spraying plastic
 

What a boring day I'm having at work!!!!!!! :glasses11:

Been thinking about spraying the fairings from shiny black....to matt black :toothy9:

Anybody know whats needed for the process??? Do I need to sand it?? Prime it?? anything else???

fine sand it with the finest paper you find, ask SAETTA how he did his fairings cause he did a grand job

Cheers

Thanks for the offer mate, but I'm in Istanbul ;) Would have liked to had a spare set of plastics so as the original are kept well, original.

Matt black cant be all that bad though, there are some that came straight out of the factory in a matt finish and no one seems to have complained?

factory matt black and the matt black you spray out of a can is different. anything out of factory will be easier to clean... trust me.

Not if Yamy matt paint is used :dontknow:

Either way we're talking about the front fender, two tank panels and the bit behind the seat, how much graft is it to clean that lot :083:


oops...I forgot to mention that I'm gonna chat to a mate at a custom chopper shop who is an airbrusher, see if I can get a good price. If that fails I have an uncle who is a car sprayer.....if that fails I'll sand it down & leave it as is :p

Denny check out my photos : http://xt660.com/showthread.php?t=2302

Stabak thats mint :023:

Exactly what I want, but including the front mudguard too. Did you do it yourself, if so please tell me how and if it looks like its gonna stand the test of time ;) Also, the headlight surround looks as though its only been sanded?

I was at a friends airbrush garage today and we were looking at putting a red or white ace of spade in exactly the same place as your one!!!

cheers!

I clicked the link and there is nothing on the link. I see the text but no picture I presume?

Yes there are pics, here they are...

http://stabak.homeip.net/xtx/xtx4.jpg

http://stabak.homeip.net/xtx/xtx3.jpg

http://stabak.homeip.net/xtx/xtx2.jpg

What exhausts are they? they look like Termignoni's and they look very nice.

yeap termis they are...

As of the procedure, I left the front panel untouched (with that exotic faded grey color) because I needed the bike everyday... The rest was sanded, primed, fine sanded and finaly painted with a matt black with plastic preserver (i am not aware of the exact term?). The photos do look like it shines but they are not gloss....the color is exactly like the tank's but not metallic.... It is not actual dull matt cause from my experience that look needs less hands and is easily cracked or scraped.... after all those panels are thin little *******s and exposed to any danger... sorry for hijacking the thread...

The ace of spades is copyrighted Denny 8-)

Thanks for the reply Stabak!

When you say front panel do you mean the fender or the headlight surround?

So you sanded, primed , fined sanded then painted? Why did you fine sand after priming? Also, was the paint a special mixture of plastic preserver or did you apply a final coat of preserver?

Sorry for all the questions, mate. I've never done this before and dont want to screw it up :thumbsup:

Oh & dont worry about the copyriht infringement, I'll think of another little design :lol

That looks really good! Well done.
I'm also thinking of going matt black with some hints of yellow, but I'm going from blue so I'm not sure if the blue will shine through... Which might look nice :)
Any specific brand of spraypaint to use? I've heard Montana paints stick to anything, so I'll probably go with them, or are there other, better alternatives? Should I instead use proper car paint? or plascon :)

does anyone actually has pictures of an Xt660 in matt black colours?
want to have some extra panels made in that colour but would be nice to see how it looks first...