Recent content by sandmanred

Be fussy about fit up, no gap is ideal. You should be able to go autogenous (no filler) if fit up is good. Does your welder have pulse? If so it's a big benefit, 30-30-30 is a good place to start, 30% background, 30% at full power and 30 hertz. I think back purge is essential for the weld...

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Same pictures as I've shown above but for a local on line contest. https://www.denniskirk.com/garagebuild/2002-yamaha-vstar-650/

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I went with Black Widow.

Paint and powder coating done for now. There are a few small issues on the fender that I'll deal with later. I was waiting on a seal kit to change the front caliper to black. Of course it was late but happened to arrive right after the pictures were taken. I will be taking another run at the...

Thanks! Started to receive powder coated parts. All are in the front end and it's all black. These are the super glossy parts, the rest are glossy but not as much as these.

On the way. There's a few minor issues with the fender but the tank came out great. I'm gonna put it together and get some miles on it yet this summer I hope. I'm having second thoughts about the pinstripes. I may still play around with vinyl just to get a look see but there is so many...

Here's the rear fender just after painting. Overall the paint came out okay. I spent the day wet sanding and hope to buff and polish all the painted items (side covers, tank and fender) soon. https://youtube.com/shorts/zmKvS0ivahQ?feature=share

Thanks, now that I got a chance to walk around it looks pretty good. I think (hope) I have enough clear on there to sand and polish out the orange peel texture.

This is after another coat of epoxy primer, sand to 320, fill a few pinholes with glazing compound, sand to 320, a coat of high build 2k primer, sanding 400, top coat gloss black, top coat clear super glossy. It's still wet in this photo, drying smoothed it out a bit and I'll probably wet sand...

Thanks for the thoughtful response. So far I'm going mostly down the path of your all in approach. So far it's exclusively 2k products from Spraymax. There's a base of epoxy and the filler so far. I plan to epoxy over that to cover up the bare spots followed by a 2k high build primer...

Slowly making progress. It's official; I hate doing body filler. I don't have much experience and wondering how far to go with coverage. Do I need to fully cover all the bare metal spots or can a few of them peek through as long as I'm getting to all my guide coat on final sand?

A file sander works great for fine shaping. I have a short one that runs a 3/8 x 13 inch belt but if you could get a hold of one that runs a 3/8 x 18 that would be even better. A long knife with a fresh ground edge works like a serrated knife for hacking off bigger pieces. Be extremely...

The painting begins. I did the side covers first with a base coat of black and a gloss clear coat. Both were 2k from a rattle can, the Spraymax brand. We'll see how they buff out as I got more dust than I was hoping for. The frame got touched up with primer over the welded areas and Krylon...