My ghetto 1 day revamp ( lots o pics )

Demo4o1 said:
oh wow so u just basically just sprayed it without taping much? at 1st i was thinking wow thats bad. but the end result came out not too bad! i like it. if only u taped up the motor
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The motor looked like sh*t since day one. I'm going to polish it when I build it " right ". The main point to me doing this was basically to try out this color combination. I'm using this as a trial run before I spend the time to strip it down , and have things powercoated. I knew that if I stripped the quad down to do the frame I wouldn't put it back together till it's done right and I don't have the funds right now so I'd be stuck without a ride. At least this way I can see what it would look like and as a bonus my blaster looks a lot better then before. When it chips all I gotta do is hit it with a shot of touch up paint and I'll be good to go.

Oh yea, polished my nerfs and washed the webbing.

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I'm happy to report that the blaster survived a 1/2 day of riding and a pressure washing without so much as a chip in the paint ( knock on wood ). While it didn't get caked with mud it did get enough on it that I had to take it to a car wash and use the pressure washer. I dont' have any vids of todays ride but here is where we rode , note the tall grass and I climbed the stone " hills " far too many times to count. All in all it was a great day , minus the fact that somewhere along the way I lost my phone > : 0 (

 
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For $21 and a little time it looks great. Is it show quality? Of course not.
For those that have never done a complete make over you have no clue of what it takes to clean, prep, and paint every nut, bolt, and piece on anything. I used the same paint on my son's Banshee's a-arms, red on hubs and spocket/brake hubs, silver on misc parts. Self mixed Ace rust-stop to closely match the original red on the 87 frame.

A paint I have used for years is a 100% stainless steel pigment rattle can for nuts, bolts, etc. Very durable product. Prep is everything. Only thing it didn't stick to were some brand new axle nuts that I don't think I even wiped them with a rag, lol.

Stainless Steel Spray Paint It ends up as a semigloss/matt finish, by spraying it kinda dry it comes out almost flat. First time I ever actually used it was to repair rust on a crank shaft where an oil seal ran, worked Golden I:I

Unfortunately is not a common product so you would have to call them for nearest retailer or order from them.
 
Many thanks for the compliments guys. Is it show quality ? hell no. Did I invest a lot of time and money ? nope. Does it look better then before ? I think it does . Would I take a day and 25 bucks in paint and do it all over again ? In a heart beat. Like I said it held up a lot better then I expected. We blazed a lot of trails thru the wild grasses that were a couple of feet tall and the a arms didn't show a scratch 1. and I bottomed out on the rock pile a bunch of times and it's no worse for the wear.
 
I think it looks great. I am sold on the frame color. Also like the way you cut the front fenders. Could you post some close ups of them?
 
I was skeptical about doin a "cheap" (my funds aren't in high supply either) paint over on my '94 but I wasn't sure how anything short of powder coating would look...but after seein how good urs came out I'm gonna ignore the few negative comments and give it a try myself as soon as I have some garage space....GREAT WORK
 
I'll try to snap a few shots of the fenders ( they were like that when I bought the blaster ).


My advice if you are going to try to paint the frame like I did is to remove the plastics , nerf, and bumpers , tape off anything you don't want painted, and remove the front wheels. I pressure washed the quad , and hit the bad areas with degreaser, I wet sanded everything by hand with 320 grit ( i used 220 on the really bad areas ). Pressure washed it again and used my leaf blower to blowdry it. I then used some primer and primed it. Then I painted it. Several light coats rather then 1 heavy one. When it dried I hit it with a couple of coats of clear. You have to be careful for the first day or 2 because the paint is pretty soft. Once a few days go by it and it has time to cure it seems pretty durable.
 
Was wonderin how many cans of primer/paint/clear coat did it take...looks like I'm gonna give it a try this week (I got a SERIOUS itch now) and wanna go buy the supplies.
 
I used 1 can of primer but it was just barely enough, you may want to get an extra can just in case. 1 can of clear was enough for me . However, I did use 3 cans of color, just something to think about. As far as the seat cover goes, I'm sorry but I don't know anything about it, it was on the blaster when I bought it.
 
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