How To Paint Motorcycle Fairings (Tutorial) 

Great stuff, more detail in this video than any other I have seen so far.

Buddy’s serious asf

Fantastic stuff Kel! This video is great help as I’m about to tackle my first set of fairings! Keep up the good work!

About time! Concise and to the point. 👍👍👍👍

Very helpful training. Thank you for sharing!

That looked really good. Love the touch of the flakes!

Kel you are the man.. this is GOLD!! I could see the gold mate. you got the shot.

Wow, excellent video! The piece looked fantastic! Cheers🤘

exactly what i was looking for. Thanks Kel!

Very informative! Well done

Awesome tutorial. Thanks!

I really appreciate this video you made it will help me a hole lot when I start painting my bike but I'm just doing a solid black paint job thanks for the info

Excellent! thats the work of an professionnel and thanks a lot for the tips

Nice Video! Just about to repair my race fairings inbetween rounds and stumbled across this, subscribed.

it's always been a breeze for me to paint metal, but always an issue with plastic. I was doing a few things wrong. waiting too long for the next coat, and not using wax and grease remover. thanks for the video!

Excellent video, to the point and helpful.

Cracking tutorial thank you, very grateful to you for sharing. You have a new subscriber From the UK Cheers Colin

Man you got to get up early on spray day. Great info thanks

Legend! Thanks man

Nice work!

Your video gave me joy

Nice job , good tutorial

Great job

Wow doing this to my quad!

Thanks. Your video helped me to paint my bike. Respect. 💐

When it comes to sanding, watch those edges‼️. Its real easy to sand through the paint on edges. Still bites me to this day

Great video...thanks

Big help thanks

Good on you Kel.

Sana ol naay ing ana

Thanks dad

This was great. I'm repairing and prepping for paint a few fairing panels for my bike. I'm struggling with the body filler (Plast X 6) and the abs plastic having different strengths and sanding the curves is hard work.

Thanks Kel

6:30 maybe it’s just me being an idiot and the video being sped up, but wouldn’t it be best to lay down the detail work of that fleck first, then finish with an overall coat (with finish product focus on the large flat visible surfaces) laying a uniform “lay” or “grain” to the paint additive with parallel passes? Cheer m8!

Yeahhhh I'm gonna stick to riding with a crappy looking bike, gotta pay the debt off before I invest in luxuries. You have mad talent man, this is clearly an art to you, I respect the dedication! This is not something I could do, ha.

nice

Shit, this video was insanely good, thanks for the amazing tutorial with explanations on why you do things and what is happening, it makes all the difference!

I like the cut of your jib.

It probably looks better than when it was new.

Hiii Kel was wondering what kind of paint you ised or would use. Anyways great vid and thank you for your explanation.

Hi, very nice job. I realise you had to rescue somebody else's attempt. But the isn't the fairing abs plastic, which has variable flexibility depending on the ambient temperature, whilst the filler dries you a brittle solid and therefore not compatible with abs plastic?

Hey Kel, really awesome video man, what grit paper should i use to get oem paint off? I tried on my bike fairings and its taken ages for me, i used 400 grit but i feel like theres a quicker way to get it off, cheers

I heard you used a 2k primer, does that got a flexible additive in it?

What type of paint would you recommend, would oil based paint be any good ? Or latex? Or any other type?

Get this dude on National Geographic as a voice over

Hi again. How many minutes to wait for the paint to dry until we apply clear coat?

