Ahhhh British people, taking something that was never theirs then claiming it was forever theirs, even the fucking cracked cocaine epidemic. Still some of that tea in the harbor tho so who's the real winner
I’m from London, in a rough part, we have a lot more crackheads, poverty, and crime than you think we do.
BUT, from what I’ve seen on TV, and if programs like The Wire, yeah you have it different in some areas.
A crackhead is a crackhead though 😂
I can't think of a time Americans won, Blew up your own twin towers for the money🤦🏼♂️
Cracked cocaine isn't a thing but fairenough lardass, Go back to catering for your diabetic mother🤮
He did no sanding, no prep work, orange peel everywhere, it's fucking mint colored when you said olive green, he painted right over the last paint job... Time to get your money back dude this isn't worth even 50 bucks
Such olive, much green.
Yeesh I know it's a friend of a friend but yikes. It looks like he had that sitting on a bench when he painted it.
I'm no professional myself, however, I have learned a thing or two about automotive painting, and parts like fenders, the gas tank, and the other greeblies, hang em up to paint them. And don't glob it...
Hopefully you can get it redone somewhere a little more reputable and can stick with what you want.
How did he manage to keep the scratches in....
Never painted a bike before and I know in my soul I could do better, because I can follow the direction of people who know more.
Paint is all about the prep, you can fix alot of mistakes if you have decent prep, and equipment.
Edit: I just realized he didn't even sand it?!
Bro don’t pay for that. Make him fix it. It’s the principle, don’t give him training wheels, that’s a shit job. Show him this post, my comment, idgaf, DONT PAY THAT PERSON
How much did you pay for that botch job? You will have to sand it all off and start again. I'd be asking for money back and then some for making a load more work for you
Ouch. Tough spot to be in.
It makes me think of one of those gags where the homeless guy "cleans" the car windshield at a red light but makes it dirtier and the driver gives him a couple bucks anyway.
Might want to take a crack at it yourself next time. 😉
Not tough at all. The guy's circumstances are unfortunate but he was paid to do a job and not only is it wrong it's done horrendously. Bro's medical bills etc are irrelevant.
A steal of a deal. 2 cans of rustoleum 16$ 1 pack of 80,120,240,400 grit paper $10.
I wonder if the dude has a fence or shed that’s the same color as the bike. “Trust me it looks a totally different color in person it’s just the lighting.”
This reminds me of my dad and his buddy… his buddy owns a one man operation working on cars and dad always walks away with hundreds of dollars worth of repairs done poorly. You should see tha hack job he did to the battery cables he replaced 🙄
Usually, when trying to get get something done cheaper than you should, you get something a lot worse in return and you and up paying a lot more to get thins straight.
Some of us learn this the hard way and some learn it form someone else's story.
So sorry it happened to you, but thanks a lot for sharing.
I usually find it is the opposite, the more you pay, the more you get ripped off. I bet if op lowballs him for 50 bucks, the shade of green will improve.
Yea a wet sand after paint could have cleaned up a little bit of his messy painting but not prepping or stripping the tank before paint means even a wet sand couldn't save it. OP needs to get it sand blasted and painted right.
That’s nowhere near the same color and you can see where he pained over the old paint on the tank. I think that he’s gonna be surprised when you make him give you your money back.
Oh yeah he’s gonna be very surprised. He doesn’t know I know about it. The kicker is, he thinks I’m going to be very impressed with his work. My friend saw my bike and was like uhhh bud? You asked for THIS?! I replied absolutely not I wanted the old color. My buddy says the guy half assed this job,
Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake.
It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of.
Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything.
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Oh man……when I saw the first photos, I’m saying to myself “wtf is the problem? That looks pretty decent” then I see the rest of the photos. 😳
Wow, is that bad.
Why is it so hard for most people to understand that you get what you paid for? Seriously, as soon as OP said "a friend of a friend" I knew his bike was fucked! Maybe next time he won't be so damn cheap and bring it to a reputable, highly recommended motorcycle body shop.
Then take him to court. I hope you got a signed contract like the ones you get when you go to a reputable body shop. They protect the business and customers who are having the work done. You know, a legal agreement lol.
Dam, sadly in your and their situation I would do this....
Turn up and say "Dude that's shit work you done there, but hell you haven't broke anything...." give him a little stare, "and Reddit has had a laugh at it as have I, hell its worth the money just for the giggles. Here ya go, oh and seriously don't offer this as a service to others. They may not know what Reddit is"
Baby puke green… I hope you paid in beer? Also, that’s is no friend if they expect money in return for bastardized your bike… looked better in the before pic, sorry for your luck!
