no help here, but i'd like to know the same thing!

 

Look for the post on dupont chrome illusion paint their is a link to a site with some very good info. I'll put the link if I find it.

 

http://www.unrealshadow.homestead.com/painting1.html
lots of good info!!!!!!

 

Whoa! thats a bit to involved for what I had in mind. This is a salvaged bike with three different colored body parts I just want everything to be flat black. The fiberglass stuff I think Im just going to sand with some 300grit and then spray with flat black auto touch up from Napa Auto parts maybe some kind of sealer on top. The tank is the tuff one. It has what looks like stickers under the clear coat so I dont know if I should try and scrape them off and then sand or what. I dont want to strip the paint and then do bondo and everything cause the tank is dented and that would require even more time and money. This is an EXTREMELY low budget project. I am looking for the route you would take when painting your sons dirt bike.

 

Bill,
I worked for a body shop for a few years (mostly repairing wrecked mechanical components- struts rads etc) and learned a little bit. If you just want paint to stick a nice even 300-500 grit sand job will do if there is existing paint (or clear). Plastic needs to be prepped with a scotchbrite pad (roughed up) and Bumper paint or something with a high polyurethane content must be used as it obviously flexes more than metal.
I you are fixing the dents in metal it has to be brought down bare, filled with bondo (please no drilling holes and using dent pullers on a tank), sanded smooth (use spot putty if there are air bubbles in the bondo), primed , sanded then painted.

 

Im prob gonna paint my bike myself...have a little bit of of time under my belt from painting with my bro who taught me alot about...its really not that hard at all....just takes a little time and a good eye....and have good equipment also helps alot ...

 

quote:I am looking for the route you would take when painting your sons dirt bike

I would sand blast the frame and powder coat it then put on new plastics. I am sure your not looking for that tech[/emoticons/emotion-2.gif]

 

So here is what I did with just the front fender so far, I cleaned with de greaser real good. Then I sanded with 320. Cleaned real good again. Then I sprayed it with sandable flat black primer (auto spray paint stuff) then sanded any blems with 400. Spray with semi flat black (auto spray paint stuff again) Now I am looking for a polyurathane spray on product to seal the deal. So far it looks cool, like a ducati monster or hondas new 919

 

polyurathane clear my not be compatible with non poly paint. Make sure you check!

 

Well, I got some poly spray and it seems to have worked pretty good so thats gonna be the route I take. Well see after a few hundred miles.