Which product to apply to the bodywork of your motorcycle ?

For anyone who has the project or the desire to redo their motorcycle paint, the choice of paint type and the choice of technique are crucial points for the success of the project. With the new motorcycle paints, which offer phenomenal colours, it becomes possible to combine refurbishment, metal protection and an impressive aesthetic effect.
Here are some valuable tips provided by our technician, custom painter specializing in motorcycles :

First, let's talk about the budget: it is necessary to foresee that quality products have a certain cost. There are indeed professional type coatings and consumer products on the other side, which show prices 2 to 4 times cheaper.
But do we really save money when a paint decrepit ? or comes off prematurely and the work has to be completely redone ?

The level of resistance, and the lifespan are to be taken into account, not to mention the risk of defects or reactions and inevitable annoyances with the cheap products offered in mass retail chains.
Our advice ? Choose the best and get the desired result !

Which motorcycle paint to choose ?

Coatings for two wheels are essentially of the same nature as those used in the automobile.
Solvent-based ? At the water ? Both are perfectly fine. With the gun ? Bomb ? It doesn't matter, because with a Pro supplier, we have exactly the same product in the pot or in the aerosol.
You should know that the technique on the fairing, tank and mudguard is sometimes a little more complex than on the body of a car. Why ?
Because we often come across more complex colors, called "tri-layers" and we have flexible motorcycle parts.

Motorcycle paints are often more beautiful, and designers are more daring and creative, with deep, pearly and metallic colors.
To paint a motorcycle, therefore, we find essentially paints mono-components, called “matt base” paint. They are thin, they dry very quickly, and are easy and pleasant to paint by overlapping each other before being varnished, with a two-component clearcoat*.
Which paint for a motorcycle ? That's where it's interesting, with these curved and angular surfaces, where you can put the most beautiful effect paints (fluorescent, Chameleons, Candy, matte...), and in this area, it's not is not the choice and the imagination that are lacking on the Stardust store.

Should we make our paint flexible ?

Some non-metallic parts are made of plastic and are designed to withstand slight twisting. These are the mudguards and especially the side fairings or visor.
Be aware that there are paint flexibilizer additives, also known as fabric softeners, which help prevent paint from cracking or cracking over time.
There is no need to add these additives in paints and primers ! It is only recommended in the final coat of varnish.

Should we use a surface primer ?

When you want to paint a fairing or a tank, where there are adhesives (a SUZUKI marking for example present under the original varnish layer), it is absolutely necessary to remove this relief. Paints and varnish will not be able to cover it. In this case, there are two choices :
- The first is to sand the clearcoat, until you reach the adhesive and remove it : you are then left with a gap, which must be filled in using a surfacer, a filling primer.
- The second is to apply the primer surfacer directly above the clearcoat, with 2 or 3 coats, without removing the sticker, then to sand it down.

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