Why don't you just wrap it in carbon...... Hide a multitude of sins under there Cheap as chips from eBay and if you bin it just rip it off and recover it.
Toffee wheels only really work if the decal sits in the surface, if it's a genuine Ducati decal then it will be lacquered over and then it won't work. The toffee wheels generate enough heat to melt the glue and you can pull away the decal, a heat gun does the same thing up to a point.
Its more the slightly raised areas around the lettering now its been lacquered. Hoping its smooth enough for primer and paint without showing thru. I have lost patience already
Paint won't really cover up surface imperfections. Try a little longer to get the smooth surface you want before putting any paint on. I usually sand like crazy with corse, sorry, coarse paper, then use a rubberised filler used for car bumpers from halfords and sand that to the finish i want. Then, I bugger it all up with a shit rattle can paint job.
I'm with you after the rubber thing I'm sticking with 120 wet n dry, bit worried about putting deep scratches in with anything heavier...should I be?!
Hit the decals with some 80-grit to get the buggers off, then use progressively finer grades to smooth it off. High-build primer is your friend...
Figaro you've hit the nail on the head. Sack the sanding, too late I know :biggrin:, high build primer the whole fairing, decals and all and carry on from there. Bet it'd look good enough for tracking, and would probably be finished by now too.
and it doesn't matter the outside of the decal is lacquered as its only the edge that has a thin joint…………..once you get beyond this it will peel off…...
The decals are off but have left a rim, so after I removed them, and did lots of belt and hand sanding, you can still see there was a decal fitted and some aren't absolutely flat to the touch.
bradders, get some filler on there. Then get a coat of matt black on there, just a grainy mist will be fine. (guide coat) Sand the surface with a block. The high spots will go first the low spots will still have guide coat. once you identify low spots, then apply more filler and repeat. for very shallow lows, you can go for filler primer, but halfords stuff is not really very good as there's very little filler in it. Thing with laquesred decals is its best to just DA sander the laquer off the top and then razor blade the buggers off, either way, shite job.
Had another go...80 grit perfirck cheers Fig What took me 20 mins of elbow grease with w&d 120 yd took a few with 80 dry. Think its as good as I need so its on with the repairs...just sanded and filled damage on tank, then thought sod it, out with the primer....
