Project number 3!

FZR..AL · Post by **FZR..AL** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:04 pm

What colour are you doing the frame/swinger...would look good powder coated black with the coulers u have chosen.

Al

FZR..AL · Post by **FZR..AL** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:11 pm

FZR..AL wrote:coulers

Colours...bloody french

Al

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:16 pm

Cheers Al, i did use Halfords aerosols, Ford Radiant Red, and Ford Diamond White.
The plan is to powder coat the frame and swingarm black, buts thats on hold until next winter, as the bike really needs a full stripdown and a good clean, plus i can`t afford it this year!

FZR..AL · Post by **FZR..AL** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:41 pm

Same ere,i wanna strip and clean/polish mine but its finding the time thats the problem...also having a sit on and a look at Cymro's Ace this week i'm tempted to get one

Al

Rutz · Post by **Rutz** » Sat May 03, 2008 3:23 pm

rf9rider wrote:Mrs RF9 (bless her) has let me keep them in the new conservatory over night so they`ll be ready for final coats of laquer later tommorrow.
Then they`ll be left for a couple of weeks to harden before final flatting and polishing.
Should be ready when i come back from holiday next week.

You going on holiday AGAIN

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:36 pm

Rutz wrote: You going on holiday AGAIN

Yes mate, off to Gran Canaria a week on Monday.

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:10 am

Well Chaps, its not good news........
The mudguard is ruined, after i laquered it the red paint bled onto the white decals and somehow got under some of the decals and lifted them.

I don`t know what went wrong, i allowed the base coat 24 hours to dry, i left the decals on 24 hours before i laquered it, and i did a very light coat of laquer to seal the decals before applying more coats, so for once i did it "by the book" and its gone tits up.
I haven`t done anymore to the tank yet, probably a good job i didn`t.
I knew it was going too well.........................

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:40 am

On closer inspection on the mudguard, seems the red hadn`t dried out thoroughly, if you pressed hard on it, it was still a little soft.
At least now i know where i went wrong, so the tank will be left for a week to properly harden.
Still gutted though.............

Rutz · Post by **Rutz** » Sun May 04, 2008 3:22 pm

Bummer mate ..you made good job of it as well

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » Sun May 04, 2008 3:42 pm

Allow 3 days in this weather Mark for it to harden. I waited at least 3 days to flat out a couple of runs in the top coat on boost touch up. Because you can't bake it in an oven it'll still be soft for a week or there abouts. Gutted for you, thats a kin bloody good effort for aerosols. Can't you get more decals just for the mudder?

plodder · Post by **plodder** » Sun May 04, 2008 5:29 pm

Are you using Halfords laquer as well?

I will be interested to see the results as I pulled out an old magazine with a painting article and it was saying that anything other than 2 pack laquer is pants.

Of course these guys are professionals so if it's not like a mirror then maybe they're not happy but to me if it looks pretty reasonable then it's good enought for me.

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:31 am

Yoda wrote:Allow 3 days in this weather Mark for it to harden. I waited at least 3 days to flat out a couple of runs in the top coat on boost touch up. Because you can't bake it in an oven it'll still be soft for a week or there abouts. Gutted for you, thats a kin bloody good effort for aerosols. Can't you get more decals just for the mudder?

Decals are sorted thanks to Stig.

I left the mudguard for 24 hours, it flatted back with no problem so thought it was dry, it was only when i laquered it when the red started to run over the decals.

To be honest, the mudguard was my best effort so far, but i`ve learnt the hard way, all the rest will be left a week to harden properly.

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:36 am

plodder wrote:Are you using Halfords laquer as well?

I will be interested to see the results as I pulled out an old magazine with a painting article and it was saying that anything other than 2 pack laquer is pants.

Of course these guys are professionals so if it's not like a mirror then maybe they're not happy but to me if it looks pretty reasonable then it's good enought for me.

Lee, i did use Halfords laquer, it looked pretty good on the mudguard where the red paint didn`t bleed.
I will be using it again, but only after the base coat has fully hardened.

It looked pretty reasonable to me.

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:26 am

Well its plan B with the mudguard.
I did a "test" on the one i sprayed and it didn`t work.
Seems plastic doesn`t like paint stripper.

So i repaired another spare i had, just needs rubbing down before spraying (again)
I had a go at "plastic welding" with a soldering iron, seems to have held ok.