This is going to be drawn out for a while as Im doing a little here and there. But here are the 89 clips ons I bought some time back, chemically stripped, sanded, used etching primer, painted a micro flake silver using a SataJet Digital 3000 with a 1.3 tip, clear coated and still have to wet sand, buff and polish.

In the meantime, here are some pics. Im waiting on more flake to come in as well as my House of Kolor Kandy Koncentrate KK01 Brandywine

Farings will be Kolor Kandy Koncentrate KK01 Brandywine also but the tank, calipers, rotorsect will be triple XXX Black with micro flake

Liking that silver

Real nice, love the colors cant wait to see it all put together and sitting in the sun

Are those the clipons I sent you? They look so pretty 

Looking good weed

can't wait to see this thing all put together!!

Looks good Weed!  Question for you.  I want to respray my clipons black (top plate and bars). Any tips on how to do this and get great results using a spray can?  There's some gouges in the top plate that I'll need to smooth out first.

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Quote from: CrownSeven on March 18, 2013, 07:59:36 AM
Looks good Weed!  Question for you.  I want to respray my clipons black (top plate and bars). Any tips on how to do this and get great results using a spray can?  There's some gouges in the top plate that I'll need to smooth out first.

Completely strip the paint. You can do this by using actual stripper but it is nasty stuff that will burn your skin and lungs. Since I paint all the time and have parts cleaners, I have lacquer thinner I use to soak the parts. You can buy it in 1 gallon cans at Walmart or Lowes. Do not but Mineral Spirits. It is not as strong.

Once it is stripped, take a small wire brush and with nitrile or heavier gloves, gently scrub any stubborn paint or grime.

From there, sand smooth with 320-400 grit. Use can use regular body filler to fill in deep scratches although I like to use a metal filler. Sand smooth and wipe it down with lacquer thinner and then a wax/degreaser

Then I would use etching primer (you can buy it in an aerosol can) and spray several thin coats. Build your coverage up but wait for it to be dry before the next coat.

After that I would wet sand with 400 so it will be smooth, wipe again with wax/degreaser, then I would paint.

Now, if you don't have a good gun or plan on buying one and want to use a can, check with a local paint supply store as most can put paint in a good aerosol can with a GOOD tip made to atomize paint in a finer mist than the cheap cans at regular stores. With that being said, Rustoleum works good.

Thank you sir! Once mother nature realizes its spring over her and starts acting like it, I'll give it a shot.

I'm following closely on this weed. 

I'm assuming you can't use paint stripper on the plastics and that you just hand sanded the tail?

all fairings (main engine fairing are done but not shown) were hit with a DA with 220 grit and then handed sanded with 400. Stickers were peeled, then alcohol wiped. Because the stickers on the tank were UNDER the clear. I used the DA with 80 grit to cut through the clear and remove the stickers to the bare metal. Then feather sanded the edges, scuffed the rest of the tank with 220/400 and used etching primer on the metal.

Chemically stripping paint on plastic wouldnt be good. Remember though, if the paint is already good, you dont have to strip it TO the plastic. Just scuff it with 400 and then do your primer.

Today.........I got my silver base laid down on the rear sets pieces, rear sprocket/hub and the F&R rotors.

I didnt get a chance to lay down primer on my fairings because I still had to work on my front cowl. As you can see from the pics I shaved down the plastic the rises above the cowl where the OEM turn stalks go. Being I dont have them there and dont want them there, I choose to shave smooth the plastic on the front and back side and plastic weld some ABS on the back. Evercoat G-grip filler goes on the front side and gets sanded smooth. Kinda like shaving door handles. This will make it look better IMO.

 

So I managed to get the filler smooth and feathered down on my cowl where I no longer have the front turn signals.

I got everything washed down, wiped with wax/degreaser remover and 2K primered. I used my Satajet gun to lay my primer and it came out really nice. I mean, it was really smooth. But I still wet sanded ith 1500 grit and it was even more smooth afterwards. Normally I would not have done this but being I am spraying flake and HoK Kandy, I really want everything to be its best so it shows in the end.

After my wet sanding, I cleaned everything again. Then I sprayed my silver base coats and let that dry. Then I mixed some or the red, orange and gold flake I had ordered and put it in my intercoat (clear) and sprayed it. I tried to take pics but the camera really didnt pick it up good. Tomorrow I will spray 2 more coats of clear and let that fully cure. Then I get to wet sand that smooth and polish it. After that comes the KANDY!

Oh, here are a few pics

One more pics of the silver base and pearl flakes