Can you post a pic of the finished product in the satin. I would be interested in seeing this.I used your article to paint my panniers and they turned out very well. I used a satin finish black paint. Thanks much!
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Can you post a pic of the finished product in the satin. I would be interested in seeing this.I used your article to paint my panniers and they turned out very well. I used a satin finish black paint. Thanks much!
Re: Writeup on taking apart the entire side pannier and painting the faded plastic
My plastic is a little faded too and I wanted to correct that. With your information I think that I will give it a try. Thanks for posting this.
Hi Steve, Could you please post more details on how to do this with the heat gun?Thank you, Sir.If your plastic is faded 9 times out of ten it can be bought back to life with the use of a heat gun. I brought my 95 ST1100 plastics back to new condition with the use of a heat gun.
Hey Steve, I just noticed you are in Casa Grande. I am in Douglas, a stones throw from you!If your plastic is faded 9 times out of ten it can be bought back to life with the use of a heat gun. I brought my 95 ST1100 plastics back to new condition with the use of a heat gun.
Sure thing... I think they turned out very well. I also painted the lower faring pieces.Can you post a pic of the finished product in the satin. I would be interested in seeing this.
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That looks good. Thank youSure thing... I think they turned out very well. I also painted the lower faring pieces.
They look terrific!I think they turned out very well.
Lots of youtube videos on how to do that.Hi Steve, Could you please post more details on how to do this with the heat gun?Thank you, Sir.
Rick.
Beautiful! Nice job!They look terrific!
I ran across a video on YouTube where a gentleman from the UK used a true heat gun, not hairdryer to restore the plastics on his ST1100. He placed the heat gun oh high and slowly waved it across the very faded plastic and it brought the plastic back to an as new color. I did the same on my ST1100 and it actually worked! Hold the heat gun about 5" from the plastic and watch sun fading disappear. unfortunately, this will not work on the grab handles of the side cases. Sorry that I was unable to locate the YouTube video but I hope this helps.Hi Steve, Could you please post more details on how to do this with the heat gun?Thank you, Sir.
Rick.
Thank you ,Steve. That gives me a good idea of the process. I have done similar to restore the finish on ATV plastics, when they get bent, and turn a whitish color, gently heat like you stated,and it restores the shiny color as before. You gotta be careful not to get it too hot,and distort the plastic.I ran across a video on YouTube where a gentleman from the UK used a true heat gun, not hairdryer to restore the plastics on his ST1100. He placed the heat gun oh high and slowly waved it across the very faded plastic and it brought the plastic back to an as new color. I did the same on my ST1100 and it actually worked! Hold the heat gun about 5" from the plastic and watch sun fading disappear. unfortunately, this will not work on the grab handles of the side cases. Sorry that I was unable to locate the YouTube video but I hope this helps.