DIY. Painting?

[jared]

I have an 07 scorpio, one of the blue ones, and I've taken off all the graphics under the seat just leaving the ones on the fuel tank. I think it's gona be best to either strip off the rest of the graphics and paint the gas tank black or just paint the back half of the bike, which is plastic, blue. At the moment it looks, ah, like a work in progress?

The bike itself is a solid runner but the look of the thing lets it down a bit eh So anyone got any idea what colour scheme might look good and is it worth it to give it a go doing the paint work myself (having never done any before!) or would ya just take it to the professionals?

[Laxi]

flame it dude! a litre of spray thinners should do the trick

[SARGE]

GAH!!..

just save up for a bigger bike

[meowmix]

A good finish with painting generally comes with experience. If you don't want too much money for it when you sell I'd say go for it, sand it off, try again, sand, paint, repeat till you manage to get a nice finish.
Hard to say what part would be better to paint, what colour do you want it? Learning on plastic might be harder, and repeated sanding might make it pretty thin in places compared to a metal part.

[FROSTY:Me]

buy a spare tank -paint it. then fit it --when you go to sell the bike you'll thank me

[YellowDog]

Frosty's advice is spot on and will avoid loads of frustration.

If you can get your hands on a compressor, then you can get a nice finish without too much trouble.

Do yourself favour and don't have a go with Supercheap spray cans.

It will only end in tears.

[AllanB]

Frosty makes a good point.

If you want to have a crack at it with rattle cans - ring some specialists paint shops - there are a couple in CHCH that will mix any colour your want and pop it in a can, it's the good stuff too, same as the shops use. Handy for touch-up on a bumper etc or for small jobs.

You'll need to ensure the prep is very well done (they will tell you what to do) and watch the temperature of the surface, day and can when painting.

BUT FIRST - I'd PM Crazefox and ask for a quote - you may be pleasantly surprised and from feedback on KB his work is excellent.