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So I posted a bit back about this hole here...
Was wondering what it was for, and the consensus was to check the fluid level for the rear brakes. Well, gonna move that anyways as part of my over bike modifications coming up, and don't need a hole there.
Broke out the can of liquid ABS and started on filling a few holes, including that one on my plastics. BTW, you can pick this up at Lowes for like $6. Can is still over half full, and this would be the 3rd set of fairings fixed.
Started out with roughing up the hole edges.
Then cut out a piece of ABS from a small sheet I had laying around to fit the hole.
Applied the Liquid ABS
Waited for it to flash over about 30 mins, then applied some to the back as well. Then waited for it to mostly cure for about 24 hours. Sanded it down partially to remove the shiny surface and allowed it to cure some more for about 3-4 hours. The shiney surface will slow down the curing in my experiance keeping it soft and spongy, and i'm going to be sanding it flush when it is cured.
Finished sanding it down so that it pretty well flush with the rest of the piece. You can still see the piece is wet here. I wet sanded most of the times to keep the dust down in the work area. I really hate having to wear a mask while sanding, and it's much easier to clean up when you don't have paint dust everywhere. Time to prime it with filler primer.
Here you can still see the work area is a bit ruff under the primer. Time to wet sand it down.
Since this is the first wet sand over the primer, I wanna see if any other areas need work as well. A light dusting of a different color primer, here I used black, before sanding helps to show you any low spots or ripples you need to sand out.
After the first wet sand, you can see there is still a little work to be done on the hole filled spot.
Add another coat of primer and wet sand once more lightly. And here you see it is blended in nicely and no more hole.
This is just my initial prep for paint. I still have a few more things to do. I'll probably be doing a futher modification on the lower edges before I'm done, but this puts it alot closer to being ready for paint soon.
My painter will do another coat of primer, full wet sand down, then a sealer coat, before adding color. Pretty sure it's going to be a nice blue when I'm done.
Here is a pic of some of the other parts hanging after being primed the first time.
I've modified the front fender as some of you might notice. Here is a closer look at it. Left side of the pic goes to the front of the bike.
And here is an "in progress" as I'm filling the large turn signal holes on the main fairings.
Looking forward to getting all this sanding done...
Krey
Was wondering what it was for, and the consensus was to check the fluid level for the rear brakes. Well, gonna move that anyways as part of my over bike modifications coming up, and don't need a hole there.
Broke out the can of liquid ABS and started on filling a few holes, including that one on my plastics. BTW, you can pick this up at Lowes for like $6. Can is still over half full, and this would be the 3rd set of fairings fixed.
Started out with roughing up the hole edges.
Then cut out a piece of ABS from a small sheet I had laying around to fit the hole.
Applied the Liquid ABS
Waited for it to flash over about 30 mins, then applied some to the back as well. Then waited for it to mostly cure for about 24 hours. Sanded it down partially to remove the shiny surface and allowed it to cure some more for about 3-4 hours. The shiney surface will slow down the curing in my experiance keeping it soft and spongy, and i'm going to be sanding it flush when it is cured.
Finished sanding it down so that it pretty well flush with the rest of the piece. You can still see the piece is wet here. I wet sanded most of the times to keep the dust down in the work area. I really hate having to wear a mask while sanding, and it's much easier to clean up when you don't have paint dust everywhere. Time to prime it with filler primer.
Here you can still see the work area is a bit ruff under the primer. Time to wet sand it down.
Since this is the first wet sand over the primer, I wanna see if any other areas need work as well. A light dusting of a different color primer, here I used black, before sanding helps to show you any low spots or ripples you need to sand out.
After the first wet sand, you can see there is still a little work to be done on the hole filled spot.
Add another coat of primer and wet sand once more lightly. And here you see it is blended in nicely and no more hole.
This is just my initial prep for paint. I still have a few more things to do. I'll probably be doing a futher modification on the lower edges before I'm done, but this puts it alot closer to being ready for paint soon.
My painter will do another coat of primer, full wet sand down, then a sealer coat, before adding color. Pretty sure it's going to be a nice blue when I'm done.
Here is a pic of some of the other parts hanging after being primed the first time.
I've modified the front fender as some of you might notice. Here is a closer look at it. Left side of the pic goes to the front of the bike.
And here is an "in progress" as I'm filling the large turn signal holes on the main fairings.
Looking forward to getting all this sanding done...
Krey
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