Yet another amatuer paint project

[BaltimoreGS]

Kay and I with the help of our friend Pig (short for Piglet, yes it's is name..) decided to try our hands at painting Kay's '95 GS500.  Pig has a nice workshop for his family's construction business and has painted some of the construction vehicles.  This project gave him an excuse to buy a fancy new paint gun    We used a base coat/clear coat paint sold at Sherwin Williams under the Barett Jackson name.  The color is "Spicey Merlot Pearl".  We ended up doing 4 coats of color and 2 coats of clear.  Obviously these are less than ideal conditions for painting but overall I am very happy with the end result.  There are some minor imperfections (dust, slight runs...) that should sand/buff out.  Pics below!

-Jessie

The sanded, primed and prepped parts were hung from a 4 post lift and the floor wetted to control dust



1st color coat





Amateur painter and stunt rider extraordinaire Piglet



Kay assisting with the tack rag before applying each color coat




Applying the clear coat


The parts were left hung to dry over night



The finished product

[DoD#i]

It wuz all shiny and stuff, and then we tossed them shiny parts in the back of the pickup with a swingarm and stuff, and drove home, and now I find all these scratches all over everything...  





Cue foghorn leghorn voice wrt the next post (above or below depending on how you have the forum settings set, I guess)

That's a joke, son. A J O K E joke. I kinda doubt he actually put the tank you could see him in in the back of the truck with that swingarm and scratched it up. But it sure did look like the intersection of pristine and "we'll take your pristine and beat the heck out of it."

[gregvhen]

thats a bummer cause they look really well done in the pics.  How much was the paint and primer. and what kind is it.

[BaltimoreGS]

All parts are still safe and sound at the moment.  It was about $100 for all the base coat/clear coat supplies at a local Sherwin Williams industrial store.  The primer is House of Kolor Y2K urethane primer.  That was from TCPglobal who I usually buy most of my paint supplies from online.  There was probably another $60 wrapped up in primer, filler/glazer and sanding/finishing supplies.  In all the project was under $200.

-Jessie

[gregvhen]

100 at sherwin you say? sweet that means 40 for me!

[ver4]

Awesome job Jessie.  If only I had $200....oh well.

To be honest, that's the color I was looking for on my bike.  I guess I can't do that now b/c then my bike will match Kay's and we might get confused when we go riding.  Maybe a bright yellow, that's my Mom's favorite color....she'd probably like that. lol

I'll see you tomorrow at the shop.

[cboling]

Very nice Kay / Jesse. I really dig the color. 

[BaltimoreGS]

cboling- Thanks for the inspiration, I told you she liked the color of your bike     Now we just need to sort out what we are doing with the rest of the bike.

-Jessie

[mister]

Hope that white tank in the background didn't get any overspray on it...

Michael

[Dj Hunny]

oh man, really diggin that color...pretty good job guys 

[ver4]

I saw the parts today and it looks awesome.

[CanadianRider]

Looks fabulous - that gleam can be seen from Toronto!

[BaltimoreGS]

Thanks for the compliments guys.  That white tank came of the CBR600 we stripped so at the moment it is of no use to me, anyone restoring an old CBR???  That is also the engine from the CBR behind it.  That may make its way into a 4 wheeler     The lift took the brunt of the overspray.  The tentative winter project is to rebuild and fit up the CBR front end, do some sort of rear shock swap and strip the bike down to powder coat the frame and swing arm.  This all depends on if I still have a job after this Friday....  The best laid plans of mice and men.

-Jessie

[Adfalchius]

Sorting out some runs...
One of the front fenders had some runs in the clear coat- luckily it is the one we are not planning to use on the bike!  So I took the opportunity to test some methods to take it out.  The best option that worked for me after playing around:

1. Single edge razor blade- take your time!!  Your lust for instant gratification will come later when you buff it!  I had grand aspirations of taking off the entire annoying 6 inch run in one smooth, graceful slice!!  No, it didn't work that way.  I ended up with tiny flakes of clearcoat popping up like fingernail clippings all over the place.

2.  Wet sand with 1000 grit.  Well, that was the plan.  However, I only had 600 laying around.

3.  Wet sand with 2000 grit.  That I had.

4.  Buff, buff, buff using my handy dandy dremel and some compound.

5. Wipe it clean and admire your work! (pics to come)

[Adfalchius]

I started on another section of the fender after sanding with 2000 grit.  Here's the materials.  We got the compound at Pep Boy's for under $10.  The label says you can use your finger to rub it in.  Yeah right, that didn't work.  I already had the dremel and the handy dandy felt disk.


Throw a blob of compound on the paint and the disk.

Cover your work or wear goggles!!  It'll splatter a bit!

Wipe it down to see where you need more compound/polishing.  The sanding marks are completely gone and the surface shines as much as the rest of the fender.  Woo hoo!!

I keep my bit in a baggy to keep it clean and free of debris.