Who wants to paint my hoods?

[blackNyellow787]

Looking for someone to paint 2 of my single gauge hoods, i want one all black, and the other one mostly black with a few yellow/silver accents. I want them to look professional. Maybe jetskigoodies will see this Shoot me a text at 563-570-0713 for whoever would be interested in making a little extra cash. Thanks!

 

[ocod]

^ would cost to much to ship unfortunately.

Still, who knows......

 

[blackNyellow787]

I was afraid of that..

 

[Spimothy Leary]

since you mentioned silver accents,, I thought i'd share this pic,, this was my buddy John's ski b4 he moved up north.

on a serious note, why not try it yourself.. ? its not that hard... I never had to do it because I had John (above) do all my paint stuff, waterboxes, heads, etc... and he basically charged me a 6 pack and cigarette money so it was a good deal since he was right down the road.

 

[northshorerider]

That looks really good.

 

[blackNyellow787]

Spim isn't John in the quad cities now? I'm right in davenport so maybe me and John could link up

 

[dustindu4]

Any body shop can do that, shop around

 

[Spimothy Leary]

Spim isn't John in the quad cities now? I'm right in davenport so maybe me and John could link up

ya, he is.. pm me your email, i haven't talked to him in a bit, but he's in my fantasy football league, i'll see if I can track him down and put you two in touch

 

[IDoSeaDoo]

I'd be curious as to the method of painting. I used that krylon plastic paint, and shot it up with some urethane clear. it looked DAMN good for about a year, then started to peel in places. What procedure/paint would one use to make this look shiny and legit and have it last longer than a season?

 

[nickj718]

Paint: 2 step system automotive finish base coat and clear coat (I use ppg

Steps-

Step 1: Wash the entire part you are painting with a mild solution of water and dish soap (no lotion just plain cheap dish soap) this cuts the grease.

Step 2: Wipe the entire part with grease and wax remover until your paper towel is no longer coming out dirty.

Step 3: Spray 2 light coats of bull dog adhesion promoter. This will help against chips and make for a excellent all around great paint job.

Step 4: Spray the piece with 3 medium coats of sandable filler primer. After it dries for a couple hours sand the piece with 220 wet sand paper. If any color of the original part is showing you need to coat it again.

Step 5: Now that you have a nice ever coat of primer spray the piece with 2 medium coats of primer sealer. This will not need to be sanded. Let dry for the appropriate time.

Step 6: Shoot your base color. I do about 3 medium coats sometimes 4 depending if my color is coming out the way it should.

Step 7: Clear coat your piece 2-3 heavy coats. The heavier you can get it without i repeat without dripping the less you will have to wet sand and buff.Let your clear dry for about a week to get nice and hard since you cant bake it like a autobody shop would.

Step 8: Wet sand from 1500 to 3000 then buff with fine cut buffing glaze.

And your done!! I shoot all of my skies with a devilbis millennium lphv automotive gun with a 1.4 tip




Comes out like that

 

[Spimothy Leary]

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Comes out like that

sexy beast right there

 

[northshorerider]

Heck yeah!!!

 

[Crofoot50]

sexy beast right there

The "BATMOBILE" Lol !! da da da da da Batman da da da
It did come out very nice

 

[Crofoot50]

sexy beast right there

Spim I am around the corner from u posting this from Marco Isl, did not rent jetskis yet still workn on it

 

[blackNyellow787]

thats wicked looking nick!!
Sending PM now spim

 

[nickj718]

Thanks guys i really appreciate it. If anyone is in need of some work and is in illinois or wants to ship let me know

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

Blacknyellow...did you ever contact that shop near me about looking into getting your hood dipped??

 

[Spimothy Leary]

Spim I am around the corner from u posting this from Marco Isl, did not rent jetskis yet still workn on it

we just rode down there (naples area down to estero) on Sunday choppy but good fun

 

[blackNyellow787]

Blacknyellow...did you ever contact that shop near me about looking into getting your hood dipped??

no man i havent yet, i have a guy locally painting my one single gauge hood, then im pretty sure i will be contacting that shop near you for the other single gauge hood

 

[bmocken]

Paint: 2 step system automotive finish base coat and clear coat (I use ppg

Steps-

Step 1: Wash the entire part you are painting with a mild solution of water and dish soap (no lotion just plain cheap dish soap) this cuts the grease.

Step 2: Wipe the entire part with grease and wax remover until your paper towel is no longer coming out dirty.

Step 3: Spray 2 light coats of bull dog adhesion promoter. This will help against chips and make for a excellent all around great paint job.

Step 4: Spray the piece with 3 medium coats of sandable filler primer. After it dries for a couple hours sand the piece with 220 wet sand paper. If any color of the original part is showing you need to coat it again.

Step 5: Now that you have a nice ever coat of primer spray the piece with 2 medium coats of primer sealer. This will not need to be sanded. Let dry for the appropriate time.

Step 6: Shoot your base color. I do about 3 medium coats sometimes 4 depending if my color is coming out the way it should.

Step 7: Clear coat your piece 2-3 heavy coats. The heavier you can get it without i repeat without dripping the less you will have to wet sand and buff.Let your clear dry for about a week to get nice and hard since you cant bake it like a autobody shop would.

Step 8: Wet sand from 1500 to 3000 then buff with fine cut buffing glaze.

And your done!! I shoot all of my skies with a devilbis millennium lphv automotive gun with a 1.4 tip




Comes out like that

Nick was this for the whole ski or just the plastics? I'm thinking of fixing my gel coat chips and painting but not sure about it.

 

[nickj718]

That procedure is for anything you try to paint ever. I painted my entire ski and plastics. I filled any scratches and chips then did the procedure i listed above. Paint it you wont regret it if you do it right. The ski above is a 97 gsx used to be white and purple