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[bigfishisback]

painting time

i just got a brand new baja worrior for christmas and i am going to paint it soon but and a little timid about stripping it down and usasembly before painting the frame then fenders. But anyway the plan so far is to take it apart so the fenders are free then the frame is just it no parts then i will strip the paint my self or have it sand blasted. Then after the frame and fenders are bare medal i am hitting it with a protectice special primer. After primer i am hitting the frame with a rich orange and the fenders whith a green simular to the original but a little brighter and higher quality paint, the green will have 2 orange stripe same color as the frame going down them. After all that i will come back and hit it with a high gloss laquer and put it all together after minier sanding blaa blaa blaa and bamm the first minibike project beside miner dumb things will be done.

Tell me ideas and tips and comments ect.

thanks guys i am doing a hd time lapse vid of it all just wait hmy:

 

[71dodge]

its is not hard at all to take it apart and if its new why mess with it?its perfect already

 

[bigfishisback]

its is not hard at all to take it apart and if its new why mess with it?its perfect already

well I am only 14 and do not have a lot of experiences with these things and nobody but you guys to help me so don't say it's easy, it's not for me. I am painting it to protect it better and change the color the reason people usually paint even though it is new, the same reason you buy a car then decide to paint. Protecting it better will help because the stock green fender and mock tank paint sucks!
:glare::gun_bandana::bowdown:

 

[Riley]

sounds like it would look cool

i thought to use the high gloss finishes on mine but havent gotten around to actually do it

 

[doubletrouble]

Why not just wet sand the paint with 400 or 600 grit and then prime it as is. If it isnt rusted there probably isnt alot of reason to strip it.

 

[71dodge]

well it is alot easyer then you think there is only a few bolts that hold the fenders and tank on and like double troubl said dont waste your times taking it down to bare metal i did it on mine and its not worth it trust me its a pain in the a$$ and the shine ans color still looks the same as long as you prime it put it this way if you leave the other paint on it will be that much more protectant

 

[845mx5]

I would not take it apart to strip the paint off. I would simply pull all the parts off, prime over the original paint and add your new paint from there. Like 71dodge said, leaving the old paint adds that much more protections. If theres no rust theres no reason to strip the paints. You making a small project into a huge one. I love working on cars but i wouldnt strip an engine down to do an oil change. I also wouldnt strip the frame of paint just to ....paint it.

 

[bigfishisback]

I would not take it apart to strip the paint off. I would simply pull all the parts off, prime over the original paint and add your new paint from there. Like 71dodge said, leaving the old paint adds that much more protections. If theres no rust theres no reason to strip the paints. You making a small project into a huge one. I love working on cars but i wouldnt strip an engine down to do an oil change. I also wouldnt strip the frame of paint just to ....paint it.

well i was going to prime and paint over the original paint but i think after primer topcoat and lacquer it would be really thick and make parts not fit during assembly

 

[Strigoi]

you need to at least scuff the factory paint/powder coat if you want the new stuff to stick. doing that requires taking the whole bike apart.

 

[cxbra]

Bigfishisback, its extremely easy to disassemble and re-assemble the db30. I had mine stripped too 100% (frame only) in about 45 minutes, re-assembly was about 1 hour. If you have ever taken a bike apart, its exactly like that but easier. The steer tube as well as wheel bearings are sealed bearings (no loose bearing-balls), and the bearings stay in place. Thats the only part that concearned me w/ taking mine apart. I found it to be much easier than taking apart a bmx bike.

 

[jeep2003]

i agree just scuff it up and spray over it. Plus even the best spray can paint wont hold up as well as the original paint

 

[delray]

paint on them bikes are pretty tuff. if yours is new or in good shape. i would just scuff the paint and seal it in a good primer and then just paint. i now when i was fabing my bike i had to grind some black paint /powercoat off the bike and it was some tuff stuff.:grind::weld:








http://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/project-logs/12275-project-build-rear-springs.html

 

[71dodge]

Bigfishisback, its extremely easy to disassemble and re-assemble the db30. I had mine stripped too 100% (frame only) in about 45 minutes, re-assembly was about 1 hour. If you have ever taken a bike apart, its exactly like that but easier. The steer tube as well as wheel bearings are sealed bearings (no loose bearing-balls), and the bearings stay in place. Thats the only part that concearned me w/ taking mine apart. I found it to be much easier than taking apart a bmx bike.

its a baja warrior the bigger bike

 

[joekd]

My honest answer, take it all the way apart.

Everytime I look at something on my baja I find a loose bolt. I am tempted to take it down to the frame and reassemble it right using loctite and a torque wrench just to be sure I dont have any future problems.