| Author | Message | ||
     Brightbuell |
I was fixing a neighbors Chinese scooter and it feel against the side of my buell and scuffed the frame. It did not go through the paint, it left a couple shiny lines and a white scuff. The white/blue is actully a plastic scuff not a scuff of paint but a plastic scuff in my black paint. I want to know if anyone has had to remove a scuff from their buells frame. I did rub it with a Armor All on a rag, and it removed a lot and in the pic is whats left I did not want to use any more chemicals untill I asked.  | ||
| Aldaytona |
Try some brand of prep solvent. Those are made to remove "things" (tar, over spray, glue from decals, grease, oils, ect) from painted surfaces without harming the original surface.  | ||
| Brightbuell |
Yes, that sound like a great idea. I will get some tomorrow. Thanks. | ||
| Chrisrogers3 |
Ive used some rubbing compound and then polish on the XB frames and it seems to work great as well. | ||
| Andymnelson |
I'd be careful with those 2 solutions for 2 reasons: 1) solvents: our frames are painted, and solvents can eat through the paint pretty quickly, especially when combined with rubbing 2) polishing: your frame is "textured", not smooth and shiny like the older frames. Too much and you'll have an odd shiny spot in your frame. not saying they are bad ideas, just saying be careful. | ||
| Satori |
I know this is gonna sound odd, but I would first try a Mr Clean Magic eraser, Ive had them take scuffs like that off multiple things, and no polishing, or harsh chems. I would probabl use one of the extra strong, or I think they have a tire and wheel one. Hope this helps.. | ||
| Chrisrogers3 |
The frames are powder coated not painted.....They are stronger than paint, but yes you are correct in the fact that if you attack it like the incredible hulk you will do damage. | ||
| Andymnelson |
Powder coat = paint, it just does not have the solvents in it. I recently repainted the frame on my Uly (long story, but the previous owner got some industrial paint on it that wasn't coming off). Since I knew that I was going to paint it anyway, and I already had the paint...I tried a little acetone. It took the factory paint off before any of the other stuff...truly not that durable of paint. | ||
| Greg_e |
Powder coat is a plastic/ceramic of some sort that is melted to cure, should be pretty durable depending on the type of material they actually used. As I understand the process, the particles are attached to the part with an electro-static charge, then baked to form the end product. This now covers what I know about powder coating work so who know how badly I've messed it up. In another thread I was told it was just paint, not powder coat on the frames. Maybe only applies to certain years. | ||
| Fast1075 |
There are a lot of different types of powdercoat...some are more or less durable and more or less chemical resistant than others...I always used the urethane coating on my dragbikes since it was impervious to various "fuels"  ...it was not very U.V. resistant, so the bikes stayed in the shade as much as possible when not making a pass.....the finish looked like wet paint...it would not chip, but it could be marred... | ||
| Keys |
I fixed some scratches on my frame this weekend using the Buell factory touchup paint you can get from www.americansportbike.com. Has the same texture and highlight scintillations as the factory frame paint just in an erasol. Be sure to leave yourself plenty of space to gradually blend it in with your strokes. As it is a textured paint, you will see if you do a sloppy job taping down your overspray areas. Only tape along the frame's edges. I had enough in one can to do both sides of my frame, the swingarm, and as a bonus had extra to do both my left and right side scoop. Now the scoops look aluminum instead of cheap plastic/fiberglass. | ||
| Keys |
Also if I remember right, you can paint over your frame pucks. | ||
| Augustus74 |
Damn Commies!!! | ||
| Boney95 |
Brake Cleaner. Its good with paint, not sure about PC. I hit my garage with my Jeep the other week. The autobody guy busted out some brake cleaner and went to town on the white scuffs/marks on my fender. Came right off. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Brake Kleen will eat the finish off the wheels. | ||
| Terrys1980 |
It will also eat the finish on the frame and swingarm. Brake cleaner works on cars because of the clear coat and then it still might leave the clear dull looking. | ||
| Kikoborrico |
Use a pencil Rubber or a clay bar (Meguiar's, Mothers, etc) (Message edited by kikoborrico on June 08, 2010) |