How long did you wait for the paint to dry before adding lacquer on sir

Hello, thanks for the video, this was helpful. I’d love to be able to execute this. If you see this and it’s not too much trouble I have a few troubleshooting questions for you, that’s why I’m researching again. I’m painting a road warrior fairing and I’d like for the job to come out successful, the first go came out pretty bad lol. I used a process with rattle cans from a company called Touch Up Direct that guarantees color match. I’ve seen similar jobs done this way that came out good so I figured I’d give it a shot since I don’t have professional equipment. The color wasn’t perfect but it was close enough for me. The flake in it came out very uneven. What happened was I sanded and used oil and grease remover, applied a few coats of primer then used an entire can of color, about 4 coats waiting about 10 minutes in between. I had a couple mishaps during this process and had an issue with debris/ dust finding its way into the paint but it still looked ok. I then put 3-4 coats of clear on and waited 24hours after to dry before I started buffing and polishing. The big issue I noticed was how much orange peel had to be buffed out and almost immediately after I started buffing with the company supplied buffing pad, at the same spot at opposite edges of the fairing, it buffed down to the primer, I wasn’t being aggressive at all. Regardless, I’m left with those white primer marks on either side and still a lot of orange peel around the edges since it was very hard for me to buff around the edges without chipping off paint. I’m wondering why it sanded through the clear and paint so quickly given how much paint and clear was on there, and how can I prevent so much orange peel next time? Should I have sanded the paint and cleaned it again before priming? I felt like it needed that because the paint had a grainy texture that I guess was supposed to be like that to help the primer stick better. Maybe I used too much clear and that’s why I had so much orange peel? I’ve seen professional videos where it looked like they used way more clear than I did. Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to be thougough and any advice would certainly help and be appreciated. Thank you

Hi, thanks for the vid. Wondering what grade of sanding pad do you use on the da sander?

Tip for trying to show the fleck colours. Shine a torch on it when filming.

NIce work, I have a question, I have a burgman 400, Ive stripped the plastic panels and Im ready to paint, Id like to use an inexpensive spray gun, im trying to keep it simple,,,,,,sand it, use some dupi color cp199 clear adhension promoter primer, then hit it with paint gun, then clear coat,,,,,is this a simple method to do? Also, can you tell me some good quality paint that will do those plastics that I can put in the spray gun? TY for your work!

Thanks for the video but I have a question; when you say 'undercoat' is that was is called "primer' in the USA? Thank you

Hi Kel. Great tutorials. Very talented person. Is there any way to get in touch with you as I need someone to paint my bike. I am western suburbs Victoria. If you were interested it would be a great help. Thanks mate.

Very helpful video! One quick question... I heard of sanding between layers of paint, so is it necessary and when this is done? Sorry for my bad English

Well done, good information and i didn't now about the bonding of the paint layers (COOL) Show a little more detail in the video, that would be great.

Great video mate.If you wanted to block that back to remove all orange peel would you put more clear on and if so how many coats.

Im asumimg i do all this same prep work, im doing matt black over top of gloss black what undercoat if any do i need,or can i just block the gloss out then shoot the matt black

Hey kel! Do you wait 15 minutes in between the color, and the flake, and the clear? Or do you let it completely dry

Do you just add or mix the the silver and gold flake into the paint I’m am trying to paint my whole bike and I really like that color and flake you came up with. So it’s two coats of clear 2 or three coats of white then the flake?

Getting all of my supplies to re-paint my track bike's fairings. I noticed you did not include a flex agent. I've read it's a necessary thing to add, what do you think?

Bob Ross of mechanics

How do u put on a Kickstart

I spent 200 dollars on cans to paint my bike. I wasted my money in the end. Now I am waiting for my gravity air gun to repair everything.

I wanna do this to my Super Cub but I’m scared! 😱

No adhesion promoter?

how much would painting a motorcycle gas tank will cost? i have couple chips on the gas tank im trying to get rid of before it starts to rust and mess it all up.

Can you teach us how to fit wire mesh to fairings behind the front wheel to keep engine and 3exhausts cleaner and look nicer please. Ive got some engine fairings for my gen1 fazer1000 but dont know how to do this appart from guess, maby heat up heat gun then press cut out mesh into it to stick to plastic maby???

your voice is so soothing

Hi hi i have a matte black plastic mudguard Can I just spray clearcoat over it so that it shines more

Hi There, i am hoping you would be able to provide me with some advise, I am in the process of getting a Mole Fender for my White Yamaha Vity 125cc scooter, but i can only get the new Mole fender in a dark Blue. what would be the process to spray the Fender in white, i have been told that i need to get sand sand paper to remove the shine gloss paint of the new part, is this correct? thanks in advance. Gerardo Sanchez

I have done a great deal of automotive painting but always on the metal parts of classic British & German cars of the 50's & 60's with no plastic parts. I was always under the impression that a special paint or additives to promote flexibility were needed when painting on plastic parts to avoid cracking. Is this not true? I did not hear you mention anything about this so I am assuming that I heard wrong in the past. Can you confirm this? Wonderful video. Thank you!

