Ducati 600 Supersport Full Restoration EP5 The Grand Finale

Welcome to the grand finale of the Ducati 600SS Restoration project. Its been a long time since the last update but really hope the results in this episode make it worth the wait.

Timestamps
CLEANING - 0:26
SANDING - 2:22
PAINT EXPLANATION - 3:53
GEORGE - 7:20
PAINT STRIPPING - 8:20
PRIMING - 10:15
WET FLATTING 12:28
PAINTING - 13:58
DECAL APPLICATION 15:23
CLEAR COAT - 17:38
SAND BLASTING - 19:07
ZINC PLATING - 20:00
FINAL BUILD UP - 21:39
START UP - 28:26
HAVE A DRINK - 29:48

Anyway in this episode i work my way through the last of the jobs on the list which include painting all the fairings, doing some zinc plating on the last of the hardware and building the bike up and firing up the engine for the first time...... Will it run???

First thing to do was to wash the fairings to remove all traces of oil, grease grime and most importantly of all any traces of old waxes and polishes. one cleaned and dried i removed the decals on the surface of the paint. then proceeded to start sanding the panel down to get access tot he decals buried in the clear coat.

After the fairings were sanded and prepped for primer i cracked on with the tank, It was stripped down off camera then i used the heat gun to soften the glue on the tank protector so that i could easily remove it one removed i cleaned off the remaining glue with some thinners and i was ready for the next stage.

Paint stripper was used on the tank as i explained in the video so that i could get it back to bare metal and be sure that there was no rust lurking in the seams or any other dodgy repairs but im glad to say the tank was totally straight and i could clean it down and proceed straight onto etch and high build priming.

Once the paneols were prepped they had to be wet flatted to remove nay defects and leave a glass like surface for the next layer to lay on. This stage is where a good paint job is won or lost. The colour used was the original shade of Ducati Rosso correct for this year and model.

Once the base coat had dried i started the long process of fitting the decals this took a while as i had to measure everything several times and re-posistion multiple times just to be 100% sure that they were in the right place. Then once happy i sealed it all up with 5 good layers of clear so as to ensure the decals were sealed in well and to give a deep wet looking shine to the bike.

After that was done i still had a few pieces needing zinc plated so i set about that job and as per usual i have sped through it as a plan on making a zinc plating video soon so i didnt want to bore you with the details here. But im happy with the way the plating turned out and now the panels are dry i can crack on with getting the bike built up and running.

The assembly stage was pretty straight forward and self explanatory.

once fully assembled it was time to turn the key and see if she would fire up and im glad to report it did. Then it was a case of sitting back relaxing and having drink and admiring a job well done.

then as usual its the obligatory ending shots, sorry about my shaky footage i really need to invest in a gimble of some sorts, anyway thats getting off topic

As usual i really hope you enjoy this series of videos and leave a like and a comment to let me know what you think.

Enjoy.

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