Fairing lacquer respraying...

djkav

djkav

djkav

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Hi,

I want to ask for some advice on spraying lacquer on to fairings. Is it possible to get that gloss, hard smooth surface again. Like factory new?

I'm using RS Paint gloss lacquer for my finish. Will I need to give it like 10-20 coats?

Sorry for being a noob.
 
djkav said:
Hi,

I want to ask for some advice on spraying lacquer on to fairings. Is it possible to get that gloss, hard smooth surface again. Like factory new?
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Yes, but you'll be lucky to achieve that from an aerosol with the parts sat outside or in a dusty garage.
 
Lakeland said:
Are you going over new/old paint/lacquer, or re applying lacquer to areas where it has chipped off?
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I'm going over my original lacquer coating. About 1 year ago, I did a respray on my fairing. The colour went on nice. I then went over it with 3 coats of gloss lacquer. It still feels rough and textured (i'm guessing from the paint below).

The paint work is still looking great. I did it about a year ago. I only ride in spring to autumn.

The bike is garaged during the winter season. Covered when outside in the good season.
 
I think I would be more inclined to try and sort the current lacquer going from what you're saying. Any chance you could post up a picture?
 
spray a few coats on - lry it dry - wet n dry it with 1200 or 1500 lightly - spray it a few more times. see how that looks?

i used to get away with 1 coat on primer, 1 on a on a base layer and one on a laquer. It was a race bike though lol.
 
If you've already applied 3 good coats of lacquer there should be no need to apply any more.

The reason it probably feels rough is because you didnt cut back the orange peel between coats, then when you sprayed the next coat it doubles the orange peel and so on with every coat you add.

I'd do as wazza suggeted and cut it back and polish it.
start with 1400 grit and work your way up to 2000 grit, once every thing is really smooth use an electric polisher with a 3m pad and some auto gylm super resin polish, it should be shinny as new then.
Just be care when cutting back on corners and edges as the lacquer will be a lot thinner there and you could easily rub through to the paint.
also if you do use an electric polisher make sure you use a slow speed and keep it moving all the time, its easy to burn the lacquer if you use to much pressure and keep it still, also dont use to much polish a small splonge at most.
 
If it feels rough then polishing will not be aggressive enough. Just wet and dry it and get it right from the get go.
 
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