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touch107fm
23-09-08, 12:00 PM
Hey all

I got a question for any one who has resprayed the bike with spray cans.

I just finished mine and its really good its all back on my pointy sv. I just did the tail fairing as it a few scratches on it. I got the right colour match after lots of research. I got the paint from morrilli paint shop, I avoided using halfords paint and lacquer..
I used a morrelli's lacquer also. Now i have being using my bike for about 2 weeks now and i noticed that rear fairings scratch very easy. Is there something i am missing out on. Is there something i need to do to make my fairings that i just painted and lacquered immune to to scratches we sort of !!!!
Dappa D
23-09-08, 12:08 PM
hi touch, cant help with the question im afraid but any pics of your handy work??
northwind
23-09-08, 12:39 PM
What sort of laquer did you use? Most aerosol clears are pretty soft unfortunately.
jambo
23-09-08, 01:03 PM
What type of paint did you use and how long was it allowed to dry for before the lacquer was applied?

Jambo
touch107fm
23-09-08, 02:02 PM
Hi
As i said the spray paint is from morreli's paint shop. There meant to be the best paint suppliers around. I normally left it 24 hours between sprays. I left the laquered layer about 1 week before i put it back on the bike.

Also i am not selling any parts to my bike....
jambo
23-09-08, 02:05 PM
It's not necessarily a case of "best" or the paint being bad or good. There are several different types of paint, but I believe that cellulose paints are the ones that end up in spray cans. I believe you're supposed to leave them at least a week or so between the last coat of paint and the first coat of lacquer to let them cure properly?

Anyone who knows about paint what to confirm / deny?

Jambo
yorkie_chris
23-09-08, 02:16 PM
As far as I've heard if you want properly hard lacquer then it has to be the nasty 2-pack stuff which you can't really use in your kitchen.
Dappa D
23-09-08, 02:19 PM
Also i am not selling any parts to my bike....

?? eh??? where did that come from
rowdy
23-09-08, 03:20 PM
As far as I've heard if you want properly hard lacquer then it has to be the nasty 2-pack stuff which you can't really use in your kitchen.
correct. highly toxic you need masks and extractors.