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Reclaiming an old damaged CB550F2/K3 rotor cover
Oddjob:
Just bought another cover like this one off Ebay, some small damage but nowhere near where this one was. I'll do that one and sell it on I reckon.
Matt_Harrington:
;D Yes, those mini flap wheels are great! You obviously use similar methods to me, the only difference is you are better at it and spend a lot more time than I would! :o
Oddjob:
Small update on the cover, painted the logo last night at 3am, couldn't sleep so thought I'd do something productive. I painted inside the screw holes as they just collect muck otherwise. I also painted the black areas on the tank badge I'm restoring.
Will do the Made In Japan area tonight, just wanted to see how it looked with just the normal area painted first, I'll also do the outer ring.
I'll also do the white interior of the letters on the tank badge. After that I'll touch up the gold and lacquer it.
Johnny4428:
Nice resto work there again Ken! 3 am?? I don’t think I would be much good to anybody at that unearthly hour. 🤣😴😴
Oddjob:
Another step forward with the rotor cover and the tank badge. Learning what works and what doesn't.
Painted the Made In Japan engraving and the outer ring, made a few mistakes when cleaning off the excess and that means I need to do another layer of paint on top of that one but the effect is there.
I have decided to sell this one, most likely on Ebay. As these covers are £200 new and they are rarer than unicorn droppings and the fact that it's highly polished, I've set the price at £150. If a member wants it I'll sell it for £130 inc P&P.
I now have another casing to do, exactly the same as this one, which is already earmarked for a member on here for his 550. When I get his in return I'll do another and probably sell that on as well.
Here's how it currently looks, still needs a little tidying up and of course another layer of paint. I've got to say I like the look of this, better than just the logo painted.
The tank badge also got some more paint, the white interior of the letter has now been done. Like the rotor cover another layer is needed, as the paint dries it tends to shrink a little. I think that the other badge will be done slightly differently, I'll do the gold last I think as removing excess paint also removed small areas of gold. Might as well avoid that and do the gold last and then lacquer it as the gold I think won't be as hardy for outside use as I want. I'm thinking of petrol resistant matt lacquer.
Here's how it looks right now. I may put up a picture of the other one which is untouched at the moment just for a comparison when it's finally done.
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