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painting a swingarm
Posted: 04:58 pm Mar 19 2007
by remington0404
the guy i bought my bike off of told me my swing arm was baked or something like that to get the swing arm bearings out... causing it to have a weird goldish color... and since it was scratched up, ugly as hell, and it pa the weather sucks right now, i figured what the heck take it off replace/lube the bearings, sand and repaint the swingarm. so i sanded it all down with 100 gritt paper, then went over it alittle bit with some steel wool. i thought about just polishing it up but since i couldn't get the gold off of the welds, and out of the tight spaces, i figured go ahead stick to the orignal plan and paint it... soo i primed the whole thing gray. then today i found out u can't paint aluminum or something like that and its all just gonna flake off... anyone know if there is any truth to this or am ok and go ahead and put a top coat and clear coat on it?
( the bike is a 1995 kdx h1 with an aluminum swing arm)
Posted: 06:07 pm Mar 19 2007
by Indawoods
Paint it.
Posted: 06:54 pm Mar 19 2007
by grump99
Yeah I've heard of people painting their swingarm. Should be fine. Good luck.
Posted: 07:13 pm Mar 19 2007
by Indawoods
That's how they come!
Posted: 08:04 pm Mar 19 2007
by remington0404
sweet!!!! thanks alot guys, u gave me the convidence to go back and do continue doing the best job i can rather then just slapping some paint on assuming its gonna come right off
Posted: 09:08 pm Mar 19 2007
by Indawoods
I always use the PJ1 Epoxy paint...tough as nails!
Posted: 09:52 pm Mar 19 2007
by big-air-sinclaire
What kind of primer did you use?
You should use aluminum oxide primer or an aluminum primer of some sort or it will flake off
Sean
Posted: 10:24 pm Mar 19 2007
by Indawoods
I smoothed and painted over what was already there... been there 4 years now... no flaking.
Posted: 06:54 pm Mar 21 2007
by canyncarvr
As always and everywhere...paint performance is a bit-o-paint and a WHOLE lot of prep.
Posted: 09:12 am Mar 22 2007
by kdxquebec
I painted my Swingarm last year and the paint still hold well.
I used a primer , paint and clear for cars..
No flaking...
Posted: 12:46 pm Mar 22 2007
by 80elkster
I painted mine last year with Dupli-Color High temp engine paint I believe i used cast coat aluminum color. The stuff dries very hard and non-tacky. I is all still looking good, been washed many times.
Just my two cents
Posted: 03:30 pm Mar 22 2007
by remington0404
i just picked up some wheel paint and clear coat, i figured a swingarm is kinda close to a wheel ( matieral, punishment .. road chips curbs, brake dust ). i tested it on the rear brake master cyinder, looks good, a tad to dark of a silver, but long as it holds up alright i don't care lol... it will look better than the burnt gold and black that was on it from before