This is pedro or to others its a Sym jet red devil / basi x / euro x ....... got this a year ago in a bad state of affairs , 6 owners and just run into the ground, last owner deceided to rattle can spray it in a satin/matt black without removing the panels. yeah they blasted it badly , coated the speedo, warning lights on dash, never etch primer'd the inner panels and also went straight over the decals. poor thing was in a state. fast forwards a year, its had a new pipe fitted, a larger 17.5mm carb and a 80 jet upsize , whole new rear pulley and clutch, new belt , new rollers, new uprated front headlight bulb (30% brighter than stock) , in all including diagnostic tests and labour -parts close to 1k over the past few days i have stripped of the panels, prepped them with a wet sand with 1500 grit wet n dry 3m paper and a wipe over with isopropol alcohol , they had 3 coats of halfords gloss black 2x 500ml rattle cans, and sprayed out side in the wind ( no booth or flashy gun here ). i do have some orange peel effects but nothing a second wet and dry wet sand wont flatten out and a quick dust over. but its looking 100x better than it did before ( front mudguard shows the before paint job as does the front forks )
aye buddy, but i will bash on with it once the summer heat comes round, will grab a set of fan spray nozzles so i can get a better fan , will also grab some super fine wet n dry , ill go to town on it then hand buff to a shine. april/may just aint a good idea to spray stuff outside lol, im going to have to clear out some of the rubbish in greenhouse so i have a baking/makeshift spray booth lol......... really should try to make up a air res , my little airbrush just aint upto the job of large coverage areas lol
Your orange peel effect is because it went on too thick. It can be sanded out and over painted. Try using a high build primer
aye never really thought about that i kept a good distance away from panels and tried not to thick it on , but you know spray cans lol one flow rate for all lol ........ the whole panel sides have took a beating what i thought was just sticker was sticker and road rash lol they need a real good sanding out or a real good thick HB primer/filler . good thing is from a distance it looks great lol but get to close you can see its got problems lol
