Buell Forum / Buell XB Forum / Buell Lightning XB12S, XB12Ss, CityX, XB12Scg / New Bueller, first bike, first bike build thread
| Posted: 11 Mar 2010 01:46 | [?] |
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| 1/2" sounds good. The cheapest I've seen on eBay has been $15 with free shipping. There's a guy using reflective tape that looks pretty cool. | |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2010 20:04 | [?] |
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1/2" sounds good. The cheapest I've seen on eBay has been $15 with free shipping. There's a guy using reflective tape that looks pretty cool. Honestly, go with that if you want reflective - that's a hell of a price! |
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| Posted: 12 Mar 2010 04:05 | [?] |
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| How is the paint adhesion to these plastics? I am looking to do the same thing to the awful looking orange. Will it flake/chip off easily? | |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2010 22:27 | [?] |
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How is the paint adhesion to these plastics? I am looking to do the same thing to the awful looking orange. Will it flake/chip off easily? Not quite sure yet as it's only been done for a week, and only a couple rides. It's already scratched a bit - but I'm not worried - that's the reason I sprayed six coats of color on it - and why I used the trim paint, figured it'd be more durable than standard rattle can, but covered it with the Krylon Satin Black cause that's what the frame appears to be. Anyway, talked to the auto paint shop I get my car paint from before I started. They recommended the adhesion promoter, and with that the paint laid down nice and flat, and smooth. Not sure if it's required, but worth it - I've had issues with spraying plastic in the past - crazy fish eyes, blotching, puddling, etc. I sanded it first, too. And, wiped everything down with 3M Adhesive and Wax Remover (had messed up a bit of the tank with it when removing the factory decals) - the 3M softened up the plastic enough that I think that's a decent first step. Nonetheless, I'm an amateur, and a shitty one at that. So, talk to the pros, my opinions, experience, and results are honestly not worth a damn. Applying the graphics, though, that's something I know pretty well 
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