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Paint job orange peel

  • 31-08-2019 09:58PM
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    Lads, got my bike fairings respray, the guys that did it did a great job on both parents car but because it was a bike they didn't seem to give a **** and the thing is covered in orange peel.

    Although by the looks most factory jobs are covered in orange peel these days so they probably think it's a good job.

    I already got them to re do some of the fairings because I wasn't happy with them at all, bits of dirt in the paint clearly wasn't even done in a booth.

    Anyway the paint isn't clear coated, was going to go through them but it seems as if this particular bike isn't clear coated from the factory so they basically did a factory job paint wise, it's only 1 stage.

    I'm contemplating paying someone to polish it and try clean up a bit of the orange peel because I really don't want to deal with them again, but wondering now whether to just buy a DA and do it myself, what do yous reckon?

    Any recommendations for someone that could do a job on it in Dublin at a decent price if yous don't think I should tackle it myself?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭1jcdub


    You'll need to wet sand the paint with anything from 1500 to 2500 grit sand paper. The machine polish to bring back the shine. Lots of videos on youtube


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