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Re: [ST] Minor Fairing Paint Repairs
- Subject: Re: [ST] Minor Fairing Paint Repairs
- From: "Dunska" <dunska@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 05:00:24 +1000
Hi John,
I have used the Triumph-brand touch-up paint on my Sprint RS for a minor
scratch.
The paint comes with a tube of clear coat as well.
The brush supplied with the paint was not very good, so I borrowed a very
fine brush from my daughter's water-colour set and it worked fairly well.
The colour match is quite good, but it did not fill the scratch so you can
still see it if you look - but much better than the white plastic (and much
cheaper that a spray job!). The paint set was $30AUS.
It would not cover a larger area well, but for small scratches it is a cheap
(if imperfect) way out.
Shane "Dunska" Gerrish
'01 Sprint RS - Lucifer Orange
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cooper" <supecoop@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:23 PM
Subject: [ST] Minor Fairing Paint Repairs
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone tried to repair minor scratches and scrapes using touch-up
> repair kits? I have a few small scratches on my fairing (from a parking
> lot incident) that I don't think are worth a whole paint job but they
> make me wince. I've never worked with ABS plastic and don't want to
> make things worse. The scratches are deep enough that the white plastic
> definitely shows. Didn't find much in the archive but I'm sure there's a
> proper method for preparing the surface and layering the paint. If the
> consensus is that spraypainting is required or that I should just
> replace the fairing, well it would probably save time. Thanks for any
> suggestions.
>
> BTW, a couple of people - like me - mentioned that they sustained some
> damage prior to installing frame sliders. Did you repair it or just
> replace the fairing?
>
> --
> John Cooper
> '01 ST BRG
> supecoop@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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