Hello everyone, In my free time i enjoy practicing detail, and today I share the work I'm developing in my beloved Ducati 749S. The bike maybe ready later this week, until the end of the week i present some photos of the work that has been done so far. Hope you enjoy, suggestions/questions are welcome.... Here are some pictures of before and after. Front Before: Front after: Fuel Tank before: after: Monoposto Tail: Till the end of this week i might finish the work on the bike, as i only have side fairings to finish... Regards, Tiago
The ones on image are stock, it comes with the fairing, havent done anything.... Do you mean something is missing?
Will you come and do my bike please? I do like your 749s - love the mix of red, white, black and gold. Very nice!
Ok thanks. It's just that they look a better fit than the ones fitted to my 2004 bike and seem to have a plastic grid to support the mesh.
Ooh, it's not far is it? Just in Lisbon for a long weekend. Flying in and out for the wife's birthday weekend. No transport.
Love what you've done, the bike looks superb. Maybe you could share with us not just what you've done but how you've gone about it in the way of techniques, materials and products used. Clearly, one of your techniques is to actually dismantle the bike in order to 'detail' it but, for example, how did you remove all the whirls and scratches so successfully? Ps How's the weather there at the moment?
First of all thank you for the compliments! The forecast for this week is sunny, finally, because last week it rained every day ... As for the work done, requires patience and time... To obtain these results in a motorcycle, the best way to work is to disassemble all the parts and then work piece by piece ... I will try to explain in a very general way, because each job is different and every case is different ... Order of work: disassemble wash decontaminate polish Seal the paint wax mount at least, be astonished with mouth open The first thing to do is wash and then decontaminate the pieces with a claybar, the claybar removes dirt that washing can not remove ... After the parts are decontaminated, we go to next step, the polishing stage. The polishing step is composed of three stages. Cut - When we have deep scratches, we use a more abrasive Polish with high removal capacity. Polishing - When applied the cut stage and when only has swirls and surface scratches Finishing - Serves to end the piece, that is to be all uniform and bright In this work, in the polishing stages, I do not applied cutting stage, only polishing and finishing, because there was no need to punish the varnish when there was no deep scratches. After polishing, the paint is "naked" and need protection, we have to seal / protect the paint with a glaze / sealant, allow to cure for about 12 hours. After 12 hours withdraws and applies the wax for a further 12 hours. In a very succinct way these are the main steps for a detail, but each case is different. I hope have explained the steps that should be done. If you have questions, I'll answer and try to help the best I can. Best Regards, Tiago Attached some more final pictures of this work... hope to finish this week and i'll post photos of the final result.
Just a word of warning, the lacquer coat is quite thin. If you go too hard with the compound you risk cutting through that to the base paint. I believe they use two coats of colour over a white primer which will show through if the scratches are deep ones.
This should give you a idea of what is involved. Products from here, Car Care Products | Detailing Products | UK - Clean Your Car Some examples of what you can achieve.painstaking work.
I've used these products Award-Winning Vehicle Care | Car Detailing | Finishing | Rust Removal | Bilt Hamber Laboratories Very easy to use and great results.
There are a bewildering number of products, which is exactly why it would be interesting to know what products you used to such good effect and why