What size compressor do you use?

excellent video! what kind of white paint is best to use on my Fairings? i have an already white cbr600rr and want to redo the fairings in an Arctic white, low gloss finish! thanks! 😊😊

wheres that like button smash it

I bought a set of unpainted aftermarket fairings to paint myself. Just curious with these "unpainted" fairings is it still necessary to sand down the surface or apply a primer before the paint?

I have a question. I sand the plastic fairings with 180 grid paper, then with 250 and then with 500 grid. Do I have to go all the way to the 800-1000 grid? Also if they have deep scratches is better to fill them up and then use sandpaper again, or to use to go down let's say to 100-60 grid sandpaper to remove them?

Was wanting to colormatch my truck grill, it’s ABS plastic, I was gonna use the scotch bright pads to sand it with a scuff promoter and then wash everything down, maybe use an adhesion promoter and then use the paint matched rattle cans, I’m 17 and it’s my first truck so time and money are low, am I missing anything that may ruin the whole thing? Any advice is welcomed, thanks!

Is it ok to spray right over the gloss with a primer / paint?

If it’s a small section can you just sand it down and blend it with pre existing paint?

My bike had a respray before I bought it and it's reacted badly in some areas, the paint has crazed. I've got some replacement panels but can't get hold of the rest, I was told that I wouldn't be able to redo the bad panels. Do you think it's possible?

Where did you get the fleck?? Or what is it called and the brand?

Hey Kel, I am going to purchase an air compressor and paint guns for a similar job. Any tips what size air compressor to get or what to look for. (trying to get a used one under $200 but not sure if this is realistic expectation)

How long do you wait before applying the clear coat?

What grit did you use for the blocking

Hey kel I finally painted my bike. I used Nason 2 part base and clear. I put sapphire blue pigment in my first few coats of clear and and was only able to get one coat of regular clear before I ran out. I still want at least 1 or 2 coats of clear before I buff it out but I don't want to wait to order more. I have some clear left from my boat paint job. It is called distinctive image DI-10 multi max clear. I was told its not the best stuff on the market. Will this ruin my paint job and should I use what I originally used on it. I also got some runs with the clear and would really appreciate any input you have on getting them out. Thanks for your time

What grease remover would you recomend for cleaning as you did? Great vid.

I have a question. After 24 hours that I have painted the fairings and put 2 coats of clear coat, I saw that some spots on the fairings have not had a clear coat on them. They are rough on touch. Can I spray a new coat of clear now? Or should I sand the whole plastics with 1500 grid and then do 2 coats of clear coat? ?

I have a fairing that is in good condition but the wrong colour. I have no tools to paint and don’t trust myself not to screw it up so I’m looking for a professional to do the work. I’d like to save myself some money and the person painting it some work by sanding it down myself. I’m fairly sure I won’t screw that up. Do I need to just sand the clear coat or do I have to go down past the original paint?

Where are you Kel? You haven't posted anything for ages.

i used 80grit to rough up my panels+tank quicker, as doing all by hand, then (relatively quickly) used 120, 180 and 240 grit. Have I made a big mistake? I've been using the finer grits above and they seem to take the paint back very, very slowly. Hence me using 80. I'm thinking now maybe the scratches are too deep? I have one panel that feels very smooth, one, quite smooth, and the metal i havent gone above 80g yet, but looks very rough! why do we use wet sandpaper? i just find it gets clogged instantly and spend ages spraying the scum off both the panel and sandpaper every 30-40secs?

Do the paint have to be heat resistant for the plastics I wanna paint mine

Walter White if he had chosen an automotive career

How do you avoid things sticking to the paint while spraying outside

what kind of paint do you recommend to use?

if I were to use spray paint, what kind of paint would I need?

What did you use to hold fairings

Hi Kel did you use plastic primer on the beach you rubbed through

Does this also work on PP fairings?

Great video thanks. Did you wet sand or dry sand with the 600 grit pre painting? Did you do the same before applying the clear coat? I have read that you need to toughen up the paint so the clear coat trips better?

Can you send me a link of where I can purchase a kit to repaint my fairings. I used duplicolor on another project and it seemed ok for what I wanted to achieve. Would that brand of paint work. I used the championship white and I used a clear coat from a local dealer.