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1981 GS 450 L project

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Man I wish I had've known about them when doing my paintwork! I used about three separate coats of stripper before the bulk of the paint was removed, then finished with hand sanding.

That set my whole paint job back a day just because it took so long to strip...
 
have you tried that wheel on any plastic parts yet???? It says it does plastic but im wondering if it messes it up at all....
 
I never understand why people feel the need to strip things down to bare metal.
I have been painting cars for about 25 years and very few cars get stripped down to bare metal.
Unless you have a car or bike part that may be filled with filler or questionably welded then why?
Factory paint is most often bonded to the metal VERY well but when you strip that you have to apply some sort of primer to do the same thing a lightly sanded original paint would do.
Paint bonds very well to likewise paint if it is sanded down to remove the shine. (320 grit will do).
When people sand things down to 800 grit the paint will often fail (flake off)
I just never understand this desire to strip things down to bare metal...

Sorry for the rant but this has always bugged me.

Bruce.
 
It needs bondo work. And I needed to get rid of the pin striping. It was slightly higher than the rest of the paint.
 
brslk said:
I never understand why people feel the need to strip things down to bare metal.
I have been painting cars for about 25 years and very few cars get stripped down to bare metal.
Unless you have a car or bike part that may be filled with filler or questionably welded then why?
Factory paint is most often bonded to the metal VERY well but when you strip that you have to apply some sort of primer to do the same thing a lightly sanded original paint would do.
Paint bonds very well to likewise paint if it is sanded down to remove the shine. (320 grit will do).
When people sand things down to 800 grit the paint will often fail (flake off)
I just never understand this desire to strip things down to bare metal...

Sorry for the rant but this has always bugged me.

Bruce.
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Hey Bruce.....

So I can just sand my tank down with 320 grit, and then smoother ? and then prime, sand a bit more and paint ?

or

just use the 320 grit and paint away ?

I don't have a body shop, or all the tools and such, no air compressor, no paint gun, probably use rattle can to do the job, but, I was also thinking of doing all the prep work, and then take it to a body shop to do the painting.

What do you think...

and sorry if I am hijacking your thread bakirkwold
 
I got the carbs done.

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Here is the cam chain tensioner.

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I started body work on the tank too.

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Your tempting me to get some killrust and attacking my carb caps.
 
Yeah nice work! :clap:

What paint did you use? I put caliper paint on my diaphragm covers and after curing it just rubbed right off, doesn't even look like I painted them...
 
pete said:
Yeah nice work! :clap:

What paint did you use? I put caliper paint on my diaphragm covers and after curing it just rubbed right off, doesn't even look like I painted them...
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I think they have to be scuffed and an etching primer used before painting. If you search around, there are plenty of threads on painted carbs wiht most folks just using rattle can paint. But if you want something that will last for many years, powder coat is the way to go.

Sci85
 
Sci85 said:
I think they have to be scuffed and an etching primer used before painting. If you search around, there are plenty of threads on painted carbs wiht most folks just using rattle can paint. But if you want something that will last for many years, powder coat is the way to go.

Sci85
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It sure is! A lot of my parts are getting powder coated
 
Sci85 said:
I think they have to be scuffed and an etching primer used before painting. If you search around, there are plenty of threads on painted carbs wiht most folks just using rattle can paint. But if you want something that will last for many years, powder coat is the way to go.

Sci85
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Yeah I suspect that's the case. It stuck fine to the caliper and a couple of other bits I painted, but not the diaphragm covers or the bracket holding the two carbs together... oh well...

bakirkwold said:
It sure is! A lot of my parts are getting powder coated
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Smart man ;)
 
I got the exhaust wrap and flange painted tonight.

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I also got the shifter cover polished.

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Nice job bakirkwold. Hmm, I'm kinda liken that black exhaust wrap. I normally don't care for it but the black stuff doesn't look so bad on your pipes and would probably really protect the exposed pipes well. Looking forward to seeing how it looks on the bike.

Sci85
 
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