Ducati 998 repaint, wetsand, and polishing... the beauty of Ducati Red

**gofast908z** · 03-01-2011, 02:13 PM

A friend of mine, Robert, has been learning to do motorcycle painting and has really been getting good. The costs are quite reasonable too. He called me in to work on the wetsanding as the clear he had at the time didn't lay down super smooth. He is working with much nicer clear now (read: more expensive) and the results are fantastic and he still keeps the prices good. When I get track fairings for my bike, he will be painting them.

So, below will be info from his post up on the motorcycle forum. At the very bottom I will add in the pictures I took of my work as well. I just thought you guys might want to see the whole history of this job and the process.

Aside from a couple specs in the clear it came out pretty good. He's done numerous bikes since this one and they turned out absolutely stunning.

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2002 Ducati 998
The fairings came from Albert with damage that needed repaired. I did the upper, tail, and two sets of right side fairings. The tank and left side were perfect so no need to paint them. I color matched the red, and it worked awesome.

Okay, so on to the pictures. Here's the damage that was:

Now for the color - pre clear coat. I put the stock decals on them as well.
Pre Gold Stripe

Gold Stripe

Decal - Pre Clear Coat

Post Clear Coat:

All Pieces

Originally Posted by rjbrittain11

Okay, so im not the BEST painter YET! So, what you see in the pics are a little orange peel. Interesting enough, the pics make it look worse than it actually is. Since these are street fairings and not track, i needed to make them PERFECT! No big deal, i'll call up my buddy Jeff (Immaculate Reflections) and have him give me the Sanding and Buffing 101 class!

Jeff came over and we got to work!

More wetsanding was done after this. This was just a test spot to see how aggressive the sanding needed to be...

**gofast908z** · 03-01-2011, 02:14 PM

The taping here was a challenge, but I like a challenge. Getting nice smooth curves to the tape to protect the decal underneath was kinda fun, felt almost artful....almost

Finished Product!

End of Robert's pictures
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Here are the pics I took during and after the process...

Thanks for checking it out! Hope you enjoyed the pics and story behind it.

**oldmodman** · 03-01-2011, 05:41 PM

When you finish the final assembly be sure to put up the completed bike pics.

Looks like a very nice job. I bet that your next accs for the bike will be frame sliders.

**C. Charles Hahn** · 03-01-2011, 06:59 PM

That looks great! Nice work.

**gofast908z** · 03-01-2011, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by oldmodman

When you finish the final assembly be sure to put up the completed bike pics.

Looks like a very nice job. I bet that your next accs for the bike will be frame sliders.

Bike was reassembled a little while back but I wasn't able to get pics unfortunately. What is accs? Accessories? This isn't my bike. But my bike does have frame sliders.

Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr

That looks great! Nice work.

Thank you!