Author Topic: Paint help needed please guys... (Read 2586 times)

ogri48 · « **on:** 22 March 2014, 10:54:54 am »

Ok blokes, finally started work on sorting the dyna before my son gets it back for spring. Done the easy stuff first, like putting that horrible stock light back on, last job is paint. It was matt black, he prefers gloss. Tank was easy ( I'd bought a gloss one two years back, new in the box off e bay for £190, they list at summat like £600!!), done it yesterday, was a swine of a job as the fuel injector fuel pump is in the tank and has to be partially dismantled inside the tank through the hole in the top, then obviously re assembled vice versa)
Anyhoo, mudguards are still matt black, ( HD call it denim black) taking them off today to sort it. My question is this...if I simply spray the matt black with many coats of lacquer, will it be gloss? Or do I have to gloss black it first I'm picturing it coming out satin or summat, but I have never tried it before so I don't know. All help/ advice appreciated..

ogri48 · « **Reply #1 on:** 22 March 2014, 01:21:39 pm »

Anybody tried vinyl wrap? I suppose that's a possibility but I m thinking he will never change it so paint is more permanent. Could always leav it half and half..

Tori · « **Reply #2 on:** 22 March 2014, 06:26:04 pm »

Quote from: ogri48 on 22 March 2014, 10:54:54 am

Ok blokes

Seriously??? Which century are you living in??

Chris · « **Reply #3 on:** 22 March 2014, 06:28:47 pm »

Quote from: Tori on 22 March 2014, 06:26:04 pm

Quote from: ogri48 on 22 March 2014, 10:54:54 am
Ok blokes

Seriously??? Which century are you living in??

Don't reply Ogri, it's a trap!!!

On a more topical note I believe you can get matte lacquer.

Chris

noggythenog · « **Reply #4 on:** 22 March 2014, 06:34:48 pm »

Quote from: Tori on 22 March 2014, 06:26:04 pm

Quote from: ogri48 on 22 March 2014, 10:54:54 am
Ok blokes

Seriously??? Which century are you living in??

Ha ha

Easy mistake to make on a bike forum though.

Tori · « **Reply #5 on:** 22 March 2014, 06:37:25 pm »

noggythenog · « **Reply #6 on:** 22 March 2014, 06:44:08 pm »

Aw foc now i'm in the trap...howdathatahappen?.....get chris he answered back first!!!!

Andy FZS · « **Reply #7 on:** 22 March 2014, 06:49:47 pm »

Can I take your spade or do you want to keep digging. ?..

mickvp · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 March 2014, 06:50:38 pm »

Moving swiftly on

Ogri, I dont believe you can just laqcuer over the top of matt paint to make it gloss, although I have never tried it admittedly. I have done some vinyl wrapping, some heat (hairdryer or hot air gun) is the key to preventing bubbles and keeping the vinyl pliable.

Oh, and if you do go down the vinyl road, buy the best stuff you can, not just cheap ebay crap...the proper vinyl moulds a lot better, the cheaper stuff is plasticky. (It was 3M Di-noc stuff I used in the past).

Chris · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 March 2014, 06:58:52 pm »

Told you not to reply...

Chris

JoeRock · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 March 2014, 11:42:14 pm »

What's wrong with okay blokes? O.o

mickvp · « **Reply #11 on:** 22 March 2014, 11:50:38 pm »

i assume it could be construed as quite offensive, if you are not a bloke?

JoeRock · « **Reply #12 on:** 23 March 2014, 12:00:19 am »

Quote from: mickvp on 22 March 2014, 11:50:38 pm

i assume it could be construed as quite offensive, if you are not a bloke?

You know for some reason I hadn't even considered the fact that there could potentially be women on this site?

mickvp · « **Reply #13 on:** 23 March 2014, 12:18:28 am »

I think Tori's avatar and user title both hint to the fact she is not, indeed, a bloke

unfazed · « **Reply #14 on:** 23 March 2014, 01:31:52 am »

Quote from: JoeRock on 23 March 2014, 12:00:19 am

Quote from: mickvp on 22 March 2014, 11:50:38 pm
i assume it could be construed as quite offensive, if you are not a bloke?

You know for some reason I hadn't even considered the fact that there could potentially be women on this site?

Do you want a bigger spade or maybe a bucket from a JCB

Chris · « **Reply #15 on:** 23 March 2014, 01:36:58 am »

For focs sake you bunch of muppets. How many times do I need to tell you to not reply

I'm sure everyone, and by that I mean the blokes, is pleasantly surprised that there are ladies that frequent these pages

Chris

ogri48 · « **Reply #16 on:** 23 March 2014, 11:32:43 pm »

Thanks guys, much appreciated the replies, and I'm really sorry if I came across as a sexist dinosaur to that burd. The lacquer straight over the top worked a treat ( see photos in another thread) I'll know next time

mickvp · « **Reply #17 on:** 23 March 2014, 11:54:41 pm »

Quote from: ogri48 on 23 March 2014, 11:32:43 pm

Thanks guys, much appreciated the replies, and I'm really sorry if I came across as a sexist dinosaur to that burd. The lacquer straight over the top worked a treat ( see photos in another thread) I'll know next time

oh dear.....

Chris · « **Reply #18 on:** 24 March 2014, 09:42:07 am »

DOH....

ogri48 · « **Reply #19 on:** 24 March 2014, 02:52:54 pm »

Arrrrr, I'm only messing about. Sorry tori, I forget that the world has changed quite a bit the last thirty or forty years. That trap cartoon is the biz, I hadta show it to my missus, very, very funny, she's always setting traps for me, no idea why....