Matte Black Paint

[skelstar]

You can't organise a commute for a week ? Someone passing through on their way to Seaview ?

Yeah maybe at a pinch. At least not Wednesday. Have to time with going over to Masterton as well.

[flame]

.. sick of water/oil bladders/containers everywhere... reminds me of old people's colostomy bags.

errrrrr......they ARE old man's colostomy bags. Teeeeeehehehehehehe. You ride an old man (pretty sexy old man tho)

[Pixie]

VHT saturn black ex Repco. Will be dry in a couple of hours. $10ish a can you get what you pay for, at least you can touch it up whenever you like.

Forget it.

VHT will not cure unless heated to 400 degrees

[imdying]

/edit: in fact no, fuck it, lets leave the misinformation, I could care less. I'll rep you skel*, let you know...

[skelstar]

Cheers all for the info! Might have a crack tonight with a small peice of the plastic.

[FROSTY:Me]

Dude have you looked at option er-D
Rip all the plastics off you want/ need painted then see whats left of the bike.
Use Zip ties to hold what you need to ride held on
The bike doesnt need to be pretty to be ridden
then send the plastics away and enjoy polishing the exposed metal

[skelstar]

Yeah I could lose the tail section, side panels if not wet. Tail-light assembly no, think the headlight needs the nose cone/fairing. Do-able though.

[Chrislost]

i painted my race fairings in about 3 hours...
and then sand it back and do it properly the next day.

[skelstar]

Looks like I might have a car real soon so the quick drying factor may not be an issue. Still keen as to paint it though.

[Ivan]

Want to paint various sections of my RSV matte black, and I would get crazefox to do it for me but I use the bike as my commuter fuggit.

So questions:

• I've been reading some of the Aprilia Forums and a large number of them say that I should just buy some spray cans of black primer and matte clear. Sound about right? Doesn't have to be a real nice finish... its an 8 year old bike after all.
• I'd love to paint a piece in a day and be able to ride the bike later... how quickly will the primer dry and can I get away with putting the parts back on the bike quickly-ish (in non-contact areas)?
• Should I use a coat of Matte Black and then top coat of Satin Black instead of using a matte/satin clear?
• I've read (on KB) that a matte coat will mark easily (of course) but pledge will get prevent this happening?
• Sanding before the first primer coat... is it just to 'rough it up', or should I leave it if the initial surface is good?
• Which black-primer?

Advice very welcome. I have had a good read of DMNTD's similar thread but it didn't address all my ...erm... issues.

Well we painted a whole car matt black in 1 hour and drove it it was allgood so a bike shouldnt take long to do with spray cans i guess

[Kendog]

I don't live in Newlands

They do fine work on the water tanks over the road, a bike should be fairly easy for them.

[crazefox]

mate bring it too me i will do it in a day

[imdying]

mate bring it too me i will do it in a day

We have a winner

[skelstar]

mate bring it too me i will do it in a day

Shit this thread has been here for about 3 days mate! You're getting slow Cory

Yeah, might have to explore that option if my little jobs don't go well. Def have had you in mind. Cheers.

[skelstar]

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.