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Renovation Time
z1100r:
Oh deary deary me...a big cock up. The black on the tank is very soft, like very very soft. In fact the blue is a bit soft to. It should of been dry enough in this weather after 3 or 4 days but it marked like crazy with just the tape. So I've had to strip back and paint all blue again.
Had a think and after trying out the 2K laquer on the side panels and other parts I'd got painted I formulated a plan. The laquer is absolutely brilliant stuff, I cannot believe the side panels and after 3 or 4 hours the laquer is drier and harder than the paint will ever be and looks like glass.
I'm going to have to 1 coat laquer the tank when its just plain blue, then mask up to do the black, then flat the whole lot to dull with 1200 and laquer it all again. Do gold and white stripes flat whole tank back again and give it final laquer coat. If it comes out like these side panels have it will be amazing.
Very very peed off this afternoon...it looked superb - then I trashed it with lining tape - but I cant wait a year for it to go hard. I ve put it back to all blue and will leave until Wednesday. Going to the Lakes for 4 days walking, when I get back I'll laquer it and put the black back on.
Spitfire:
It's a pain in the bum when that happens, rare but a pain nonethless, I usually finish models with enamel paint through my airbrush and it normally takes about 3 days for the paint finish to fully cure.
Mind you, you are finding all the pitfalls for me !
Cheers
Den
z1100r:
I just had 4 days in the lake district followed by 5 days on our canal boat, I should be chilled out..!!! but this tank...man oh man.
I am very fast changing my mind about all this paint. I'm back at square one with not even a plain blue tank now. The foooking stuff is reacting with itself ...like different tins are made of different stuff. I think I'm going to have to strip it all right back to bare and start again.
The frame and swinger are back.....absolutely beautiful. The guy did a fantastic job and only charged me
z1100r:
Oh well...I think I'm going to get there (bike ready for IOM) ...engine is in amd all ancillaries blasted and painted, airbox mudguards, electrics all on - but not connected. Side panels complete including badges.
But Still no handlebars and the tank is a nightmare. I feel like shot blasting the bloody thing and going and buying the proper stuff. One side of the tank has been done 2 weeks now and you can still mark it like crazy with the softest touch. Its like its bake on paint but if you heat it up it goes softer.
Creates a stunning shine but there's something wrong somewhere so its become a kind of try and save something to go with sort it out when I come back. Add some piccies later but its just the usual super clean half built bike stuff.
z1100r:
Well I dont freaking believe it....my brake back plate doesnt fit my new rear hub. Holy crap, 550 K3 hubs and back plates are different to 500 fours I guess.
The hub is bored out larger on my 550 wheel and a ribbed back plate is fitted. I've had a look at some pics and it appears a 500 back plate is not ribbed..is this correct..??
I dont have my original, the brake drum liner bulged, cracked and fell to bits 20 years ago.
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