Bulldog13
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Looking to repaint some repaired sportbike fairings....evidently I need to add a flexing agent to the paint..anybody have any suggestions...
Paint questions...
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mooman
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I was going to paint splash guards for my mini van and was told I needed that chemical. Decided not to and took it to my local body shop and had them do it for cheap. 7 years later, they still look great.
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I would contact a auto paint supply house to help you with that. Don't know if you have Keystone in Boston or not.
OR
I would contact a auto paint supply house to help you with that. Don't know if you have Keystone in Boston or not.
brian90505
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Most modern automotive paints (House of Kolor, PPG, SEM etc.) are flexible enough and don't require a flex agent. HOK doesn't even offer flex for their paints.
robin1731
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If you look at my avatar pic you can see the body work on that bike. It flexes quite abit as you can imagine. Taking the "glass" body off several times during each race weekend. No flex agent added to the paint. No stress cracks in the paint after 6 seasons.
MXtras
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The flex additive I have had good success with in the past is, ironically, called BullDog. Adding it definately toughens the bond and the paint skin.
I have also used DuPont 222s with good results.
Scott
I have also used DuPont 222s with good results.
Scott
Thanks guys, been a while since I painted anything so I guess I'm outta touch..gonna check out the local inventory.. see whats available..when the bike was sprayed I think they just scuffed the original paint and layed down over that...I took a couple rocks to the upper fairing and now the old paint is showing...
Kevin54
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The flex additive is only for assembly purposes. It eventually evaporates from the paint. Newer paints today are flexible and do not need a flex additive as the paints 20 years ago did.
sammerdog
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I've heard the same thing.
When I was goofing around with heavy equipment, the shop would add very very little hardner to the paint if they were shooting a plastic bumper or side skirting.
The down side was it would essentially shut down the spray booth for the day because it would take so long to dry. We'd try to shoot those jobs last thing in the day and let it set up over night.