Hi Lee
The most important thing to buy first is a mask with the correct filters to protect you from paint fumes.
I can recommend a Sundstrom SR 100 half mask with the following filters – gas filter SR 315 (ABE1) conbined with a SR 510 particle filter plus pre filters (P3). You change the pre filter every time you paint.
This combination will provide sufficient protection for up to 40 hrs in an environment where Isocyanates occur. I already had the Sundstrom mask as I used to have to wear one for work.
I got the filters from
http://www.salveosafety.co.uk/multi_product.asp?id=3
they sell the masks as well, you may be able to pick up a mask from ebay for cheaper, but always buy new filters – I have a spare SR510 particle filter and some pre filters if you require them.
Everything I painted was stripped down to bare metal by myself using nitromorse, which is fine if your on a tight budget and have plenty of spare weekends. Next time I’d look into getting everything acid dipped though.
I did some very small body repairs to dings on the legshields and frame loop. The side panels were a mass of small dents and ripples were previous owners had tried to repair. I spent hours trying to fill and sand these but eventually had to pay someone to sort them, there’s an art to getting bodywork spot on and I’m afraid I didn’t have it…
Before painting I washed everything down with paraffin using scotchbrite to get rid of any nitromorse residue left over.
Finally before spraying the first paint, which was etch primer, I wiped everything with thinners and left to dry. After this I only handled the parts to be painted with gloves on.
The Etch primer was £8.80 (1 Ltr)
With this you also needed Etch primer activator (1 Ltr) £5.20
I used 2 tins of etch primer - wouldnt need that much again, it was just it was the first time I had ever painted with a spray gun etc.
The mix ratio to this was 2:1
So that’s 2 parts etch primer to 1 part activator
I also bought 5L of cheap thinners £5 for cleaning the spray gun and to wipe down panels prior to the first paint, also a pack of paint strainers £1.20
The etch primer was easy to do, your not trying to build up a lot of coats with it, more of make sure everything has good coverage.
The filler primer was £12 (1 Ltr) which also came with a hardener
Also needed was thinners £5 (1 Ltr) (not the cheap stuff)
The mix ratio to this was 4:1 plus up to 30% thinners
So that’s 4 parts filler primer to 1 part hardener + thinners
For filler primer pics see first post..................
And thats were I’m up to at the moment, just need to finish the filler primer, then I’ll start on the colour for the internals – fuel tank, airbox, flywheel cowling etc
Dont forget VAT was added onto these prices at 17.5%
, I'll have to sand this out and redo
