Preping- painting jenn's 1984 xl200 miscel parts

update...8/9/2018

Am getting a lot of the parts cleaned - de-rusted (CLR & Vinegar baths) and painted up.

other than sitting around watching paint dry it's not much of a chore so long as you don't spray to heavy and get things to running.


 Jenn wants to get rid of all of the RED ... which won't go with her theme... i took the suspension apart...
After cleaning - de greasing the coil suspension - i tried cleaning up the rust off the chrome parts - then 2 coats of white primer - 3 coats of Artic white on spring- 3 coats clear coat - painted armatures 3 coats gloss black --

It bturned out ok for an amateur i guess.
































Cleaned, preped -de-rusted - & painted up many other parts also

The sprocket in the cardboard 'paint booth' will be etched - painted - and hydro-dipped in jenn's Lace film...

 The T-shirt the parts are laying on is VERY close to the color of the 1957 CHEVY Surf Green she choose. .

 The supervisor is checking quality control -- she brought us a beer so it must be passing inspection.

The frame is being worked on in a downtown shop ( yoke needs new bearings) but I've got the engine out and prepping for a HIGH TEMP gloss Black & may high lite the 1/8 inch FINS in green or white.

Had to wrap up a couple internal to external wires I didn't want to take any covers off with no back up 1984 gaskets) and plug up the carb intake with several baggies and rubber bands -- also installed the muffler Header to plug up the exhaust so nothing (water) got in while cleaning/power washing /

 The 2 split header spacers I got with the original header/muffler/ I got for this bike were to long by  a 1/4 inch or so (or more likely the STUDS attached to bike were to short) so the outside mounting collar would not seat on the studs / nor allow for the nuts to be screwed on --- i took care of the problem by using a metal cutting blade to cut off a NUT WIDTH off of the spacers - and it fit perfect.

and that's where i am at right now ... am working at it slowly

Jenns hydro- prints are here"  guns n roses n lace

we'll be doing the sprocket in the lace.... probable do the gas cap lace too. Figure other parts as we go.

the side panels for sure at this point will be chevy green dipped in guns and roses...

dang there are parts everywhere... this ain't 1/4 of it ... have an entire table alone with electronic- wires - tools -  stuff all over the floor ... 2 missing engine paint cans -- i need to re-organize

anyone seen the tires? they're here somewhere ... all greased up with new bearings and brakes... this thing will work out fine - if i can remember how to put it together.... finding bolt TORQUE values without a manual has been a load of fun too.

here's jenn's mama helping out with the engine paint job.....

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8/11

 Several dents & dings to get out...

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8/17
the dent removal tool kit i got totally failed to take out a single dent or ding.

I'll have to resort to bondo i guess.
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The butchers who owned this bike in past lives hacked it up (and although i Did buy a replacement air box - its not set up for the carb - and the engine isn't set up for the 'hose' breathing system as is)
So right now i'm stuck using the hacked up box... its beat up - a big hole cut in it (that i'll figure out how to put a flap across it) old - ugly - oxidized - and pretty much useless other than holding the battery.
I did clean it up and then i used a product called Perfomix Plasti-Dip to spray on a plastic coating. Made it look much like NEW.

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8/15
the 1957 OEM Chevy Surf Green is here ( I'll add where i ordered it later)

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8/15
Cleaning up the lower forks has been quite a project -- Simple Green didnt remove 30 years of black oxidation.
Next i tried McGuires Rubbing compound & buffing wheel on drill -- that took some off.
Then something called Bkue metal cleaner w/ 1500 sandpaper...  did a lil better
Then i used Mother's Aluminum Mag cleaner/ polish - FINALLY! THAT worked really well- stuff was coming off using just my hand! Using the buffing wheel with Mother's started doing the clean & shine finally.

 This has been cleaned several times ---It took MOTHER's Aluminum Mag Cleaner/polish/ before it finally began to remove ages of crud.

The top lower fork after clean up... (the bottom fork not started yet other than simple green...)
It IS hard to see- but it IS beginning to shine up.
I can tell you using wet sanding took crao off but left a LOT of scratches to buff out.
So probably not a good solution.
SOS n simple green actually did a finalized good job before buffing - but i don't know if that because of all the otherb bs i did...