August 30th, 2010, 07:40 AM | #1 |
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New paint job, really this time, and lesson
So last I was here my bike had been vandalized with spray paint and I had cleaned it up pretty well. You can see that thread: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50052
However, you could still see scratches where I had dropped it and various other mishaps, which bothered me. I then took it on myself to paint it. In my mind i wanted Line-x or Rhino Liner. Those are expensive so I got it in my wooly head that I should try a brush on bedliner. Bad idea, it looked like Emo Liberace: I then tried to use Plasti Dip to save it. Then it looked like the Le Brea tar pits threw up on the fairings: Now it's time to give up and strip it and do something more conventional. I Try Acetone, which did remove the bedliner but melted the plastic: DOT3 brake fluid, removed the bedliner but made the plastic really brittle and shattered: So now it's finally time to seek professional help. A good majority of the places here in Santa Barbara wouldn't touch bikes. Of those who did, no one wanted to touch plastics with bedliner on them. Finally found a place who said that it might not work because after sanding these kinds of plastics down, they begin to out gas and the paint might not adhere to it. But they gave it a shot and here are the results: With Jankee: With CurrentSea: Today at work: Let this be a lesson to all you Males and Engineers out there. If you think you can do it, you properly can't and shouldn't. Comments are welcome, so are attacks at my sanity |
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August 30th, 2010, 07:47 AM | #2 |
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wow they were able to sand down and save those fairings after they were melted like that by other products??
end product looks really good! |
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August 30th, 2010, 07:53 AM | #3 |
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That looks really nice!
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August 30th, 2010, 08:11 AM | #4 |
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Brush on bed liner???????? Bike looks great now
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August 30th, 2010, 08:55 AM | #5 |
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Looks great now. Before you used the bedliner stuff and Plasti Dip did you experiment with them on something other than your bike?
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August 30th, 2010, 09:03 AM | #6 |
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Give us the contact info for that body shop...WOW
The fact they were able to save that catastrophe is nothing short of amazing. |
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August 30th, 2010, 09:21 AM | #7 | ||
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The paint work is actually not the best, there are a few blemishes that don't show up. The worst part was their lack of communication, so I wouldn't actually recommend them. |
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August 30th, 2010, 02:23 PM | #8 |
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I will put that on my list of things not to do.
Bike looks great now. |
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August 30th, 2010, 02:50 PM | #9 |
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looks good. like the flyscreen too. painting plastic is just like painting anything else even if its bare plastic. you have to use the appropriate adheasion promotor to get the sealer or primer to stick. unless kawi is using some space aged plastics (highly doubtful) it should be made of one of the same plastics used to make bumper covers for cars. i cant believe someone would spray paint another bike! did you knock up somone's old lady or something? lol.
i plan to paint the wife's ninja this winter. |
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August 30th, 2010, 03:05 PM | #10 |
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wow! that does look good! what color is that? it almost has a black chrome look....man, you really f***ed that thing up that's how so many of my projects go...oh, this seems like a good idea...and i end up making it a much bigger project than it ever had to be
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August 30th, 2010, 03:13 PM | #11 |
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Why did you originally want to use bedliner? Did you want it to be chip/scratch resistant?
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August 30th, 2010, 03:40 PM | #12 | |
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I wanted it to be scratch resistant and hose down-able. I still maintain that it would look pretty good if it were line-x where the texture was finer and more even, and it wasn't shiny. |
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August 30th, 2010, 04:16 PM | #13 |
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August 30th, 2010, 06:22 PM | #14 |
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beautiful color
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August 30th, 2010, 06:40 PM | #15 |
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what's the name of that color
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August 30th, 2010, 07:08 PM | #16 |
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were u lucky enough to find a tank pad the same color or did u just have them paint over it bike looks fantastic though very sexy
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August 30th, 2010, 07:16 PM | #17 |
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how much for the paint job? i like. same color as my evo.
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August 31st, 2010, 06:35 AM | #18 |
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love the color
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August 31st, 2010, 07:06 AM | #19 | |
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Thanks Everyone for the compliments! If anyone wants more shots of the paint, the clear tank protector or how i had to use Schedule 40 PVC to mount my turn signals, let me know.
It was 650 to remove the bedliner, prep and paint it. It was another 150 because I needed a crack fixed. It's BMW Titanium Gray Quote:
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September 3rd, 2010, 04:27 AM | #20 |
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Looks awesome! Definitely a breath of fresh air to see a color like that on the ninja. But you have definitely convinced me to not attempt a DIY paint job and just bring it in to the professionals. Thanks for the laughs but most importantly the lesson (that I didn't have to learn the hard way). Great post.
Btw, did you smoke out your front lights? I was thinking of doing this but not sure if it's legal at all. |
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September 4th, 2010, 10:37 AM | #21 |
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Wow that's an awesome colour !! looking good
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September 4th, 2010, 11:20 AM | #22 | |
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I am pretty sure it is illegal, thats why i can easily peel it off. I also have an HID kit, so the loss of brightness isn't really there. |
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September 4th, 2010, 11:58 AM | #23 |
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Dude didn't I warn you before about using that kind of stuff lol. Hey now, I am an engineer and I do great body painting wait till you see my bike repainted from the damage it took.
Anyways nice paint job and a nice color pick too
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September 5th, 2010, 12:36 AM | #24 |
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thanks! Just ordered me the yellow and smoked overlays as well as red rim tape haha. What HID kit did you use by the way?
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September 8th, 2010, 03:31 PM | #25 | |
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September 9th, 2010, 11:04 AM | #26 | |
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So after this fiasco, you would think I could be out there riding, right? No, after a ride with Jankee, someone cut the helmet off my bike, gloves too. There were 2 bikes and 4 helmets. I think all that's happened to my bike is a sign that i shouldn't be riding... or something. |
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September 9th, 2010, 12:12 PM | #27 |
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Looks good!
Especially the white bike in the background |
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September 9th, 2010, 01:38 PM | #28 |
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September 9th, 2010, 02:29 PM | #29 |
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nice color...
but damn hommie...if I were you i would try it on a piece of scrap plastic or something first before going all out...LOL... |
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September 10th, 2010, 05:36 PM | #30 |
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Wow your fairings have been to hell and back.
Bike looks absolutely great though! Great work recovering. |
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September 11th, 2010, 03:47 AM | #31 |
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