So there I was, with nothing to do but wrap Christmas presents, clean the kitchen for company Christmas day, do the laundry, change the oil in both scooters, clean the guest bathroom and vacuum the living room. Plus do the shopping for Christmas dinner for about twelve or so. So see, I really needed something to do. So I decided to paint the Buddy.
I began to disassemble it; headset, seat bucket, speedometer assembly, and attempted to remove various plastic parts that proved to be smarter than me and stayed on the scooter. So I broke out the masking tape and, after about 3 rolls, had the parts I wanted to remain black taped off.
Then I moved to my "paint shelf" and grabbed a couple cans of Krylon Fusion paint in the color red. This paint is advertised to be specifically designed to be used on plastics with no need to prep. So I didn't. I just cleaned everything moderately well and commenced to spraying. The headset, nose piece, side rails and rear wrap-around were all sprayed a shade of red that had a bit too much orange for my taste, but, hey...it's what I had! Then I sprayed the speedometer bezel, passenger footboards, rear grab-bar and headlight bezel black. Someday, the fork legs will be black, the rims will be red and there will be a racing stripe of black down the center of the nose-piece. Anyway, it didn't turn out too...um, well...I've seen worse. But they used a broom. Naw, it ain't too bad. I'm happy with it and I think it looks better than it did. And the bonus...it's the ONLY one like it!!
I like that part!
C-ya...ride on,
--Keys
2 comments:
Live in Pa. the weather has been holding out. When those snow flakes fall the bike is warm in the garage.
Looks great Keys. I am teaching myself how to air brush so I can guit cooking, that is if the whole fire fighting thing doest not pan out. Anyway, Tryg and I had issues with the plastics on his buddy while trying to paint it. I feel your pain and your tape...Lots of tape...
Cheers, Hot Tomato
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