G'day Everyone,

As most of you know my good mate and i have painted my bike like a Ducati 750 Sport.

So i thought i would put it together in a thread so others can see what is involved with painting your own bike.

Basic things you will need:

A compressor
Paint gun
Paint (acylic)
Clear Coat
General Thinners (Sh*t loads!)
Prepsol
1200 and 600 grit wet and dry sand paper
Plastic bucket
Paper towel

The Process:

Rub the clear coat through to the orginal colour using 1200 grit wet and dry sand paper with really soapy water.



Rub the original stickers off using 600 Grit w+d



Spray on 2 coats of filler/primer and let is dry in the sun for an hour or two

Ghosting/light spray mist of black from a spray can



Rub off the ghosting of black with 1200 grit w+d with soapy water (this makes sure you don't rub too much primer off you are only really rubbing the black off)



Spray a coat of colour. The paint may need thinners added, the paint should look to be the consistency of milk

Rubbed lightly with 1200 w+d and soapy water.

Spray a second coat of colour and leave it overnight

Mark out pin stripes and place the "Ducati " tank stickers where you want them.



Mask everything up and spray the pin stripes on.







Spay 2 coats of Clear Coat and let it dry over night.

In the morning give it a light rub with 1200 and heaps of soapy water then a light cut and polish.





I hope this can inspire some others to paint your own bike!  







**Please know i am not a spray painter, this was done in a backyard shed and i understand that there are a lot more contributing factors to painting anything properly. My friend on the other hand is a very experienced spray painter and panel beater and he was a guide to this whole process.**

If your scared he can paint it for you!  

That's some rocking work! 

Beautiful 

Talk to me about the seat cowl

I wanted to make the bike look as much like a 750 sport... so the cowl needed to get the chop

Also we painted the front guard with a splash of silver to make it look like the guard is just floating there like an original

Love your work Marty, very cool that you took this on.
It's inspired me to get back to wanting mine sprayed they way I like it.

Love the location of your last shot, I've always looked at that on The Bells Line and wanted to stop.

If you ever decide to check out bilpin let me know and i will chuck the kettle on simmer 

have you painted the go kart the same? 

That paint job adds at least 10hp, I reckon.

Bloody awesome.

Nice job!  But I was expecting this:



OR this

Just changed the title for you mate, hope theres no more promblems with expectations 

Quote from: Monstar_100 on February 21, 2012, 07:01:42 PM
Just changed the title for you mate, hope theres no more promblems with expectations 

No problemo!  Nice job!

Great job with the post. Sometimes all I need to tackle a job that I was afraid of doing is to see someone else suck it up and give it a go.

Hopefully your effort inspires someone out there to give it a go.


Well done.

Wait, you did this with rattle-can?   

No did it with a spray gun. the misting was done with a rattle can

Quote from: Monstar_100 on February 22, 2012, 01:45:02 PM
No did it with a spray gun. the misting was done with a rattle can

aha, thanks