| Author | Message | ||
     Misato |
I started sanding for polishing  | ||
| Captainplanet |
Way to go Misato. Be aware that the flat area you are starting on is the area most effected by heat while polishing and the most likely to warp or indent due to the large flat space. The new color (Orange) is starting to go on my bodywork as of last night. I still have a few bits and pieces to polish as well. | ||
| Misato |
cool lets see some pics. I started with 180g. I need to get a 5" DA pad tho. 6" is too big edited by misato on May 19, 2004 | ||
| Trevxb12 |
im waiting til winter. if the suns out i dont want to be sanding my ars off watching the buddies ride by!! | ||
| Captainplanet |
I never used anything rougher than 220 on the frame. It is really pretty smooth under the paint. Nothing at all like the swingarm. I hope to have my bodywork done by the weekend, so pics will be coming soon. | ||
| Misato |
yeah, its smooth under the paint. but that damn paint is on there GOOD | ||
| 420at145mph |
use a chemical stripper messy but quicker n easier to get it unstuck is that a 12 or a 9 airbox edited by 420at145mph on May 19, 2004 | ||
| Austinrider |
Its a 9 airbox. The 12 dont have the same routing for the vent tubes (that big circle piece in the middle on top) Misato drilled his to get more air in | ||
| Misato |
yeah, I used aircraft stripper on my other parts, but I could take them off and it took a good 3 applications of it to do it. I didn't want that much of a mess.. I'll probably end up using it for some spots up front tho. | ||
| 420at145mph |
i saw this stuff on one of those new hotrod building shows they were puttin it on with a paintbrush and just using putty knifes to scrape it off in under n hour | ||
| Boulderbiker |
Thats the stuff Misato is talking about and it does work, but its NASTY stuff, smell, and what it can do to things other than paint, hence his hesitancy to use it on the frame. Lotta elbow grease, but definitely a "safer" way to go. Misato, can't wait to see it all done. You gonna paint it in the next month? BTW, how much did all the paint cost and how much more quantity and cost would it be for a firebolt over what you got? Mine's a 12R, and I'm thinking about painting it in a month or two. Let me know what you think of the Dupont chroma system. | ||
| Captainplanet |
I use stripper on the swingarm too. It took 3 or 4 coats. The paint Buell uses is tough stuff. You sure don't want to get that stripper on any plastic parts or on your skin. I think with a good sander you can do it in about the same amount of time considering you have to put stripper on, wait, scrape, etc. 3 or 4 times. | ||
| Misato |
quart of base was 50$ which is 2 qts sprayable(1 qt of basemaker). that will do ALOT. You could probably get away with only getting a pint but I wanted extra. Clear was $30 qt and $20 for activator $150 for all the paint. That doesn't include the sealer+activator, which I'd say is about another ~$70 I rounded up on the $$ but its a good idea on cost. back in the day, chromabase was all I used, its good stuff. I haven't used it in 6+yrs but its gotta be even beter now..!! (I hope) if I could just remember who I gave my spray gun to... My parts should be back in 2 weeks (a few more things polished and chromed -I found a cheap+GOOD polisher so I gave him some parts to do while I do the frame). maybe the weekend after this I'll paint?? then I could have everything done at the same time and GO RIDE!!!!!!!!!! and I still need to sand and paint my garage floor! I hate having it apart now that I have it back.. not much I can do about it tho | ||
| Coyote_xb12s |
Hey Misato, check this out: http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewBikeCatalogue/2004_sms/gallery_a/pages/DSC_0013.htm | ||
| Misato |
 damnit now I have to do my forks too. thats pretty much what I picture mine to look like but with a brighter green... edited by misato on May 19, 2004 | ||
| Misato |
anybody have any more info on that bike? looks like the wheels got some polishing also  | ||
| Smitty |
Wheels what wheels. Oh the bike I almost didnt notice the bike. | ||
| Rockbiter1 |
there's a bike in that pic? | ||
| Ortegakid |
those are called bikes now? | ||
| Buggie |
bling | ||
| Coyote_xb12s |
http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewBikeCatalogue/2004_sms/gallery_b/pages/DSC_0141.htm A view from the front. It looks like it's on display at the Buell booth. these pictures are from the sydney motorcycle show. | ||
| Darthane |
That poor bike | ||
| Jasonxb12s |
Where to find gold leather? | ||
| Misato |
I hate gold. I like all the polishing or nickel, whatever it is. | ||
| Slartibartfast |
Yeah, I was there at the sydney show, but was dissapointed to see that the buell girls were wearing a lot more clothing this year... though the bikes were better!!! | ||
| Buggie |
is the race kit can polishable and what does it take to polish the headers I am getting tired of the bronze colour |
