Painted my seat today! By mthomas (Read 2,404 times)

[mthomas]

Well, I painted my seat today and I would recommend this to anybody that has an ugly seat.. ;D My Roketa has one of those half red and half silver matching seats. When I got the scoot, the PO left it out in the weather and the half red was half peach and looked like arse. So I read up and decided to try and paint mine. I took off a mirror and went to the Auto Zone and bought some matching touch up paint and matching vinyl paint. Dupli-color brand set me back about $6. I removed the one screw holding the seat and scrubbed it with a bristle brush and some Simple Green to get it completely clean. Make sure you let it dry overnight or the tape and paint won't stick. I then used some blue masking tape to tape off the silver portion of the seat using old newspapers to to cover the silver. Make sure it is about 70 degrees both the paint and the seat. Also, make sure the humidity is down (not raining). Shake the can thoroughly and the first coat need to be VERY light. The can was almost 18 inches from the seat and was dusted on. Let the first coat dry completely before putting on the second, third and fourth coats. I put mine out in the sun to dry for at least 3-4 hours between coats. Let it dry overnight and put back on. Looks like new. I will get some pics and post ASAP.

[mthomas]

OK,
Let's see if I can mess this up!
Here's the before picture...notice the peach seat

Here's the after picture...Ta-da

Here's the seat

[LUKE]

thomas,
no way!! did you just paint that?? looks original man! nice job,very neat...thanks for the idea. i like you,,,now we're friends.

Apr 24, 2010 15:20:41 GMT -6 Eastep said:

really? where? Ill give you a dawg bone if you guess right...and if I can figure out how

nah, dawg bone works in scootdawg but not here in scooterdoc...you should give him , +1 "antibiotic" ;D

cheers

[imagesinthewind]

DUDE!!

That looks amazing!
Nice job!!!

[Scooter Doc]

What is this scoot animal you refer to? If it is yours, no animals in the clinic, and if it poops you must clean up it's cyber doodie. We don't need bones here, we're adults.......snif....and you hurt Doc's feelings. That seat was obviously ill, it had a sickly color. You healed it very nicely, well done. Scooter Doc

[ccprof]

Looks great! Did you do any special prep?

[mthomas]

Thanks for all the kudo's, I think it looks like a different scoot. Everything I did to get it ready and to paint it is in the frst post, it was very easy.

[Eastep]

Awesome job!! Replace the rusted screws though it lets your hard work down a bit . That Duplicolor stuff is great to use and holdsup well. I re-did the interior of my old 924S with duplicolor "sand" and "Black"

[mthomas]

Already in the plans.

[LUKE]

tom, how exactly did you do it? did you have to sand paper the seat? and what type of duplicator ?does it say in the bottle fabric paint?etc? pardon my ignorant,,,,,i mean innocent question.

thanks

[mthomas]

Apr 25, 2010 14:07:40 GMT -6 LUKE said:

tom, how exactly did you do it? did you have to sand paper the seat? and what type of duplicator ?does it say in the bottle fabric paint?etc? pardon my ignorant,,,,,i mean innocent question.

thanks

Not an ignorant question at all. Go back and read my first post and it tells exactly what I did and how I prepped the seat, type of paint and technique. Here is the original article I read to find out about it:
Mike

www.ehow.com/how_2319849_spray-paint-vinyl-simulated-leather.html

[kiwiscoot]

you don't give bones here - you give Aspro's ;D

[imagesinthewind]

I'm thinking of doing this when I get my motorcycle redone.
Thanks for the link to the How To on eHow.

[somebody]

I wanna do that!

Great job.

[jct842]

I have two scooters that are candidates for seat work, the old riva has a close to perfect seat, never left outside for the 27 years it has been alive. the chinese will get a reshape and posibly new cover. the majesty will get a reshape/backrest and likely a tinted sheepskin. I need more riding time on it to just see what I want to do with the majesty. john