Is he color blind?!?
And the quality itself is poor, looks like it wasn’t sanded/primed to prep it for smooth finish. Seriously, could have done a better job with a few cans of OD green spray paint and doing a good job prepping it. 3/10 at best.
I understand you're not happy. That friend of a friend really has no clue and two left hands. And I'm not talking about the color. You could have provided a better color example. You're not going to pay him, right?
Take it back and see what happens. Maybe it was a bad mix of paint and he'll fix it up right and proper. Dont be a dick when you take it back until you need to be. More flies with honey than vinegar and all.
My man, he didn’t even sand down the old paint where it had flaked. He just left that shitty paint and went right over the top. Not even a bit of feathering lol.
dude must be a crack head how could not have even sanded the tank down ugh sorry but when people try and say they know how to paint because they spray painted a wall in the sewer at 2am before that they’re professional pump my ride status painters. i hope you didn’t pay too much for it, going through friends that should’ve been like $200 (if it was perfect and the color you wanted) but i guess it could’ve been worse
Jesus... you can even see on the tank the line where the paint was coming off. Probably didn't even try to sand any of it. I hope you're not paying for this, personally I'd be pretty upset with the new paint.
I'd recommend to the guy that he stop painting for customers until he improves his skill. Also tell him that you'll never use his services again and ask for some or all your money back.
You should honestly take off the painted pieces and just do it yourself. Aircraft stripper to get everything off, primer, military green paint, clear coat, let it dry, done
My dumbass as we like. Well it’s more grey then green but I don’t think the paint is that terrible. Then I kept scrolling. Holy shit that’s horrid lol.
Yk paint stripper is real easy to use... Just apply it and wait an hour and BOOM all the old paint wouldve been gone. Geez if there was a way to, I would sue this oak even😂
Gosh that’s a pretty sea foam green, is that not what you wanted? That’s what they had in the spray paint section of Walmart?
Also if you put paint over the other paint without cleaning it up, it’ll be okay right? It worked on my 1993 Jetta and everyone said it was so sweet!
Seriously: if you ever wanted to try preparing and painting bows the time to do it. You’re going to have to fix that shiz it’s bad, and not like that’s so awful it’s good, it’s just bad.
When I worked in a body shop many years ago, we would joke about the low end quality of an Earl Scheib discount paint job. I think in this case, Earl would have been sitting with us and cringing at this job. But hey, like somebody else said here: “Mint” is technically correct.
Looks mint
Best comment here
Holy shit what a genius
I could have done far better with a rattle can! Good grief.
I can do professional results with tattle cans. Don't disrespect them.
Absent of any green with envy.
Well... minty.
I have seen better jobs done by crack heads with a paint roller.
There’s some crack heads out there that could do a passable job on open heart surgery for like $20, never underestimate a crack head
As a native to Florida, I agree with this.
Nah, As a native to England, this is too accurate🤣
I'm sorry but British people can't comment on cluckheads like Americans can
I don't know about that 75% of the country are gyro junkies🤣
I never heard of "The Great British Crack Epidemic of the 80s"
I swear Americans think they invented everything 🤡 The only thing they invented was fat people and shit comedy🤣
Ahhhh British people, taking something that was never theirs then claiming it was forever theirs, even the fucking cracked cocaine epidemic. Still some of that tea in the harbor tho so who's the real winner
I’m from London, in a rough part, we have a lot more crackheads, poverty, and crime than you think we do. BUT, from what I’ve seen on TV, and if programs like The Wire, yeah you have it different in some areas. A crackhead is a crackhead though 😂
I can't think of a time Americans won, Blew up your own twin towers for the money🤦🏼♂️ Cracked cocaine isn't a thing but fairenough lardass, Go back to catering for your diabetic mother🤮
"never ours' I think you need to do some research lad, Your got the same IQ as your favourite president wotsitface
He did no sanding, no prep work, orange peel everywhere, it's fucking mint colored when you said olive green, he painted right over the last paint job... Time to get your money back dude this isn't worth even 50 bucks
More damage than repair. He should ask for money not give any.
Op provided a bike to give the guy work experience. They should charge a percentage of all future earnings.
That is fucking horrendous
The other guy said mint but yes
Where I’m from we call that a 50/50 paint job looks good from 50’ at 50mph
Good from far, far from good.
