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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: KJM00 on August 05, 2017, 06:25:15 PM
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I was getting off of my dual sport bike and just hardly brushed the side of the K-Bike parked next to it with the side of the handlebar, but it was enough to take off the white. The White paint on the bike isn't something I'm in-love with, but without making a project to paint over it, what do you guys recommend as a sort of patch job? I was gonna buy some very white possibly reflective white tape and pretend it wasn't there, mask it with a piece or two, but that might look awful. Of course it bothers me to no end and I don't want it to get worse by riding it, but at the time being I'm just looking for suggestions to hide it/make it look less awful and not lose sleep over my negligence. :falldown: Pictures of damage attached. :musicboohoo:
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Get a paint shop to match the paint, either in a small can or pressure pack. Fine wet and dry down the damaged part only and feather out the edges. Mask it up and spray with a plastic filler primer, sand it down until it blends in with no visible edges. If it has visible edges or you sand right through the primer, recoat it repeat until you get it right. Then apply the top coat either with your matched top coat pressure pack or my preferred method is to use an air brush. With an air brush the amount of paint you apply is extremely controllable and you should be able to mist blend it in with multiple light coats. Allow it to dry in a warm place for a couple of weeks and give it a very light cut and polish. I've repair a ding on my wife's bumper and a scratch on her boot lid, could not tell they were damaged after. I have even managed to match a yellow paint using hobby enamel's mixed and blended a damaged part on my race Kart, much to my surprise invisible.
Regards Martin.
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greetings...
id getts a couple of these decals and stick one on both sides... cover up the damage... and red white blue patriotic too...
ride dangerously...
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more later...
j o
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I'd stick something like this over it.....
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greetings chaos...
new attachment loader... gotts to insert it now... finesse it... dot force it...
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j o
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I like all of these suggestions.
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I dont have a paint gun, so I'm slightly considering taking it to a local guy, but I'm sure that's still gonna be ~$100. An oddly placed sticker may look goofy, but at least it won't blind me everytime i look at it.
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Heck, take the panel and match the blue in 4oz. of base coat. An airbrush like I use(the Badger 250) can be had on eBay for under 20 bucks and any fool can get good results with it(go ahead, ask me how I know).
Do the prep, shoot the paint, and after a couple hours wet sand very lightly with 1000 grit to smooth out the surface. Then take the parts to a collision shop for the clear coat over the top. I'm guessing $100 for everything and you'll never need to look at that white again.
Only fussy part is that you need the pro to shoot a two part clear coat that won't be affected by gasoline. Some clear coats can be stained by gas spills, you don't want that used, especially on the fuel tank.
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greetings chaos...
new attachment loader... gotts to insert it now... finesse it... dot force it...
j o
old dog, new tricks. woof
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Think I'll stick a sticker like chaos/johnny recommended, and look into the idea of picking up the gun and having it done when I'm a little more flush.
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+1 I love my airbrush the only problem is I have to use air cans due to the humidity here. One day I might get around to making a dryer. The only other problem I have is that while I can match and blend solid colour, I don't seem to be able to match metallic paint. they always seem to be slightly off unless I use the big gun and paint everything. :dunno I now buy only white cars without the crap water based clear coat that peels after a few years.
Regards Martin.