Matte Black Paint

[James Deuce]

Came home tonight with a can of grey primer (couldn't find black) and some satin black. Sprayed silver taillight bit and silver side bits with primer and it dried f**king quick. Ashamedly I rattled away at the satin-black can and started spraying about an hour later... I'm impatient. A hairdryer session (on the panels) and a few more coats later and I put the bits back on the bike and it looks friggin awesome. Few runs in paint but, meh, its in old bike anywayz.

I'll take some photos if anyone cares to look later on. Will most likely do the tail section this saturday, and maybe, look at painting the front fairing too. The satin DOES look good though.

Sand it back and do it again! I expect more dedication to proper procedure form a scientist!

Jeepers, kids today!

[skelstar]

Jeepers, kids today!

Awe gee whiz mista!

Nah, looks great eh. First spray painting I've ever done I think *muses*

[James Deuce]

First time with paint. I'm sure your mum has a different view on that.

[skelstar]

If this were the NBA I would get an assist for that one...


Green for the name of above player.

[James Deuce]

Sorry mate, I should be more supportive! Good job on attempting it yourself.

[Kendog]

If this were the NBA I would get an assist for that one...
Green for the name of above player.

Is that Winja?

[skelstar]

Photos...
1. the tail (used to be silver *yuck*)
2. one of the side panels (also silver)
3. rear quarter view. Fairings being prof painted (prior arrangement) ... looking forward to getting THEM back thats forsure.

[James Deuce]

That looks SPECIAL dude!

Nice job!

[Swoop]

Forget it.

VHT will not cure unless heated to 400 degrees

I think the paint will dry quite happily all by itself - otherwise they would have to sell it with its own baking oven. Perhaps it is meant to be resistant to heat, up to that temperature?

[ipod1098]

That satin finish looks nice, should be easier to clean than a flat matte finish.I notice you advertise KTL motorcycles??? fk your keen i have heard some pretty dodgy stories come from 'ol motorhaus (Kerry sellin bikes with wrong year & model etc).. ditch that sea anchor too m8 an after market can will be 1/3 the weight.

[skelstar]

Cheers dude, bike should look great once the rest is painted.

Have you met Kerry at KTL? He's a friggin awesome dude and he and his mates are putting their own cash into getting two very good mates racing on some mint 749R bikes. Thats the kind of thing I judge people on, not hearsay

Can is going to go as soon as I can. Sounds like a tractor at the moment.

[Kendog]

That does look good, well done.

[skelstar]

So anyone know if you can use paint-stripper on fairings?

LOL, no it wasn't that bad, but it is a semi-serious question.

I took the tail section and two front flappy bits and spent farking ages trying to get the damn stickers off. Primered/sanded/primered...ran out of primer/sanded/satin-black/light-sand/satin/satin/satin/ran out of satin, and they turned out ok. All but one piece had a bit that went a bit funny. Thought was a reaction to something but have concluded that maybe I didn't dry them sufficiently. Oh well. Its not too obvious.

So... the entire back half of the bike is satin-black... I think its good, but needs something else. Maybe some white number-boards? I have pics but will have to post tomorrow as I can't find camera cable at home. Fuggit.

I'll get some pledge and give the paint a clean... I've had a go at taking the front-fairing off to see how easy it is, and now I'm contemplating painting that myself. I might be more judicious with the primer/sanding with that bit. I used two cans of satin with the work I've done so far, might get away with one for the front. Dunno.

[bull]

If this were the NBA I would get an assist for that one...


Green for the name of above player.

John Stockton?

[vifferman]

So anyone know if you can use paint-stripper on fairings?

LOL, no it wasn't that bad, but it is a semi-serious question.

I took the tail section and two front flappy bits and spent farking ages trying to get the damn stickers off.

If you have more bits to do, to get the decals off, use a hairdryer or hot-air gun on them first, which should get them off pretty easily. You can clean any residue off with lost of things: petrol, eucalyptus oil, paint brush cleaner, WD40, etc. Follow up with meths to get any oily residues off.