Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
sanding down my frame?
RoostDaddy:
--- Quote from: hillclimber147 on January 29, 2010, 05:19:46 AM ---Aircraft paint stripper works great on the swingarms. You can give it a light sanding afterwards to get a factory bike look.
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X2 on that, plus you can do the same with the sub-frame. Unless you feel like sanding and polishing both of them to a mirror finish.
Rd:
Be very careful spraying Imron.
http://www.bronkalla.com/upkeep/spray_imron.htm
I agree with MDW471. If you are not changing colors the factory paint is a good base.
Johnniespeed:
Sandblasting is so cheap here in Michigan, that hand sanding is hard to justify, the cost of sand paper and time wasted. I own a pressure blaster, but still send my stuff out to have it done professionally. I only use my blaster when a spot is missed or for a late night fix.
Powder coating while costly, turns out so nice and is so easy to deal with, just pick out the color and pick up the great looking part. I own all the painting stuff, regulators, respirators etc, and I utilize powder as much as possible. My powdercoater preheats the parts in his oven before spraying the powder, it helps the powder flow into the corners and seems to eliminate the chipping other powder coaters complain about.
RoostDaddy:
I agree with you guys on powdercoating, as my K5 was done close to 10 years ago and still looks amazing. I personally would do this any day over tradional paint (unless DOUGH906 would do a custom paint job like his for peanuts.)
But USMC states he "was wondering if anyone has had any luck with a painting method other than powder coating."
USMC 500:
Just finished pounding out the bearings from the swingarm pivot and shock pivot........and while I was at it I pounded out the steering head races...........THE INSANITY CONTINUES WITH PROJECT "I WAS ONLY GONNA CLEAN THE AIR FILTER"!!!....Now I gotta decide wether to powder coat, annodize, or home paint the frame, sub frame and swingarm....... :-o :-D
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