This is the weekend for covering the panniers in Vinyl

Alun

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Well after a coaching session from POG I am going to take the plunge and cover my panniers in vinyl. I spent weeks finding the right product and couple of days bringing one pannier to a mirror finish.
So all is ready. I will keep you posted on progress
 
Alun,
I did my Civil’s in black vinyl a while back and it worked very well. I floated the vinyl on using a weak mix of water and a touch of washing up liquid, and also warmed up the pannier surface, this make if very forgiving. My other tip would be, try and do the most difficult bits as a test run with an off cut of vinyl first, and work out how to get the corners to sit nicely. Plus if you do float the vinyl on with water, wait for a day or two before trying to remove any bubbles.

Good luck, and have fun.

Ian
 
it won't be long

anyone doing a zimmermit coating?
 
There's no warranty forthcoming by invoking my name :D:D

As has been said, leave the vinyl for at least two days. Some of the air bubbles will go down themselves. The others, prick with a needle and gently use a hairdryer to reactivate the glue and then gently flatten.

Best of luck :thumb
 
Hmmm... it's gone awfully quiet :augie
 
POG said:
Hmmm... it's gone awfully quiet :augie
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It's gone horribly wrong :(


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Thats Proff after Civil caught up with him, just about to be thrown off the ferry :D
 
relax

Relax my fellow pannier owners. Just tested the vinyl on the base of one of the side panniers, The look is just fantastic. Took lots of photos and waiting for the bubbles to go down.
Not nearly as scarey as I had imagined.

PS, My much better half did most of the fiddley bits.

Why am I doing this - Easy. I dont like the corrosion effect of the unanodised aluminium. Yes, unanodised aluminium builds its own protective corrosion, But for me. I like to keep my bikes looks as new as possible Plus I like to be different.
 
Alun said:
Relax my fellow pannier owners. Just tested the vinyl on the base of one of the side panniers, The look is just fantastic. Took lots of photos and waiting for the bubbles to go down.
Not nearly as scarey as I had imagined.

PS, My much better half did most of the fiddley bits.

Why am I doing this - Easy. I dont like the corrosion effect of the unanodised aluminium. Yes, unanodised aluminium builds its own protective corrosion, But for me. I like to keep my bikes looks as new as possible Plus I like to be different.
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Had you not thought to have them powder coated/tarmac'ed ?
 
Alun said:
Why am I doing this - Easy. I dont like the corrosion effect of the unanodised aluminium. Yes, unanodised aluminium builds its own protective corrosion, But for me. I like to keep my bikes looks as new as possible Plus I like to be different.
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Well thats alright then. For some reason I was picturing the standard plastic factory panniers and could not fathom why someone would cover them in vinyl.:augie

Adrian
 
After doing the Zegas on my mate's 1100GS, he decided to give it a go himself on his new 1200GSA:

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He sourced vinyl in three colours to as closely match the bike's colour scheme. It looks good IMHO. :thumb2
 
Can you tell me where you sourced the vinyll from as I can't be bothered to polish mine only to find that its corroded within a couple of weeks again? I intend to go black or similar to bllend in with the bike.
 
Brian
Pop over the hill into Melbourn, and see the graphics co in the small industrial est on the road out of the village towards the garden centres
Ultimate Logo's I think

Neil
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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