I'll post a few images and if there is interest i'll post some more. I just finished buffing/polishing,,it's purple!!! These show how easy us painters earn the exorbitant fees we charge, takes but a few minutes.
Please continue and caption those photos so we know what's going on. A fender with a torch and lighter...?
I usually do captions, i wasn't going to do a social media thread on that bike,,,but here goes. The torch,,,after stripping parts with chemical stripper or solvents there will be nasty stuff trapped underneath where ever there are double panels or beaded edges. If this hidden junk is not removed it can rear it head later and ruin the job. Heating and setting this crap on fire effectively eliminates it from the parts. This is done before the sandblasting step. Solder has been ground off from dent pulling adventure, time to 'blast. sandblasted 2 thick, wet coats of epoxy. Rich with corrosion inhibitors and killer good adhesion to the base plus what goes on top of it (filler) also sticks like mad,,,if it is applied in the right time window. Rear loop, tailite and sidecovers ready for epoxy.
I don't bother to talk to the television (often) but that doesn't stop me recording programs to watch ;-) Take it as a compliment - we're speechless with awe...
Because you get offended when I type In spite of that, I like your work and want to see it. So, silence. Please, carry on.
Windy, sorry. OK, some of you are willing to type, thank you. Don't worry about pissing me off,i'll gladly respond, i'm not shy. Know that this is not a DIY series, if you have questions about this work call me, i will do my best to help. My phone info and times to call are on my website warkshop.com. My purpose in doing this thread stuff is two fold, #1 to show how much work goes into a properly done job and the materials involved to help people understand where the cost comes from. Hopefully save some folk wasted time and money finding out the hard way this ain't easy. Some folks do succeed painting their own bike,,,but sadly many more fail.#2 To try and improve 'hits' on my website. I'm told being social (which i am not naturally,,,bet you guessed!) will aid my website viewership.
I'm watching with great interest. I'm going through this process now on my R90S bodywork (thread located here: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1023364) so I fully appreciate the many many hours of work that it takes to get it done right. I read your thread on the RS paint work from cover to cover 3 or 4 times. So please keep posting and explaining how you do this stuff, some us are learning as you go!
Nice Bob. Is the blasting done to give texture to help with the epoxy adhesion? I'm wondering why do you chemical strip if you're going to be blasting anyway? Thanks for showing this stuff. Brendan
Chemical stripping is quicker/more efficient to get the bulk of material removed. Also when I blast I am able to get the parts to raw metal with much less heat/violence than if I did not Chen. Strip. The rough, after blasting texture gives awesome mechanical bite on top of the killer good chemical adhesion inherant with the epoxy.
Hey Bob, after you block sand and identify the low spots, what do you do next? Spray high build primer on those areas to build them up? Skim with glazing? Or?
