swingarm will definitely be seeing the 500grit...

The first bit I painted out at the end of the driveway was the tail peice. Lemmie tell ya, removing the decals was a pain. I tried several things. Eventually settling on a sander to grind through the decals.


Remember that chrome front fender? It ain't so chrome anymore.


Well, it was chrome still, just very very scuffed up chrome. After sanding, and priming I found my fender isn't so pristine. I will need to either get some body filler, or abuse my high build primer to smooth it out a little.


And I put some gloss on the headstock.



I did also prime and paint my headlight bucket. But I didn't get pictures of it. And I need to sand it. it got some runs...

Now the tank. THAT was an adventure.


Not so pretty eh? Lots of bondo. Some paint left intentionally. So I used high build primer. This tank will be primered, and sanded a few times ;-) Though I think there's a dent or two that the primer won't handle.



How do you like my runs?


On an added note. Skreemer and I found that my rear wheel wasn't ACTUALLY black!


The wheel was done two weeks ago I think. Skreemer and I found out just how effective laquor thinner is at cleaning up chain and road grime from a bike.

So, now I have a painted frame. I can start putting it all back togother now. :-)

What's left? Priming the Headlight ears, redoing the headlight bucket, patching and painting the sidepannels, and sanding, priming, and painting my gas door. Sanding and re-priming, and painting my fender, tank, and tail.

And eventually, I want to repaint my engine. Some flat black, high temp black paint. *drools* But I have to go pick up some engine parts before I do that. I don't want to have to redo my engine. Again...

[Anonymous]

looks real nice....make me wanna do that to my bike

[80gs1000e]

Looking good, those runs will sand right out. Now you just have to sand every piece.....work up from 100 to 1500 and you're all set. Hope you're ready for a good workout!