I'd previously sprayed the panniers with plastikote and found the coating to be to temporary to be permanent. Having a tent across the panniers had started to rub the coating off and where my foot caught the topbox it was starting to rub through too.
I bought some Upol Acid#8 etch primer and some Hammerite Satin Black to do the job.
The first job was to strip off the mounting brackets and locks so that I could strip off the plastikote easier and do a more thorough job in spraying the panniers.
I undid the bolts on the locks using a set of Spanners given to me by one of the members of this site. Note - these nuts and bolts had loctite on them so I heated them up. I still had to drill two out as the corrosion from the aluminium/stainless joint had seized them.
I used a flap wheel on my grinder to remove the rivets holding the mounting brackets in place. Problem was the flap wheel was a bit worn....
So I had to buy a new one....
For anyone that's not used one these are good for gently removing metal or coatings and are less abrasive than an abrasive disc.
Here I've taken the heads off the rivetts and will knock them into the panniers with a punch. You can also see I tried the flap wheel on the plastikote but thought it was removing to much aluminium.
I decided to try my wire brush on the grinder.
Think that needs replacing too....
So I tried my black and decker Mouse - which went pop....
So I bought a new wire brush...
A quick whizz round with this and then a sand with some 320 grit wet and dry left me an acceptable surface to paint. Next job was to mask it all and degrease...
I hate masking, but time spent here leaves good neat lines....
I used a small sharp craft knife to cut the tape and push it into all the corners neatly. This part of the job took me all morning. The wire brushing and sanding took me all the evening before. A good paint job needs good preparation.
Next step was to spray on the etch primer. The msds said 1-2 thin coats sprayed 3-5 mins apart followed by over coating after 20 mins.
First coat of primer going on.
Second coat done.
I used about 1 1/2 tons of etch primer to do the three boxes.
I kept looking at the paint eagerly standing there with the hammerite tin waiting for it to dry so I could put the next coat on. I decided to go and wash the car to take away the temptation of spraying whilst it wasn't dry.
The first hammerite coat was just a tack coat. Very light to give the next coats something to stick to.
I applied four coats in total slowly building the layers up. My method was the same each coat - spray the awkward areas first and then the easy bits. I alternated horizontal and vertical spraying on each coat to make sure I didn't miss anything.
After the fourth coat I waited till it went tacky and then lit the fire in the lounge to get the room nice and warm, evicted the dog from his bed in front of the fire and brought the boxes in from the garage.
Once the paint has gone off I'll remove the masking tape. This will be tomorrow. Next job will be to build them all back up. I've bought new M5x12 bolts and nuts in stainless for this. I'll try an remember to take pictures of this bit and the end result....
I bought some Upol Acid#8 etch primer and some Hammerite Satin Black to do the job.
The first job was to strip off the mounting brackets and locks so that I could strip off the plastikote easier and do a more thorough job in spraying the panniers.
I undid the bolts on the locks using a set of Spanners given to me by one of the members of this site. Note - these nuts and bolts had loctite on them so I heated them up. I still had to drill two out as the corrosion from the aluminium/stainless joint had seized them.
I used a flap wheel on my grinder to remove the rivets holding the mounting brackets in place. Problem was the flap wheel was a bit worn....
So I had to buy a new one....
For anyone that's not used one these are good for gently removing metal or coatings and are less abrasive than an abrasive disc.
Here I've taken the heads off the rivetts and will knock them into the panniers with a punch. You can also see I tried the flap wheel on the plastikote but thought it was removing to much aluminium.
I decided to try my wire brush on the grinder.
Think that needs replacing too....
So I tried my black and decker Mouse - which went pop....
So I bought a new wire brush...
A quick whizz round with this and then a sand with some 320 grit wet and dry left me an acceptable surface to paint. Next job was to mask it all and degrease...
I hate masking, but time spent here leaves good neat lines....
I used a small sharp craft knife to cut the tape and push it into all the corners neatly. This part of the job took me all morning. The wire brushing and sanding took me all the evening before. A good paint job needs good preparation.
Next step was to spray on the etch primer. The msds said 1-2 thin coats sprayed 3-5 mins apart followed by over coating after 20 mins.
First coat of primer going on.
Second coat done.
I used about 1 1/2 tons of etch primer to do the three boxes.
I kept looking at the paint eagerly standing there with the hammerite tin waiting for it to dry so I could put the next coat on. I decided to go and wash the car to take away the temptation of spraying whilst it wasn't dry.
The first hammerite coat was just a tack coat. Very light to give the next coats something to stick to.
I applied four coats in total slowly building the layers up. My method was the same each coat - spray the awkward areas first and then the easy bits. I alternated horizontal and vertical spraying on each coat to make sure I didn't miss anything.
After the fourth coat I waited till it went tacky and then lit the fire in the lounge to get the room nice and warm, evicted the dog from his bed in front of the fire and brought the boxes in from the garage.
Once the paint has gone off I'll remove the masking tape. This will be tomorrow. Next job will be to build them all back up. I've bought new M5x12 bolts and nuts in stainless for this. I'll try an remember to take pictures of this bit and the end result....
