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Painting my bandit, slowly.

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Thogert

Thogert

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So I decided that I was sick of looking at scratched and faded plastics.
Here's how it looked.

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Here's how it looks at the moment. The white is just the primer.
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I'm planning on doing the plastics and tank in black and keeping the frame in red.

Right now the tank has a dent in it so I plan on getting it fixed before actually getting it painted. It looks a little goofy right now, but I hope I'll get it all finished up soon.
 
Thogert said:
So I decided that I was sick of looking at scratched and faded plastics.
Here's how it looked.

photobucket-6986-1331332594496.jpg


Here's how it looks at the moment. The white is just the primer.
IMG_20130522_122927_513.jpg


I'm planning on doing the plastics and tank in black and keeping the frame in red.

Right now the tank has a dent in it so I plan on getting it fixed before actually getting it painted. It looks a little goofy right now, but I hope I'll get it all finished up soon.
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That's going to look real nice. If you do the fenders and tank in black, how about powder coating the wheels red with black rim stripes??
Just a thought.
 
Right now it's just krylon plastic primer, but I plan on having a body shop do the actual gloss and clear.


I like the powder coating the rims idea, I don't really care for the black on them now.
 
Clearly your wife has good taste... not because I have the same bike of course lol
 
Well I decided just to rattle can it, you know, because I'm too cheap to shell out the cash for a shop. ;-)

Here's the paint I used.
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And how the plastics look at the moment.
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They'll be done curing tomorrow after work and I'll throw them on and get some better pics. So far they don't look too bad.
 
Ok here's how it looks.
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It's got some flaws, but for $25 it can't be beat.

Now I just need to get the tank fixed and painted. Then I'll redo the frame in red, then probably the motor in black.
 
Thanks, I sanded all the plastics before the primer, and again after the primer for a relatively smooth surface but still having something for the paint to grip.
 
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