DIY Spray Paint Whole Bike

last SG · 2002-02-10T15:03:00+00:00

paiseh forgot to write where i bought it. i bought it at alexandra village, opposite queensway shopping centre very near the overhead bridge. i think the sho...

feng125 SG

Thanks to LexZEUS for sharing his experience! budden hor... Spray in enclosed room will kill every living thing in it bcos of the fumes right? i mean... own home leh! i can tahan but my family cannot. I actually sprayed my own nova helmet silver and black at my 10th floor lift lobby but the wind blew the newspaper unto the wet paint! Started all over again but managed to get it right finally.

But the fairings is totally different. how to take out the fairing head and the other parts? i see the motordiam do, the SP without fairing no headlights no nothing...like very naked. anybody got workshop to spare? need airbrush...

tOngEh SG

u cant ssprau ur bike jus like that. u need to sand away the old paint then dry it then spary a new layer over and over again......

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tOngEh
A good rider is one who can live long enough to ride another day.

ah_tee SG

dun forget the lacquer

and also, the temp use to dry the paint also matters

ong n sons dry their newly painted fairings in an oven

Givache SG

got spray ur own bicycle before??
is the same idea...
but the outcome will not be nice..unless u r pro...
hehe...so better go shop spray lah...
mayb if u spray one color can D.I.Y loh.

nismoS132 SG

DIY only if you aren't hoping for a very chio paint work.
coz there is no way for you to lacquer the bike that well Smile

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LexZEUS SG

hehe .. sorry havent mention to you that I am living alone in one HDB apartment.. Very Happy ..
I have tried to paint in HDB car park before, but the wind is too strong so the brust never reach to my fairing on the spot.. as there should be 30cm distance between the sprayer and the object).. so it is hard to spray in windy area. Maybe, the suitable place is in garage or in workshop (just give the boss $10 so you can use his place for 1 to 3 hours)... the first one hour to spray all the thing, then the rest to make it dry... then attach everyting, then go home and sleep .. Smile

But paint won't poison you unless you drink it Very Happy ...

Givache SG

like tat must as well ask the bikeshop spray sua..
for one color i tink less than $200 can get..

feng125 SG

spray one colour less than $200 can get meh? i only want to spray one colour thats y i intend to DIY to learn. but even the grab rail oredi got problem liao how to paint who bike, somemore buy the paints and the lacquer oso need $$.den spray liao like shit send for pro to spray...not worth the time and money to DIY knowing that the lacquer will never be as good. then i seriously might as well send to motordiam...

i wanna spray my hornet all silver... its bcos i saw one a year back that i fall in luv with the hornet.

No1Lover SG

thumb of rule...

dun spray too thick or hold to close...

spray from a distance...just a THIN coat.....

dry liao.....spray another coat.....

spray as many THIN coats until u feel u are satified lor Very Happy

nismoS132 SG

actually DIY spray is more for home racers, or patch up work...
or for those bo luei kia (ie. me Very Happy )

if u wan chio, send go shop do is best.
coz after they paint it, they bake your fairings, such that the paint is pushed into your fairings. this call good quality.

or u happy u put in your house oven and bake oso loh. fairing melt dun come to me hor

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LexZEUS SG

agree wif kofguy, I do my DIY paint coz my fairing get stolen and not worth if must ask motodiam respray again... unless like last time (spraying whole bike), I asked motortiam to spary for me...

Me... spraying only middle part of right fairing only cost $16 (the sprayer and lacquer only) .. compare it wif motortiam spraying ... about $50..

$200.. cannot get sprayed laah...
Mine 2 colors (including the rim) is $440 already ... without rim is $380 (I'm asking wing fuat, as poon, hock kim leong, all give me same price)...

Spray wif any design (without rim) should be around $400++ ...

nismoS132 SG

hey what kinda lacquer did you use?
did the paint crack?
did you use a primer?

where buy ah? Very Happy

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Ah^Huat SG

Er...my neighbour died fews years back due to too much inhale of paint. He is a car spray shop owner.

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tOngEh SG

if really intersted i can intro u to one paint shop in JB
i paint my bike 3 colours plus design and fading and rims.$280 sg doallers

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LexZEUS SG

The brand is pylox, same wif the brand of the painting sprayer. I bought about $6 (if not forgot)..

I buy on painting shop near Aljuneid MRT station (geylang).. I asked the owner for lacquer to coat motorcycle. Then, the owner gave me that..

I dunno if the lacquer good or not.. but the paint doesn't crack until now (maybe I used the same brand: pylox)??
On the lacquer "HOW TO USE" I saw motorcycle icon (among other icons). So it should be fine for motorcycle... The lady oso said it can be used for any kind of plastics.

LexZEUS SG

maybe lor ... coz people oso can die if smoke too much.. everything which is too much or too often is not good lah...

LexZEUS SG

hehehe .. nice bargain .. but too late Smile

feng125 SG

when i sprayed my helmet i used 2 lacquers. the 1st was the nippon paint Clear. they said its lacquer but the finish very blur, stop using it for my helmet and used it for my grab bar instead and the aint cracked after a while. so dun buy the nippon clear...it sux.

i bought the pylox lacquer too for my helmet and i sprayed over the nippon lacquer and the results were fantastic. after 3 coats i could see the reflection of my pimples in my own helmet. seriously recommended.

wat abt paints? i used to nippon one cos the chrome silver wasn too bad but haven tried others. got one shop at ubi specialise selling nippon paint 1 can $3.50 only.

Givache SG

can lah...
one color quite cheap...

anoymous SG

that was cheap...
can tell me the address?
so how is the quality?