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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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Default Just wondering: preping a bike for flat black paint job?

Just wondering because I'm about to get my bike from my accident and I know its basically scraped to ****. I've prepped CRX's but its all metal, how do you prep a bike?
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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Default Re: Just wondering: preping a bike for flat black paint job? (csingham)

Sand the plastics lightly, repair any rash or cracks. Fusor is a good product, or you can use cheap plastic weld to fill the gaps, it works fine. Then I used flexible parts primer, and sanded down to 320. Once primed I sprayed the black on, i think around 5 coats. Make sure it's thick enough to not dry too fast, but not so thick that is runs or gets uneven. Mine dried a little fast in some spots, so I wet sanded down to 1000 then resprayed. Here's how it turned out (bike isn't finished in the pics, and that bald front and f2 wheel is long gone )





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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 08:15 AM
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Default Re: Just wondering: preping a bike for flat black paint job? (fatboy01)

That's very nice
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