Poxy Wind

[Tony-Bones]

I ride a motor bike for work (IS £ out of reach) the bike 9 months old and i have kept it "mint", yesterday when i got to work it was raining so i put my bike cover on, like i say "mint" later the wind caught the cover and blew the bike over..fu...bas...pox....wind, i must confess i was not to happy, bent bars/ exhaust/ and so on, but my main concern is the scratches on the plastic panels, what i want to do is "prep" the bike as much as i can before it goes to paint, to the question: What should i use to fill in the scratches, is there a speciffic filler for plastic or do i use body filler?

[mudzs]

if the scratches are not that deep you should be able to sand them out with some wet and dry paper ,i did one the other week .if you under- coat before going to paint make sure you use the right paint for plastic.

[Tony-Bones]

if the scratches are not that deep you should be able to sand them out with some wet and dry paper ,i did one the other week .if you under- coat before going to paint make sure you use the right paint for plastic.

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they are deep! real deep... so some sort of filler must be needed, what worries me is if i use body filler on plastic will it shrink or fall out?

[whiteman]

if the scratches are not that deep you should be able to sand them out with some wet and dry paper ,i did one the other week .if you under- coat before going to paint make sure you use the right paint for plastic.

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they are deep! real deep... so some sort of filler must be needed, what worries me is if i use body filler on plastic will it shrink or fall out?

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sorry to hear about your bike, wot a real bummer to find it like that.

if the scratches are not too deep you could use filler primer, just spray it on and wet and dry it back down. Or you could just use filler but before you apply it you

will have to rough the surface up so the filler has somewhere to stick to has it does not like shiny surfaces. Filler on the plastic will not shrink or fall out if it is prepped properly

Or just bring your bike pannels to my mate and he will sort them for you for nowt as he owes me one or two favours, hope it is of some help to ya?

oh dear the stella is starting to work

let me know if I can be of some assistance

Regards Tony :winky:

excuse the spelling, it is friday you know

[Tony-Bones]

if the scratches are not that deep you should be able to sand them out with some wet and dry paper ,i did one the other week .if you under- coat before going to paint make sure you use the right paint for plastic.

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they are deep! real deep... so some sort of filler must be needed, what worries me is if i use body filler on plastic will it shrink or fall out?

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sorry to hear about your bike, wot a real bummer to find it like that.

if the scratches are not too deep you could use filler primer, just spray it on and wet and dry it back down. Or you could just use filler but before you apply it you

will have to rough the surface up so the filler has somewhere to stick to has it does not like shiny surfaces. Filler on the plastic will not shrink or fall out if it is prepped properly

Or just bring your bike pannels to my mate and he will sort them for you for nowt as he owes me one or two favours, hope it is of some help to ya?

oh dear the stella is starting to work

let me know if I can be of some assistance

Regards Tony :winky:

excuse the spelling, it is friday you know

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Dont talk to me about "spelling" i will be honest about this situation, some of my work is for a body shop.. and thay will paint the panels for me for free "i hope" but i dont want to take the **** hence my wanting to prep as best as i can, its just that i am sure metal and plastic have different needs with the filler? i could ask the shop but thay dont even know what has happend yet and i would be nice to lesson the blow....

[Tony9r]

Tony, I know a guy who repairs bike panels. He has one of those plastic welding kits

I'll ask him if he can help out if you like, should be seeing him in the morning... :winky:

Tony.

[TheDon]

get hold of a plastic welding kit, if the scratches are deep then you can melt and fuse new plastic into the scratch then prep as if the pannel was normal.

there are plenty of places to get this done, or you can buy plastic welding kits from the net and fix your mates pannels when they break!

[Tony-Bones]

Tony, I know a guy who repairs bike panels. He has one of those plastic welding kits

I'll ask him if he can help out if you like, should be seeing him in the morning... :winky:

Tony.

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Thing is the panels are only scratched not broken, will the welding kits still apply?

[whiteman]

Tony, I know a guy who repairs bike panels. He has one of those plastic welding kits

I'll ask him if he can help out if you like, should be seeing him in the morning... :winky:

Tony.

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Thing is the panels are only scratched not broken, will the welding kits still apply?

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hi Tony mate

you can apply filler to plastic panels as some fillers have some flexibility in them.

you don't need to weld something that is not broken.

my mate who does this sort of thing for a living say's it is not a problem to fill them. Like I said before if the scratches are not too deep you can just use filler primer.

[Tony-Bones]

Tony, I know a guy who repairs bike panels. He has one of those plastic welding kits

I'll ask him if he can help out if you like, should be seeing him in the morning... :winky:

Tony.

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Thing is the panels are only scratched not broken, will the welding kits still apply?

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hi Tony mate

you can apply filler to plastic panels as some fillers have some flexibility in them.

you don't need to weld something that is not broken.

my mate who does this sort of thing for a living say's it is not a problem to fill them. Like I said before if the scratches are not too deep you can just use filler primer.

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Thanks for your advice, the "filler" primer seems the most gentle method and makes sence... "poxy wind"....

[Tony9r]

Tony, I know a guy who repairs bike panels. He has one of those plastic welding kits

I'll ask him if he can help out if you like, should be seeing him in the morning... :winky:

Tony.

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Thing is the panels are only scratched not broken, will the welding kits still apply?

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If you want some further advice, you can contact my mate Chris directly by phone or email from his site. He's a good bloke :winky:

Tony.

[Tony-Bones]

Tony, I know a guy who repairs bike panels. He has one of those plastic welding kits

I'll ask him if he can help out if you like, should be seeing him in the morning... :winky:

Tony.

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Thing is the panels are only scratched not broken, will the welding kits still apply?

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If you want some further advice, you can contact my mate Chris directly by phone or email from his site. He's a good bloke :winky:

Tony.

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Will do... good looking site.