Tips For Painting Your Motorcycle

Here are some tips to help you paint your motorcycle yourself and save a lot of money to do.

Required Materials

Reducer
Plastic Filler --
Flowable Putty
Primer and curing agent
Epoxy Sealer
Base Color Paint
Clearcoat / hardener
K 80,120,400,600,1500,2000 wet / dry sandpaper

Homemade Paint Booth

To create a homemade paint booth in your garage or shed, here what you need to do. First, put plastic on all walls.This not only protects your walls, but also helps reflect the light so that you can see better. If you are on the plastic, put fans in the windows. Tape to seal around the rim of the fans, around the plastic around them.

You need the paint booth to be too bright as possible, so that you can see what you can do. You can buy temporary fluorescent lamps cost at Home Depot and Lowe's. This great work for this type of project, and they can be connected easily, since they onlyPlugs into a wall outlet or extension cords.

Safety Tips

There are some things that you think before you paint. First of all, can paint fumes is toxic, and they are also flammable. For these reasons, the place where you can not paint your house to be installed.

If you wire your lights in, make sure you get it right. Be sure that the ceiling above the lights to protect them from the suit. They are also required for another useRespirator while painting to protect against the fumes. Make sure the respirator has the right kind of filter for the type of paint you use.

Paint Equipment

To paint your own motorcycle you must have at least two paint guns. You also need a compressor, air hose and a regulator with a water separator. The first paint gun is for the primer and the second is for the base coat and clearCoats.

Preparation

You need a motorcycle fuel and oil tanks to check before you start painting. Make sure that they pressure tested and free from leaks. You should begin to remove by sandblasting the metal parts on your motorcycle, the old color. If you do not have a sandblaster, you can use sandpaper to sand them. Wipe the parts you sanded with a non oil-based degreaser before you begin painting.

You need to apply filler to the low spots. Mix in smallBatches. It cures quickly. Make sure they apply as smoothly as possible. Sand with 80 sandpaper after it dries, then check for any nicks or low places. Fill them and repeat the sanding process. If everything is smooth, it is time for the primer.

Two layers of epoxy primer. After drying, with a spray bomb of black paint and spray over the surface very easily. This will make mistakes, you show your complete work. Use a light processing putty to repair these problemsSpots. Therefore, you should also wrapped in cloaks, then with a foam sanding block in 80 sandpaper to smooth it, followed by 120 K to 400 K.

Now we turn the last primer. If it is dry, use 400 rough sandpaper around a little so that the surface of base coat will keep better. Wear a coat of epoxy sealer before applying the base coat. This improves the surface and helps prevent blisters.

Be sure to read the instructions for the color you use, and allowabout the proper time between coats. Also, make sure you mix the color and paint properly if the temperature within the permissible range or in a temperature-controlled building.

Base Coat & Clear Coat

Apply the color to the manufacturer's instructions, then a layer of clear lacquer. After the first coat has dried clear coat, use 600 wet sandpaper to sand smooth. Sand until the ridges They seem to disappear in the sand.

Ifyou are going to paint graphics on your motorcycle, paint the graphics next. Then apply another coat of clear. You may need two coats of clear over the graphics. Wet sand with 600 grit sandpaper between each coat of clear. After you sand the last clear coat with 600, sand it again with 1500. To make the finish even smoother, you can follow that up with 2000 grit.

Polishing

You will need a variable speed polisher with a buffing pad for the last step, and some polishing Connection. The store where you buy your supplies may recommend using a good polish. Now all that is done, it is polished for the perfect buff out, then sit back and admire your work.