discussion 1/1 paintwork

[Andy T]

Not exactly a hobby but I thought some might find interest in a few of the projects I get up to in the day job. If there are any objections, please let me know and I'll happily pull the thread.

Whilst a lot of my bread & butter work is pretty boring I do get the chance to work on some interesting projects, mostly motorbikes to be fair. I'd love to push my business in that direction but since I'm hoping to retire soon, it's a bit late for that.

This is a tank that I painted & stickered some time ago but it sustained some damage. Rather than start from scratch I've done a local repair.

It's already in primer here but I've carefully masked over the graphics where needed.



I then applied several coats of white, keeping it away from the masking as much as possible to prevent a hard masking line. As you can see, there's only a tiny drift of white on the tape



With white being so transparent I check carefully to make sure it is fully covered. I turn off the booth lights and use a high lumen light with over 96 CRI and 3 different colour temperatures, to make sure it looks good in all daylight conditions

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Once fully satisfied I removed the masking and clearcoated the whole tank

 

[Andy T]

Other bikes I'm in the middle of are an old RD250

Reference picture



The parts have been stripped and epoxy primed



And also a CB 750



The guy has done various bits himself over the past 15 years (lol) and presented them like this

 

[Steven000]

Great skills Andy, looks amazing

 

[PaulTRose]

That RD is from my era

 

[flyjoe180]

Excellent paint jobs Andy.

 

[yak face]

Great stuff andy , love to see this please post more . As my first ever job was a YTS scheme at a bodyshop that turned into an apprenticeship as a sprayer ( sadly cut short after a year when the company went bust ) this really takes me back . In fact I think the skills learned in that year have proved very useful and never left me .

 

[Andy T]

Thanks everyone. I do enjoy the bike & more challenging stuff, but after all this time a lot of jobs are a bit boring.

Tony, if you fancy reliving your youth a have a hail damaged one that needs a few dents filling

I counted 62 on the bonnet. God knows how many there are on the roof, I lost count!

 

[yak face]

Wow , where did you get that from , Kansas ? ! Didnt think we had hail that bad over here ! Think I’ll pass on that one though andy , how about fitting a vinyl roof