Changing the colour of my SV.

where abouts are you? i'd leave all preping for the people your get to do the spraying, the prepings the most important bit yes for a "proper" job its best to strip the tank down,filler out badges off and the little rubber bits off

Originally Posted by ben650

where abouts are you? i'd leave all preping for the people your get to do the spraying, the prepings the most important bit yes for a "proper" job its best to strip the tank down,filler out badges off and the little rubber bits off

Does any one have a nice guide on preping the tank?

Originally Posted by ben650

where abouts are you? i'd leave all preping for the people your get to do the spraying, the prepings the most important bit yes for a "proper" job its best to strip the tank down,filler out badges off and the little rubber bits off

KayDee
If you are serious about getting the panels sprayed to a professional standared then I would agree with ben650 that the prepings is the most important part.

If the prep work is not right then no matter how good the painter gets the paint finish the panels will not look good.

As your panels are practically new a good preper would have the panels ready for primer in no time, another thing is a lot of the body repair shops here are using water based paint only.

HTH

Originally Posted by H62

KayDee
If you are serious about getting the panels sprayed to a professional standared then I would agree with ben650 that the prepings is the most important part.

If the prep work is not right then no matter how good the painter gets the paint finish the panels will not look good.

As your panels are practically new a good preper would have the panels ready for primer in no time, another thing is a lot of the body repair shops here are using water based paint only.

HTH

Hey, thanks for the reply. I do want them sprayed to a professional finish. What is the best kind of paint for the bike? What is wrong with water based paint? Do you know any good shops in Belfast or near by that could prep and spray my panels, tank and grab rail to a professional finish?

i agree, Black SVs are the best!!!! lol

make sure you post some "before"+"after" pics

Originally Posted by KayDee

Hey, thanks for the reply. I do want them sprayed to a professional finish. What is the best kind of paint for the bike? What is wrong with water based paint? Do you know any good shops in Belfast or near by that could prep and spray my panels, tank and grab rail to a professional finish?

KayDee
There is nothing wrong with the waterbased paint, by law next year all paint sold to body repair shops here will be waterbased.

Any of the repair shops can do a professional job, you would need to go around a few and get quotes for doing the work, some of them may not want to take bike parts on but I would try as many as I could.

Wrights, Lindsays,Bodytech are a few good bodyshops in or around Belfast

if the panels are new theres no need for primer, water based paints are no better than any thing else,and as to what paint is best all painters have there own prefered paints,as long as its a decent 2pack paint and the bloke doeing its good all should be well

we'd charge about £350 if you brought just the panels but were in the midlands

Avoid places doing it to cheap,because if the moneys not there,the blokes heart aint gonna be in the job,he'll just rush it and then nobodys happy

the 'blackest' black that we used was bmw black .a lot of blacks have have a lot of diff colours in ,binding agents and all that and a bit of 'true black' pigment .with the bmw black it was the other way about i.e a lot of pigment and less binders/fillers we used to use it on all black cars cos it really did look the best 'off the gun' orrr,base black and glasurit lacqer ,ye pays yer money

[timwilky]

If you are serious about painting brand new, perfect panels. Sell them.

buy any old panels off ebay and the like and get them painted