Sports Bike Detailing

[TrufflePig]

hi all,

buddy wants to know best products to use for bike (rocket)

i said this.

Wash
Clay
M80 if machine or scratch x by hand
Metal polish for the chrome and shiny parts
NXT x 2 - is this a good choice here?

really wants to make it shine

its black and yellow.

thanks

[Tim Lingor]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

Hey TP,

Is that black and yellow BC/CC or some type of urethane etc???

If it is paint, will he have access to use a buffer? If not, I would suggest using Meg's #20 Polymer Sealant.

If he does have access to use a buffer, then follow the #80 with NXT, #21 or #20.

Tim

[TrufflePig]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

its all plastic.

i got access to a buffer.

how about M21?

that's better than M20 no?

[Tim Lingor]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

If it is all plastic, I would probably use a plastic polish like Meg's #10 or PlastX. You could also try a Marine product like Meg's Flagship Wax. It is designed for fiberglass, but a test spot would be needed.

When I said, access, I meant access to use a buffer on the panel(s). Sorry.

Sometimes using a sealant on plastic, which is really designed for use on paint, can cause a slight dulling or "cloudy" effect. If you try #21, obviously try a test spot and see how it responds.

Meg's #20 is an excellent product that I have used for over 20 years. The reason I suggested it in your case is that sometime there is a fair amount of road grime etc that the light cleaners in #20 may remove. In MHO, #20 will last as long as #21, but is a little glossier, but it does not have quite the richness that #21 has. Both are excellent products.

Tim

[TrufflePig]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

so plast-x or M10 is best bet then.

its never been waxed before.

hmm interesting.

what can this stuff be topped with.

we can't get M20.

it'll obviously be hand washed prior to all this.

wash
clay
plast-x or M10
WAX?

[Tim Lingor]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

Hey TP,

Oh...you can get M20 you just have to know the the right people.

I believe M20 can still be purchased in Canada in the 64oz size.

I would just use the PlastX as it has protecting properties in it.

Tim

[TrufflePig]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

Hey TP,

Oh...you can get M20 you just have to know the the right people.

I believe M20 can still be purchased in Canada in the 64oz size.

I would just use the PlastX as it has protecting properties in it.

Tim

hey Tim,

i know i can get M20. i know the 'right' people. its more of a matter if i want to.

can it not go

plast-x
M21.

just want to make it shine that's all.

[TH0001]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

If its a newer sport bike it is painted with a base coat/clear coat like a car. Stay away from plasticX, while it may be safe for paint, its not advisable!!!!!!!!!!

I own a CBR (I am assuming your friends bike is a Suzuki by the paint combo) and its very difficult to use a PorterCable because of the small spots and tight areas....

I would recommend using either #80 by hand or ScratchX, followed by DC2 or #7, then two coats of either #21 or NXT

[Tim Lingor]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

If its a newer sport bike it is painted with a base coat/clear coat like a car. Stay away from plasticX, while it may be safe for paint, its not advisable!!!!!!!!!!

I own a CBR (I am assuming your friends bike is a Suzuki by the paint combo) and its very difficult to use a PorterCable because of the small spots and tight areas....

I would recommend using either #80 by hand or ScratchX, followed by DC2 or #7, then two coats of either #21 or NXT

That is why I asked if it was BC/CC in my first reply. If it is BC/CC, then #80 and #21. If the panels are plastic (like on quads), then a pure polish base for general clean up or perhaps PlastX. But again, always do a test spot.

Thanks for chiming in TH0001!

Perhaps other posters can share with us which bikes have solid plastic panels versus BC/CC panels??????

Tim

[Lydia]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

As far as I know, almost all sport bikes have plastic panels, BUT they are painted, BC/CC.

[TH0001]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

its all plastic.

i got access to a buffer.

how about M21?

that's better than M20 no?

Yes the body panels are made of plastic, the same as a Corvette's are made of fiberglass or plastic. However, they are painted, and since it is the paint you are polishing, you want to stick with the products for that. I think you misunderstood the question.

[TH0001]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

FWIW, my bike with 2 coats of #21 after polishing with #82 and #7...

[TrufflePig]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

yes it is a Suzuki. black and yellow. 2006.

so

wash
clay
m80 by hand
#7
m21 x 2

all by hand.

that sound okay.

[Lydia]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

That sounds fine, TrufflePig.

Sweet bike, TH0001! I have yet to detail my bike (I did wash it once, and I've used QD several times in the five weeks I've had it) because every time the weather is nice enough and I have time to detail it, I want to go ride instead of detail! (it's not that I don't like detailing, I just really like riding).
How many CCs is that bike? It looks really nice...have you considered getting a fender eliminator kit for it?

[TrufflePig]

Re: Sports Bike Detailing

That sounds fine, TrufflePig.

Sweet bike, TH0001! I have yet to detail my bike (I did wash it once, and I've used QD several times in the five weeks I've had it) because every time the weather is nice enough and I have time to detail it, I want to go ride instead of detail! (it's not that I don't like detailing, I just really like riding).
How many CCs is that bike? It looks really nice...have you considered getting a fender eliminator kit for it?

i have this feeling that i'll be doing the bike.

it'll be fun.

its very different washing a bike than car. obviously.just a lot more pain staking. slower process.