Race glass Prep

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Mon May 23, 2011 10:45 pm

Anybody got some pointers on prepping and painting race glass?? Don't need a top finish, just something that doesn't look like my 2 year old did it.

Post by **FZRDude** » Mon May 23, 2011 11:17 pm

I just googled "painting race glass" and came up with this one.

http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/foru ... p?t=143150

I didn't read through it, just scanned over it and saw some nice pics.

dirtexup · Post by **dirtexup** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:17 pm

patience is your friend. apply many thin coats allowing to dry for one day in between.

you can find tons of info on the wera.com bbs about painting race glass.

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:11 pm

Thanks for that!

spook · Post by **spook** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:12 pm

Bring them over and I'll teach you how to drink beer and paint.

I tend to go for a couple of coats (put on in one application) of 2k. (acrylic enamel) put on to the preped race-glass. Quite often the the race glasses gel coat is sufficient as primer. Everyone has their preferred method. I aim for the best possible finish with minimum work on race bikes.

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Tue May 31, 2011 9:51 pm

That was the 929?? Looks good...I know how to drink beer especially yours!

spook · Post by **spook** » Tue May 31, 2011 10:06 pm

JasonL wrote:That was the 929?? Looks good...I know how to drink beer especially yours!

Yes... that was a poorly executed sentence if I've ever made one...

Post by **FZRDude** » Tue May 31, 2011 10:24 pm

spook wrote:Bring them over and I'll teach you how to drink beer and paint.

JasonL wrote:That was the 929?? Looks good...I know how to drink beer especially yours!
Yes... that was a poorly executed sentence if I've ever made one...

You drink paint and beer?!?!?!?! Now that's a party!!!! :ha

spook · Post by **spook** » Tue May 31, 2011 10:51 pm

FZRDude wrote:You drink paint and beer?!?!?!?! Now that's a party!!!! :ha

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:08 am

Paint the town red??

Spook - what paint scheme should I do the VFR in??

YZFRob · Post by **YZFRob** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:09 am

Make sure ALL oils are off before painting. Use a good degreaser designed for wiping down parts before painting.

Also I do have a rule with regards to painting race vehicles.

As long as it looks good at 60mph(100kph) and 60ft (30m).

I;ve seen some club racers our racing with I swear to God, $2000 paint jobs. Its insane to put that much money into a paint job on a vehicle thats more than likely going to get in a crash.

Big Jon · Post by **Big Jon** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:06 am

Same rule here, "Good from far, but far from good!"

ThomVis · Post by **ThomVis** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:09 am

I'm missing one step: Sanding
Building my streetfighter fairings I've spend evenings on sanding, from grid 40 all the way up to grid 1000 (don't know if outside Europe the gridsize is the same).
When building for a "rough" paintjob or expect to paint in thick layers, you can stop around grid 240.

Big Jon wrote:Same rule here, "Good from far, but far from good!"

I've applied that to my circuitbike fairings, grid 120 to get the major bumbs and scratches out, and now in the process of rattlecan painting it. Still in doubt if I should clearcoat it.

spook · Post by **spook** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:34 am

JasonL wrote:Paint the town red??

Is that you Jason??

JasonL wrote:Spook - what paint scheme should I do the VFR in??

Whatever you like, but I do like the RC30 tri-colour scheme. As you have proven to be fast and not prone to crashing, it wont hurt spending a bit of time and $ on paint.

If your times keep moving in the direction you have been travelling in recently, it is inevitable that you will do more of it though... you know what page I'm on with that comment I hope

So buy more than 500ml of each colour....

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:06 am

I did think about the RC30 scheme...in truth no matter the quality I won't have a lot to spend on it, funds need to go to tuning and things that matter!! And yes, starting to have to push more, fell off at PI exactly because of that, really wanted to qualify well to lessen straight line deficit etc. I fell off on the 7th lap, some guys did their fastest laps on laps 8-10 as it was slowly getting less wet, had the session finished on the 7th lap I would have qualified 4th...

spook · Post by **spook** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:11 am

White is the cheapest. How about pink? No you're right... best leave that to Butler

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:29 pm

Well its been white all this time so no big change there, but the scheme I was thinking of was the US Interceptor scheme, White with Blue/red, wouldn't be hard to do. Or something lairy (not pink obviously) but then I'm not lairy, so dunno...something different, OW01 scheme maybe!!

kiwi60 · Post by **kiwi60** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:00 pm

Personally I go for white 2k with sign writers vinyl for all other colours cause it's much easier to patch up after an opps, plus a good signwriter can do digital printing on the vinyl if you want a really funky bike.

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:43 pm

I like this scheme

spook · Post by **spook** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:53 pm

You have gone from not wanting something that looks like a two year old did it, to a gp paddock factory paint scheme