It was one of those days......
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It was one of those days......
Well, yesterday sucked big time. I drove my moped to college and it died entering the parking lot. I was low on gas, so I figured I just ran out. After I put a little gas in, I began my drive home (6 miles). After 3 miles, it died again! By now, I am getting quite aggravated. I pushed it over to the gas station (lucky me) and called the shop that works on my moped. Two hours later, I had changed the transmission fluid and flushed out the reserve tank....it fired right up. Obviously I felt a lot better. That is until it died AGAIN going down my drive way. Now I can't get it to start. Because I spent so much time trying to get it to work, I stayed up til 3am finishing my homework.
To make matters worse.....I wanted to paint the wing for my TRX-1. All I wanted was solid black. I thought I could whip it out in 5 minutes. I needed something to make me feel better. Well, an hour later I (thought) I ruined 2 wings...the paint just bubbled and looked horrible. By then that was just the cherry on top and was furious.
Well, this morning I decided to see if I resurrect one of the wings (since they are not made anymore). I started sanding the paint off and notice something peculiar. I see plastic peeling and I think WTH. Come to realize, I never peeled off the protective plastic that was on the side that would be painted. As of 10 minutes ago, the wing looks great with no bubbles.
I'm just glad the day is over.
To make matters worse.....I wanted to paint the wing for my TRX-1. All I wanted was solid black. I thought I could whip it out in 5 minutes. I needed something to make me feel better. Well, an hour later I (thought) I ruined 2 wings...the paint just bubbled and looked horrible. By then that was just the cherry on top and was furious.
Well, this morning I decided to see if I resurrect one of the wings (since they are not made anymore). I started sanding the paint off and notice something peculiar. I see plastic peeling and I think WTH. Come to realize, I never peeled off the protective plastic that was on the side that would be painted. As of 10 minutes ago, the wing looks great with no bubbles.
I'm just glad the day is over.
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Re: It was one of those days......
I thought mopeds could be pedalled with human leg-power?
As far as the plastic film goes, it's usually applied to the surface that's *not* painted, because it's intended to prevent overspray from getting on the unpainted side. Just saying so in case you have things backward.
As far as the plastic film goes, it's usually applied to the surface that's *not* painted, because it's intended to prevent overspray from getting on the unpainted side. Just saying so in case you have things backward.
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Re: It was one of those days......
Coelacanth wrote:I thought mopeds could be pedalled with human leg-power?
As far as the plastic film goes, it's usually applied to the surface that's *not* painted, because it's intended to prevent overspray from getting on the unpainted side. Just saying so in case you have things backward.
My moped doesn't have any pedals.
The film was indeed on the side that is supposed to be painted. It is not on the side that is not supposed to be painted. Kinda weird.
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Re: It was one of those days......
Must be a scooter. Not to be picky but the "mo" is for motor and "ped" is for pedal.Coelacanth wrote:I thought mopeds could be pedalled with human leg-power?
As far as the plastic film goes, it's usually applied to the surface that's *not* painted, because it's intended to prevent overspray from getting on the unpainted side. Just saying so in case you have things backward.
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Re: It was one of those days......
It is a moped. I just have the kick start option instead of the pedal.
Update: Looks like I may have a clogged exhaust. I'm going to take a look at it tomorrow. At least it is nothing serious.
Update: Looks like I may have a clogged exhaust. I'm going to take a look at it tomorrow. At least it is nothing serious.
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Re: It was one of those days......
Technically If you can't pedal it like a bike than its considered a scooter. For a period back when I was 16 I had a black Suzuki FA50.
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Re: It was one of those days......
At least you didn't get irate and throw them and stomp on em before you found out about the film!
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Re: It was one of those days......
Brandon G wrote:At least you didn't get irate and throw them and stomp on em before you found out about the film!
LOL, I had already thrown them in the trash in disgust. I decided a few hours later to dig them back up.
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Re: It was one of those days......
I had the same issue with a repro JRX2 wing, when it was molded the Lexan was put in with the wrong side up, I was lucky and caught it before painting. I doubt the person who did it even knows that this was done incorrectly.mamba max1 wrote: Well, this morning I decided to see if I resurrect one of the wings (since they are not made anymore). I started sanding the paint off and notice something peculiar. I see plastic peeling and I think WTH. Come to realize, I never peeled off the protective plastic that was on the side that would be painted. As of 10 minutes ago, the wing looks great with no bubbles.
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This is all very interesting!
This is all very interesting!
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Re: It was one of those days......
I figured that is what happened. Already pretty upset about my moped, this was just the icing on the cake! But now the wing is perfect and decaled.
I have some caustic acid in my exhaust getting rid of the carbon as we speak. Later on today after classes it should be all good.
I have some caustic acid in my exhaust getting rid of the carbon as we speak. Later on today after classes it should be all good.
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Re: It was one of those days......
There has been more than one occasion where I was painting a body for myself or someone else and put a decal on because I wanted a stripe or something to line up in a certain way with that particular decal, without remembering that the film needed to be removed... Getting a decal cleanly off of body film may be the toughest act in this entire hobby...
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