One man's fairing repair: Difference between revisions

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[[Category:Bodywork & Frame]]

I finally decided to get around to taking care of the damage my fairings suffered when I went down. I had done a temporary job at the time with plumbers putty for the worst part of it and plastex for the lighter damage. Sick of how ugly the fairing looked with the putty and scratches, I was looking into just replacing it, but that is an expensive prospect. I found the [[Plastics repair with ABS cement|ABS fairing repair]] in the FAQ, and after checking it out, I decided that as long as I was willing to repaint afterwards, this was the perfect solution.

Make sure that you have a well-ventilated area for the noxious fumes to escape from.

I was re-fabricating a pretty significant piece of fairing... Here you can see the damage. A huge piece is just GONE. If I had noticed at the time of the accident and been in a better state of mind, I probably could have recovered it... but I did not.

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 [[Category:Bodywork & Frame]]
 I finally decided to get around to taking care of the damage my fairings suffered when I went down. I had done a temporary job at the time with plumbers putty for the worst part of it and plastex for the lighter damage. Sick of how ugly the fairing looked with the putty and scratches, I was looking into just replacing it, but that is an expensive prospect. I found the [[Plastics repair with ABS cement|ABS fairing repair]] in the FAQ, and after checking it out, I decided that as long as I was willing to repaint afterwards, this was the perfect solution.
+Make sure that you have a well-ventilated area for the noxious fumes to escape from.
 I was re-fabricating a pretty significant piece of fairing... Here you can see the damage. A huge piece is just GONE. If I had noticed at the time of the accident and been in a better state of mind, I probably could have recovered it... but I did not.