Had the chance to perform paint correction on a motorcycle earlier in the summer. It was a treat, I did a multi-stage paint correction and it didn't even take a full day! Not only that but this was a beautiful bike to work on and it responded well to correction. Owner was getting ready to sell, and was worried about a few areas where he had hastily tried to hand-polish (without polish, pad or towel, mind you) some bird bombs off the paint. Decontamination was simple with the use of the Optimum triad: ONR, PC and Opti-Clean. Tested a few areas with uber fine clay but it really wasn't pulling anything off so I moved on to machine correction. Some of the bits were painted plastic, some painted metal, but they all responded well to Menz SIP followed by 85rd. Megs105 was pulled out for the big areas of concern. Flex DA did all of the work. Everything was sealed up with Menz PL x1 coat. Metal was polished out with Optimum metal polish and the seat protected and cleaned with Optimum leather protectant. Tires treated to Adams Undercarriage spray. By the way, I believe the bike is still for sale and is in the Portland area. It is a 2009 Yamaha V-star (I think). PM if you want to get in touch with the owner. Upon arrival Needing some clarity restored here Water spotting Took the seat off to aid the polishing process Headlight showing off its scratched, marred condition Onto some polishing, 50/50 shot after initial compounding Rear wheel arch before Rear wheel arch after Air intake, in really bad condition from rider's leg resting on it After paint correction Gas tank was one of the worst areas of damage Gas tank 50/50 Massive RDS on left side of gas tank Vastly reduced after a few rounds of M105 Metal component not looking presentable at all Restored Finished shots... Really like this last one. Makes you want to hop on and go for a drive!
RCrew, I am not a professional but, I can imagine a motorcycle being a difficult detail. No large panels, lots of little parts and many obsticles. And you NAILED it. Great Job. I enjoyed that. Joe D.
Hey Joe, thanks! There are some tricky nooks and crannies to get into, but the smaller surface area to polish more than made up for that. thanks.
I'm not sure, hadn't heard anything about that. Do you mean that putting it on the road-contacting portion of the tire would be dangerous because of increased slickness from tire dressings? I only put in on the sidewalls, not the actual tread.
The composure of the shot (as well as your cocked head using the camera). I've never seen such precision. Example:
