Suspending motorcycle parts so edges can be painted
#1
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Suspending motorcycle parts so edges can be painted
It's time for a paint refresh on one of my bikes.
If I lay the pieces on the ground, they'll have to lay on edge. and thus that edge doesn't get painted unless I wait for it to dry and readjust the position.
Is there any type of stand that can secure the pieces from the bottom? If not, is there a technique or other makeshift solution that allows the pieces to be suspended from the bottom?
The pyramids and other stands would work for the heavier pieces like the gas tank but for the lighter trim pieces, they'd need to be secured.
Or should I just plan on spraying once, drying, then changing the position and spraying again?
If I lay the pieces on the ground, they'll have to lay on edge. and thus that edge doesn't get painted unless I wait for it to dry and readjust the position.
Is there any type of stand that can secure the pieces from the bottom? If not, is there a technique or other makeshift solution that allows the pieces to be suspended from the bottom?
The pyramids and other stands would work for the heavier pieces like the gas tank but for the lighter trim pieces, they'd need to be secured.
Or should I just plan on spraying once, drying, then changing the position and spraying again?
#2
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You could drive some nails through a scrap of plywood. The nails would then hold your part up in the air so you can paint the edges. Most often though I hang the parts with a piece of wire or metal hook.
#4
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My opinion of painting anything, particularly vehicle parts or something along that line, is that it's the prep work that requires the most patience and ingenuity. For one or two pieces of something like you're working on I'd probably use a tree limbs as long as the leaves or seeds weren't falling at the time. But when that doesn't work I've used a few 2x4's arranged like a swing set any number of times. A ladder and a fence post could suffice. When I've had a variety of small parts that I want to paint all at one time I've run a chain between a couple of posts so I could run wires through the links and know the pieces won't slide like they possible could on a rope. Or if you want to go the other way, support them from the bottom, the opening in the top of a fuel tank could fit over a stake.