Newbie has to confess his colour cockup so that others don't follow

love the forum, dont post much 'cause im shy, but i need a vent for todays cockup.
i bought a curvy in yellow, fully faired as my first bike not 6 months ago, it looked the dogs, that was until the week before last, i droped it at about 40. snapped the gear changer straight from the hanger, scuffed and cracked the left hand fairing lost my screen, mirror etc. being a tight ar5e i decided to delve into the forum in search of guidence rather than taking it to a pro for repair (newbie, thirdpart only). The site served me well and all went swimingly. One week on the bike is mechanically sound again with a few upgrade hear and there. Great, lets get the fairing sorted and back on the road.
Filled, sanded, filled again, sanded , sanded , sanded and sanded again, lookin good lets buy some paint and primer. Here is the lesson,

NEVER BUY YELLOW (FINE SCRATCH FILLING) PRIMER FOR YOUR YELLOW BIKE!
I put my heart and soul in to getting the best posible fininsh i could. Unfortunately using a yellow primer changed the shade of the finished article, and i dont mean a little either. I know its not the paint thats wrong as i used white primer on the lesser damaged lowers, and they are a perfect colour match.

So here is another weekend working on the bike not riding it all because of yellow ****in' primer! aahhhhhhh!!!!!!

You're ok using the deep scratch primer, but you do have to go over it in white to get the right finish, the yellow top coat is pearlesent so needs a white bottom coat, I've learnt lots about painting too!!

Ohh useful info!! Ive got a yellow curvy, both sides of the full fairing scratched now so I may be attempting the repairs myself.

Thanks for sharing your cockup! im sure youll have it looking perfect soon, you seem pretty determined on that.

While im here, where do you guys get your matching yellow spray from?

paints4u.com, dont for to lacquer it after

You do realise there are two yellows for the curvy?

The early strong yellow and the later paler one, which is pearlesent.

I got the pearl canyon yellow, the deeper one. The paint suppliers told me it was pearesent and to put a white basecoat on first

[flymo]

Originally Posted by taffo

love the forum, dont post much 'cause im shy, but i need a vent for todays cockup.

There you go see, we didnt hurt you did we

All experience is gained from ****-ups somewhere down the line, its pretty helpful when you post stuff like this as it helps all of us. I'll be bearing that in mind when I crack open the paint tins

thanks bud

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

You do realise there are two yellows for the curvy?

The early strong yellow and the later paler one, which is pearlesent.

Mines an 02 curvy, would that be enough to tell which yellow I have or did they co-exist?

There's usually a code under the seat I think it is, or ask Hovis for everything yellow!

[dizzyblonde]

look here for your colour of bike
http://www.bike-paint.co.uk/suzuki%201999.htm

then ring these peeps for your correct touch up kit
http://www.motorbikepaint.co.uk/

very very helpful and they will send you the right stuff, my main dealer uses them. I've got a touch up kit coming on monday. Ok it cost me 8 pound each for a tip ex type pot( base, colour, laquer) in Y9H( pearl lively yellow)
a fiver for a tube of filler, and they gave me a sample pot of compound for over the top. Carriage costs because companies don't like transitting paint

but I think its worth it for the right products, and they are very helpful, they don't mind you ringing for advice neither