Strached paint

[ohio dog]

Damn dude that sucks. It's in a bad spot to try and "hide" too. I think I would put a bandaid on it until winter, pull the tins off, and ship them out for paint. The $300 he wants to charge you isn't to bad....if it looks good when he's done.

 

[BigSpenda864]

Damn dude that sucks. It's in a bad spot to try and "hide" too. I think I would put a bandaid on it until winter, pull the tins off, and ship them out for paint. The $300 he wants to charge you isn't to bad....if it looks good when he's done.

I am debating a whole new custom job but I didn't really want to do it yet. Hell, the bike's a 08 and I was going to wait at least a year.

 

[chucktx]

ok, so the painter gave me his take on the scratch. Let me know if this sounds right. He basically wants to charge me $300 to fix the scratch. He says that when he's done no one would know there was a scratch there unless someone knew exactly where to look and really got down a looked hard at the repair.

The reason he said it would be hard to fix is the white color and the proximity to the flame job. The painter tells me that white is tough to blend and tends to have little dots around the area where it was blended. For that reason he can't just paint the small area he will have to blend it more than say a black bike (which is easy apparently). He said that after he repairs the scratch and paints the white there will be a line of white beside the flames nearest to where the repair was made. He will then have to come back in and touch up the flames to get rid of the line. Then he can clear it and it will be good to go. Also, he wants me to remove the fender so he can do the work. I've never done that so I'll have to factor in the cost of getting the shop to do that as well. Its starting to sound like I should just ride it until the winter then have it broken down for a custom paint job. Hell, by the time I pay for the repairs I will a quarter the way to a new paint job anyway its starting to sound like.

i agree with some of what he said. if he tapes off the flame, then does the repair and removes the mask, then wet sands,shoots clear,then wet sand/color cut and buff, the flame will not have to be touched up. i do agree that the fender will need to be removed..........

 

[BIG HOUSE]

Save the money and go custom:2thumbs: my 2 cents

 

[BigSpenda864]

Save the money and go custom:2thumbs: my 2 cents

You may be right my friend. I have an interesting idea for a paint job but I am going to have to get someone to sketch it out before I pull the trigger.

 

[BIG HOUSE]

DO IT:2thumbs:

 

[BigSpenda864]

I am going to meet with a second painter today and get another opinion. He is also going to discuss a custom job. This second painter also mentioned I could keep my current base and flame work and he might be able to make the additions I want without doing the whole thing. Since I am wanting to maintain the clear look fo the white and silver metallic flames, that might be what I need to do. We'll see!

 

[Gas Man]

Go custom later.