Painting Motorcycle white over factory black and grey

DaveC50

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Any tips I can get from here would be great. My bike is black and grey and I'm thinking of painting it white with small pinstriping. Do I need to sand through the original clear and prime before adding the new base? Should the primer also be white?
 

TAZ

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Staff member
Welcome to the forum.
If you do a search, I'm sure you will fine all kinds of tips. If you can't find any advice out of 21000+ posts, you might have a problem.
As far as if you have to sand through the original clearcoat...is there any other info you can give.

Is the clearcoat bad?
Are the pinstripes on top or under the clear (traditional type stripes or retro type aftermarket stripes)?
What do you mean by "sand through"? Do you mean strip the clear off? Or, just...sand through?
Is it the original paint you want to sand through?
When you say 'primer' do you mean sealer or primer. you said primer, but as far as I know, there is no white primer.
 

TAZ

Administrator
Staff member
I take it you didn't find any tips out of the 21000 posts?

Didn't mean to make you seem like an idiot...just needed more info in order for me (or anyone) to give you a detailed answer.
If you can't give more info....we'll.....gonna be hard for anyone to give you info.
 
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