Hello mighty organs.
I admit it. For the last ten years or so I've been harbouring a secret. I have a classic scooter.
It was bought on a whim when I was young and even more stupid than I am now (I think). Since then it sat in my parents garden for a couple of years until they moved and it was then moved into my garage where it's sat maturing. The only riding I did on it was round and round the garden. It's actually what got me into riding bikes but I won't go into that.
I've been toying with the idea of selling it but have decided that I might regret never having used it so I'm going to at least get it on the road and see what happens. If I do then it's a keeper but if not I should get a couple of hundred quid extra for it being on the road if I flog it.
I reckon that with my limited knowledge of spannering and a book or two I can get it back on the road and plan on doing all the mechanical stuff myself. I was going to leave the old bits looking old as they were when the bike was imported and replace only what needs replacing. The bodywork however is a slightly different story. The people I bought it off done a smashing job (NOT!) of hand painting it in Chelsea colours, not that I've got anything against Chelsea but I don't like rubbish paint jobs, especially on lovely classics. I don't know what it was painted with and it hasn't got brush strokes, but it isn't pretty. It's pretty similar to
Specialone's (now gone) Lammy but is MUCH quicker with about another whole horsepower more!
My plan with the paintwork is to hopefully remove the rubbish to show off the lovely light metallic blue (and probably some light brown) beneath and this is where I ask questions!
How can I get the bodged paint off without removing the original colour?
The only way I can think of is to manually rub it down until I see the colour I want.
If that is the only way would I just need tons of elbow grease and wet and dry?
I've read that the top coats won't be as hardcore as the original paint as it probably wasn't baked in an oven. Could that provide me with a method?
Your mighty organ opinions are welcomed but keep the slagging to a minimum. I am 99% biker, I just like to try new thing.
P.S. Specialone I hope you don't mind me linking to your thread.