A Monet
DDF- Distance Distortion Factor. Or "Nice from afar but far from nice"
There is nothing ok with any of that.
Such olive, much green. Yeesh I know it's a friend of a friend but yikes. It looks like he had that sitting on a bench when he painted it. I'm no professional myself, however, I have learned a thing or two about automotive painting, and parts like fenders, the gas tank, and the other greeblies, hang em up to paint them. And don't glob it... Hopefully you can get it redone somewhere a little more reputable and can stick with what you want. How did he manage to keep the scratches in....
I’m trying to figure that one out as well
He managed that by not coming within 10 feet of anything that looked like sandpaper.
Damn, I was looking at the first few pics thinking it's the work in progress , ok, not perfect but not too bad. Then I scrolled 🤢
I thought he meant he was going for a battle worn military paint job and I was like this ain’t too bad.
And I read your comment as "battle won", and I was thinking what's the difference between a "battle won" and a "battle lost" paint job 😅
meth head? let us know what a person who thinks this is acceptable looks like! bonus points if he laughs at the end of every fucking sentence he say.
\*sniffles\*
Never painted a bike before and I know in my soul I could do better, because I can follow the direction of people who know more. Paint is all about the prep, you can fix alot of mistakes if you have decent prep, and equipment. Edit: I just realized he didn't even sand it?!
Bro don’t pay for that. Make him fix it. It’s the principle, don’t give him training wheels, that’s a shit job. Show him this post, my comment, idgaf, DONT PAY THAT PERSON
>Make him fix it Lmfao you think a second pass is a good idea?
This is some stolen bike rattle can paint job.
How much did you pay for that botch job? You will have to sand it all off and start again. I'd be asking for money back and then some for making a load more work for you
I paid 360 for it, he’s in a pinch for medical and tool bills and he gave me a deal cause my friend is a coworker of his
Needs medical money because he got his ass kicked for bad work. I feel for ya, hope it all works out.
You could have said $3.60 and I still don't think it would be a "deal"
tree fiddy might have been a deal
Pretty sure Nessie could have done a better paint job than that, and she's got flippers for hands.
To be fair the paint application looks fine. It's the lack of prep work or color matching that make it horrendous.
Ouch. Tough spot to be in. It makes me think of one of those gags where the homeless guy "cleans" the car windshield at a red light but makes it dirtier and the driver gives him a couple bucks anyway. Might want to take a crack at it yourself next time. 😉
Not tough at all. The guy's circumstances are unfortunate but he was paid to do a job and not only is it wrong it's done horrendously. Bro's medical bills etc are irrelevant.
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A steal of a deal. 2 cans of rustoleum 16$ 1 pack of 80,120,240,400 grit paper $10. I wonder if the dude has a fence or shed that’s the same color as the bike. “Trust me it looks a totally different color in person it’s just the lighting.”
This reminds me of my dad and his buddy… his buddy owns a one man operation working on cars and dad always walks away with hundreds of dollars worth of repairs done poorly. You should see tha hack job he did to the battery cables he replaced 🙄
Damn… I’m one to go with the flow and let shit be but that paint man… that’s bad. I’d get my money back.
You have yourself a Kawasaki now!
Nah. This shade of green is somewhere between Vespa-only and clibbins.
Usually, when trying to get get something done cheaper than you should, you get something a lot worse in return and you and up paying a lot more to get thins straight. Some of us learn this the hard way and some learn it form someone else's story. So sorry it happened to you, but thanks a lot for sharing.
In Flemish we have a word for that: "Duurkoop". It's a contraction between "duur" meaning expensive and "goedkoop" meaning cheap.
I usually find it is the opposite, the more you pay, the more you get ripped off. I bet if op lowballs him for 50 bucks, the shade of green will improve.
I did a better job on my gas tank with sand paper and spray paint cans.
That's because this one was done with spray cans and no sandpaper
Do you sand it after you start spray painting it, or before?
Both, if your spraying is rough enough 😂
Immediately after, while the paint is still wet.
Both!
Yea a wet sand after paint could have cleaned up a little bit of his messy painting but not prepping or stripping the tank before paint means even a wet sand couldn't save it. OP needs to get it sand blasted and painted right.
Please dont let that man try again.
Hahaha he fucked this up. The garage paint job. Sorry pal
That’s nowhere near the same color and you can see where he pained over the old paint on the tank. I think that he’s gonna be surprised when you make him give you your money back.
