My Little Accident Repair Job : Excuse to repaint!! :-)

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Well after many conversations with people, I made the decision to give repainting my scratched parts a repaint. I thought worse comes to worse I will have to get a professional to strip it back down and re-paint it.

So here we go, so far I have repaired the two cracks in the lower fairing with a little bit of plastic welding and also the Top Nose Cose (*Many thanks to specialone*) which also have a scuff and two cracks! but as you will see below I have plastic welded that and took a lot of time wet 'n' dry sanding by hand (Think the misses is going to kill me if I spend much more time in the garage, ha!)

(** Pictures from iPhone Camera so quality not great! I promise the paintwork looks better than it does in photo **)

Lower Fairing Primed



Lower Fairing Painted



Nose Cone Repaired and Primed

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Uploaded photos to my FTP rather than Me iDisk.

They should be there now....

Looks okay does that. Rattle can jobby? You remember to lacquer it after? Just doesn't look quite shiny enough?

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Yep a good rattle can job, lots of preperation and light coats.

Lacquer still to come.. Hopefully finish the lower fairing and nose cone tonight and then move on to the rest.

Yes its not as shiny as I choose to do it slightly matt. So that be why! ha!

Plus once laquered. I'll leave over night and then polish them up aswell so i will get some gloss back. But don't actually want it too glossy as want it to be a little different.

Look pretty simular to mine. The trick is just not to rush.

Will never look as good as a pro job, but, they get the best equipment... See Gav's bike...

Nice work Craig, I'm glad I could help a fellow madlander

Try and spray in a warm room, makes a big difference, the paint will harden better if baked a bit as well.

Build up the layers of laquer, it will give a good amount of gloss and protect it and allow a good flat and polish without cutting into the colour coat.

Ps, leave the paint for a couple of weeks before polishing or the 'green' paint will come off.

Like I said try and bake the paint if possible.

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Originally Posted by Cymraeg_Atodeg

Look pretty simular to mine. The trick is just not to rush.

Will never look as good as a pro job, but, they get the best equipment... See Gav's bike...

Yep all about taking your time...

Yeah it might not be as good as a pro job but it has also cost me a hell of a lot less! Plus If i want to repaint them all another colour I'm not so sad that I spent hundreds on a pro job.

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Originally Posted by specialone

Nice work Craig, I'm glad I could help a fellow madlander

Try and spray in a warm room, makes a big difference, the paint will harden better if baked a bit as well.

Build up the layers of laquer, it will give a good amount of gloss and protect it and allow a good flat and polish without cutting into the colour coat.

My garage is warmer than the house! The electric company is currently loving me! ha! Why the previous owner couldn't have plumbed the central heating into the garage aswell. ha!

Yeap I'm planning on building up the layers on the laquer also.. Should end up looking pretty good!

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Heres the nose cose after a couple of paint coats.