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Well progress continues on my bike...
Here's a pic of me out on the balcony slaving away, wetsanding. It's a lot of work, but it will be sooooo worth it. (Aren't my gloves sexy?)
Here is a (better) idea of what she will look like. From people's input is was pretty deadlocked between C and D. In the end I have decided to go with C. (Although I haven't started painting yet, so anything is possible :)
My previous examples were simply a pic of a bike and I filled in areas using MS Paint. I now have taken 2 similar pics, one of a red bike, and one of a black, and cut and pasted pieces as required. This doesn't show any decals yet as I am not sure exactly what I want to do for those.
I thought I would share some of the other progress on my bike of late...
I decided it was time to fix the damage from when i went down in March. Here you can see the damage, a huge piece is just GONE. If I had noticed at the time of the accident and been in a better state of mind, I probably could have recovered it at the time... but I did not.
I picked up ABS cement at my local Canadian Tire and set to work. Using non-drying modeling clay/plasticine I molded around the area I needed to fill in. Then I simply poured in the cement and let it be. Just a note on ABS Cement... it is awesome stuff! It is essentially ABS plastic, mixed with acetone. Acetone melts ABS, essentially giving you liquid ABS plastic. And because melts ABS plastic, it makes a perfect bond when fitted to other ABS (like my bike!). You could really use this stuff to make anything you wanted out of ABS plastic, as long as you make a mold for it out of clay or whatever. (TIP: ABS Plastic makes a bad mold :P)
The next day I peeled away the clay and checked it out. After an examination, I put the clay back in place and reapplied cement to fill some small gaps and make up for shrinkage.
Then next day I removed the clay again, did a bit of trimming with a knife and now simply have to do some sanding to smooth it out and make a nice transition between the original plastic and the repair.
I also recently modified the rear of my bike.
This is how it used to be. This is how it is now.
Much sleeker no?
Here's a pic of me out on the balcony slaving away, wetsanding. It's a lot of work, but it will be sooooo worth it. (Aren't my gloves sexy?)
Here is a (better) idea of what she will look like. From people's input is was pretty deadlocked between C and D. In the end I have decided to go with C. (Although I haven't started painting yet, so anything is possible :)
My previous examples were simply a pic of a bike and I filled in areas using MS Paint. I now have taken 2 similar pics, one of a red bike, and one of a black, and cut and pasted pieces as required. This doesn't show any decals yet as I am not sure exactly what I want to do for those.
I thought I would share some of the other progress on my bike of late...
I decided it was time to fix the damage from when i went down in March. Here you can see the damage, a huge piece is just GONE. If I had noticed at the time of the accident and been in a better state of mind, I probably could have recovered it at the time... but I did not.
I picked up ABS cement at my local Canadian Tire and set to work. Using non-drying modeling clay/plasticine I molded around the area I needed to fill in. Then I simply poured in the cement and let it be. Just a note on ABS Cement... it is awesome stuff! It is essentially ABS plastic, mixed with acetone. Acetone melts ABS, essentially giving you liquid ABS plastic. And because melts ABS plastic, it makes a perfect bond when fitted to other ABS (like my bike!). You could really use this stuff to make anything you wanted out of ABS plastic, as long as you make a mold for it out of clay or whatever. (TIP: ABS Plastic makes a bad mold :P)
The next day I peeled away the clay and checked it out. After an examination, I put the clay back in place and reapplied cement to fill some small gaps and make up for shrinkage.
Then next day I removed the clay again, did a bit of trimming with a knife and now simply have to do some sanding to smooth it out and make a nice transition between the original plastic and the repair.
I also recently modified the rear of my bike.
This is how it used to be. This is how it is now.
Much sleeker no?