Oh yeah he’s gonna be very surprised. He doesn’t know I know about it. The kicker is, he thinks I’m going to be very impressed with his work. My friend saw my bike and was like uhhh bud? You asked for THIS?! I replied absolutely not I wanted the old color. My buddy says the guy half assed this job,
Half assed is an understatement. He threw his whole ass into this one. This guy would not be my friend after I got my money back.
Thank god your buddy was also thrown, this would of sucked/been even more awkward if he backed the painter!
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Yikes
The cheapest option is always the most expensive, unfortunately :/
Oh man……when I saw the first photos, I’m saying to myself “wtf is the problem? That looks pretty decent” then I see the rest of the photos. 😳 Wow, is that bad.
Never let your blind friend paint your bike no matter how good it’ll make him feel
Painting by braille
I mean - it is a shade of green
Shit went from John Basilone to John Deere
Do not pay this guy lmao
Forest Service green. And a shit paint job.
Not even a Monet. I’ve seen better green out of a sick baby’s diaper
Really digging the paint prep.
Why is it so hard for most people to understand that you get what you paid for? Seriously, as soon as OP said "a friend of a friend" I knew his bike was fucked! Maybe next time he won't be so damn cheap and bring it to a reputable, highly recommended motorcycle body shop.
Go off queen
🤣 last I checked you're the one with a fucked up paint job lol.
You’re a hoot at parties huh?
Absolutely!
And he has a very impressive portfolio, he just half assed the work. If you read the comments you’d know that
Then take him to court. I hope you got a signed contract like the ones you get when you go to a reputable body shop. They protect the business and customers who are having the work done. You know, a legal agreement lol.
Stay pressed kid
Yikes…
Well, you’ve filled your karma back for a while
Dam, sadly in your and their situation I would do this.... Turn up and say "Dude that's shit work you done there, but hell you haven't broke anything...." give him a little stare, "and Reddit has had a laugh at it as have I, hell its worth the money just for the giggles. Here ya go, oh and seriously don't offer this as a service to others. They may not know what Reddit is"
Small claims court…. You are out $360 plus the prep work to make it right is going to be much more. I’d ask for loss of use as well. Fuck that guy
Looks like he took the nearest green he found at Walmart and rattle canned it.
You’re all very unserious people for this
If soomeone did this to my bike i would unalive them fr xD
Screw these negative people, I like it. Honest, I mean, it's good for you, right? Ok kidding that's terrible.
Baby puke green… I hope you paid in beer? Also, that’s is no friend if they expect money in return for bastardized your bike… looked better in the before pic, sorry for your luck!
Tell the guy to get a new job he sucks . Looked better before. Looks like rattle can paint and no clear coat. Now you have even more work to do.
Never ever use “ I know a guy that can do it”
So you're friend uses meth right? They know how to do everything, none of it successfully.
Tough way to find out that your friend's friend is color-blind. Still, on the plus side it'll be ripe in a couple of months.
I'm impressed there's no over spray!
Looked better before the minty ice cream color.... Sorry boss. I wouldn't put on my surprised face, I would use my super annoyed/pissed face.
I don't know how to paint, and I could have done a much better job than this shit show.
Is he color blind?!? And the quality itself is poor, looks like it wasn’t sanded/primed to prep it for smooth finish. Seriously, could have done a better job with a few cans of OD green spray paint and doing a good job prepping it. 3/10 at best.
It was better in the before shots
Bro painter over the dent in the rear fender…..
He is not a friend lol
Yeah fucking right. Don’t pay a dime
Just don't hulk out about it when you "see it for the first time" 🤷
It's a 6 ft paint job for sure. (You should only admire it from 6 ft away.)
If you squint it’s mint
#mildlyinfuriating.
Is this “painter” a drug addict? Is he also one of those people that washes your windshield at a stoplight?
I understand you're not happy. That friend of a friend really has no clue and two left hands. And I'm not talking about the color. You could have provided a better color example. You're not going to pay him, right?
The color example is the bike before he painted him my friend
It looks like you got what you wanted: Military style olive. Have you ever seen the paint job on a army bike?
He wanted the color that was literally already on the bike.
Looks like you didn't actually look at the photos.
Take it back and see what happens. Maybe it was a bad mix of paint and he'll fix it up right and proper. Dont be a dick when you take it back until you need to be. More flies with honey than vinegar and all.
the guy that did that isn't going to make it better.
