2 Wheels ???

"MouseFitzgerald" (MouseFitzgerald) 12/16/2013 at 08:29 • Filed to: 2 Wheels Good, Paint

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Good morning oppo.

I come to you this morning with a question.

This past summer I bought a 2006 R6. It looks like at some point the bike was dropped at slow speed or fell out of a truck or something. There are scratches on a few of the plastic panels that I'd like to take care of. In the next few weeks I want to paint all the plastic parts and wanted to know if anyone here would have suggestions on the best paints to use for plastic. I intend to primer everything and am not going to be using rattle cans (hells no). Pricing is semi important but I'd rather do it right than twice.

Another question is on painting with a satin texture. I'd like to paint almost all the blue parts satin black and the 'winglets' on the sides ( they say R6 on them in the photo) a dolphin grey gloss. Would the best way be to just spray a satin clear after paint?

So many questions.

SantaRita > MouseFitzgerald 12/16/2013 at 10:15

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Why not just do it with Plasti-dip? They have matte colors and you can always undo it later. You can buy it in tubs to use with a a sprayer.

Otherwise you'll need to sand/use deglosser and then prime the plastics so new paint can stick or it can flake and crack.

MouseFitzgerald > SantaRita 12/16/2013 at 10:21

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I want the winglets to be high gloss and I don't like the texture plastidip gives. I want the satin to have some depth and plastidip always looks very flat and IMO boring, even with the glossifier. Also plastidip on the tank will wear as jeans rub on it. Not really interested in changing it later either.

As far as the primer goes though will I need something special for the plastic? I assume auto primer would do as bumpers these days are all plastic.

SantaRita > MouseFitzgerald 12/16/2013 at 11:46

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they do make specialty primers for plastic. bulldog 'adhesion promoter' is pro quality, and it's needed mostly on edges and corners than the big panel areas.