Fixing cracked plastics

I have the fine sand paper, I'm just a bit lazy right now to go over and it and finish it off because I'll be repainting the entire bike soon, so everything gets to be sanded down soon.

MR.S7 said:

and to make a better finish next time get extra fine sand paper and put it in water befor to make the "cleaning of the plastics" .

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AKA Wet Sanding

Looks good. Glad you're progressing so well. Bike parts are meant to be in the house. Actually whole bikes are better!

A2rider said:

Looks good. Glad you're progressing so well. Bike parts are meant to be in the house. Actually whole bikes are better!

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If the girlfriend didn't live with me, the bike would be parked right next to my desk on plastic tarps for the winter so I could work on it.. lol

We had both bikes in the house last winter. I'm tempted to take off my wheels and drag them in the house so I can repaint them. Paint doesn't stick very well at 30 degrees!

Only a couple of things. First, use the soap and water before the alcohol. S&W removes big dirt, and the alcohol cleans the surface of films left behind by the previous steps.
Second, when you sand your part it works best with a hard, flat sanding block like a piece of wood. Fingers follow low spots, leaving all the high spots to create their ripples. Don't know if you're doing this, or not, so I thought I would make mention of it.

I was not doing that, and didn't know about the fingers following low spots and the like, but thank you... I will from here out.

Thanks man for the advice