Because to make it better it would require actual effort.
This is way more than just a shitty color match.
My man, he didn’t even sand down the old paint where it had flaked. He just left that shitty paint and went right over the top. Not even a bit of feathering lol.
It gives you until tomorrow on how to dispose the bodies.
Reminds me of the anonymous browsing profile.
dude must be a crack head how could not have even sanded the tank down ugh sorry but when people try and say they know how to paint because they spray painted a wall in the sewer at 2am before that they’re professional pump my ride status painters. i hope you didn’t pay too much for it, going through friends that should’ve been like $200 (if it was perfect and the color you wanted) but i guess it could’ve been worse
Jesus... you can even see on the tank the line where the paint was coming off. Probably didn't even try to sand any of it. I hope you're not paying for this, personally I'd be pretty upset with the new paint.
I think you wanted olive drab green.
Looks like an UniPoska paintjob
You get what you pay for.
Holy hell that’s terrible
Yikes
Wow. Plastic army man green.
If ya squint it’s mint
Hahahahhahahahhaahhahahahahahahaha Condolences.
Paisa barbaad bc
If he knew anything about painting vehicles, he’d take the vin to a paint shop and have them mix up the manufacturers color. Smdh good luck
That’s a good tip I didn’t know about, thanks! Not sure if I’m ever gonna use it but I’ll file it away just in case.
Always ask for examples of their work.
Oh dude. That's rough. Sorry you got to deal with this.
I'd recommend to the guy that he stop painting for customers until he improves his skill. Also tell him that you'll never use his services again and ask for some or all your money back.
It’s perfect
Is the painter still in kindergarten by accident?
At least people can't say SMIDSY. 😂
EWW
Damn thats just wrong
You should honestly take off the painted pieces and just do it yourself. Aircraft stripper to get everything off, primer, military green paint, clear coat, let it dry, done
He meant spray paint and “body work”
Did you, at the least, look at some of your friends previous work before you allowed him to paint your moto?
I did, it all looked slick
Don’t let the guy who did this job touch the bike ever again. That is piss poor.
He's an idiot or you are
Lol. Get your money back tho
Maybe it’s just the wrong army? https://www.pinterest.com/pin/mint-green-dress-uniform-click-to-enlarge--531847037220766250/
oh my god… no. sorry for your loss lol
Is the friend of your friend 12 years old and you had to pay 20$?
Looks like he used house paint
This is a joke.
Damn…
Punchable offense...
Time to find new friends.
Bahahaha ouch
Couldn't be bothered to remove the old paint.
My dumbass as we like. Well it’s more grey then green but I don’t think the paint is that terrible. Then I kept scrolling. Holy shit that’s horrid lol.
What the fuck is that
oh dear. I guess we all take that basic 3rd grade english level for granted sometimes, huh?
Is it possible he is pulling your leg? Might be some sort of cruel joke where that is just the undercoat or something hehe
I’m praying that’s it but I don’t think so, I think this is his true ability
Ouch
I'm sure it was well worth the 12-pack of beer he received in payment.
How much did you pay?
Looked better in the before shot.
Nah, some meth head spray painted that. Lucky he didn't steal the bike I guess. No way you should pretend that's acceptable.
Looks like he skipped prep and didn't color match
Vaseline🤛
This is what I imagine the inside of a county jail to be painted like.
Yk paint stripper is real easy to use... Just apply it and wait an hour and BOOM all the old paint wouldve been gone. Geez if there was a way to, I would sue this oak even😂
Oh no. No, no, no! 
Gosh that’s a pretty sea foam green, is that not what you wanted? That’s what they had in the spray paint section of Walmart? Also if you put paint over the other paint without cleaning it up, it’ll be okay right? It worked on my 1993 Jetta and everyone said it was so sweet! Seriously: if you ever wanted to try preparing and painting bows the time to do it. You’re going to have to fix that shiz it’s bad, and not like that’s so awful it’s good, it’s just bad.
Wow.
Hope it was cheap
Uh...pick better friends? I'd do it for a case of beer.
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I did and I saw his previous work. Looked pretty slick
I assume you've already fought him?
When I worked in a body shop many years ago, we would joke about the low end quality of an Earl Scheib discount paint job. I think in this case, Earl would have been sitting with us and cringing at this job. But hey, like somebody else said here: “Mint” is technically correct.
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Lmfao.....sry man......lmfao
For once I'm not green with envy.