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[antonye]

I painted mine myself, using PlastiKote Bright Red #1120 as that's a very close match for Ducati Red.

If you use their matching grey undercoat and laquer, you get a very nice finish.

The trick, as said before, is to get the panel as good as possible before painting - sand, fill, sand, fill, etc. Then primer it and work out any imperfections. Then paint it, and again sand it down where it needs it. Finally finish off with some laquer.

Don't rush it and it will look good - leave plenty of time before coats of paint otherwise it will run and you'll be back to square one.

[antonye]

PS. PlastiKote is about a fiver a tin from B&Q, and you'll need about 1 can of primer, 2 cans of paint and one of laquer for a single panel.

[BDG]

Your mood says 9th in the championship.

I thought you might be predicting promotion for Norwich for next season

Sorry that was evil after the pain of relegation but i've been there many times myself as a Sunderland supporter

[dave996]

Originally posted by antonye
I painted mine myself, using PlastiKote Bright Red #1120 as that's a very close match for Ducati Red.

If you use their matching grey undercoat and laquer, you get a very nice finish.

The trick, as said before, is to get the panel as good as possible before painting - sand, fill, sand, fill, etc. Then primer it and work out any imperfections. Then paint it, and again sand it down where it needs it. Finally finish off with some laquer.

Don't rush it and it will look good - leave plenty of time before coats of paint otherwise it will run and you'll be back to square one.

[Edited on 18-5-2005 by dave996]

[dave996]

Don't know what happened there

As I was saying thanks again, was going to get someone else to paint them but he was after £150 maybe more! and that was ment to be a backhander, so I think I'll give it a go and see what happens.

Cheers to everyone for the advice and I'll let you know how it goes.

Dave

[ttstu]

Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

[antonye]

Originally posted by dave996
As I was saying thanks again, was going to get someone else to paint them but he was after £150 maybe more! and that was ment to be a backhander, so I think I'll give it a go and see what happens.

Even if you paint it yourself and don't like it, you'll have only spent 20-30 quid on paint. It's not a huge amount and it's actually quite difficult to get wrong!

Post some more pics as it's looking good so far.

[dave996]

How much rubbing down do I have to do before I paint, ie does all the red paint need to be removed or do I just need to rough it up so that the undercoat will bond

[dave996]

Just put the last coat on the bellypan, now do I rub it down then laquer or rub it down polish then laquer or just laquer

[JPM]

I think you just need to rub down, clean and lacquer, it'll look flat before you lacquer it but as soon as the lacquer hits it - BLING!