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Re: [ST] Minor Fairing Paint Repairs



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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