Finished Painting

[thlillyr]

I've just finished painting. Unfortunately I didn't take any before pictures. Stupid me. The original paint wasn't in bad shap just ugly and faded. It was a bad pale blue with a huge pink racing strip all down the side of the bike on both sides. It was just terrible. So i sanded the paint and painted right on top of it. Used 3 coats of duplicolor metallic red and 4 coats of duplicolor clear coat. (Found at Autozone) Both acrylic enamels. I used only 2 cans of each paint. Though 3 cans would be better cause I literately ran out of paint on the last spray. I haven't buffed or polished the clear coat yet gonna wait a week to be sure its nice and hard. I should have filled the few dents and nicks on the tank but they are all on the bottom and are not noticeable at all. Let me know what you think?

 

[volcomskater77]

looks good. especially for a rattle can. i used the gloss you did for my 3/4 helmet. lays down pretty easily and looks good. i swear by it from now on. until i get a gun.

 

[thlillyr]

I was surprised how easy the gloss was too. Wasn't nearly as runny as some other brands. And it dried nice and clear not foggy. I was wondering if i could use that on my helmet as well as my 3/4 is an old man tan color. It's all they had in my size. What paint did you use for the helmet? Any tips?

 

[skillzman1]

looks good!
if thats the lacquer product they sell...make sure not to leave any spilled gas etc,.. on the tank...not friendly to lacquer

 

[Joshwuh]

Wow, that looks good. That was a spray paint??? Can you tell me what you did to paint it and have it turn out so nicely? or possibly point me in the direction of a resource that can guide me? I would like to paint my tank and plastics because the paint is faded and cracked but I know absolutely nothing about painting and don't want to pay someone $300 to paint it.

 

[thlillyr]

Here is the guid I followed but I didn't do nearly as thourogh of a job as they describe but it's a complete guide. Note the paint he mentions isn't realy in circulation anymore so use an acrylic enamel instead of acrylic lacqer. I had a good layer of paint so I used 400 grit sand paper to just roughen the existing coat and then spray painted over it. A layer of good paint is the best kind of primer so I didn't need to to any of that. Don't use a belt or circular sander as it will leave very deep gouges a vibrating hand sander or just you hand is good. The I just spray painted on the sanded paint coat and poof.

here is a link to the guid I used.

http://www.thegsresources.com/garage/gs_repaint.htm

 

[Joshwuh]

Wow, thank you very much! You just saved me lots of money and helped to make my bike look much more purdy :-D I'm very grateful!

 

[thlillyr]

When you paint I'd love to see the pictures.

 

[lhaolpa]

When I lived in Dallas,Tx,I had a couple of friends that were custom painters.When it came time to paint a bike I had[back then I had a lot of them]I'd just give them the tank and sidecovers,and when a car came in for some special paint job,they'd paint it while the car was being painted. I have a couple of guns and compressor,but no booth.Maybe one day. The bike looks pretty good. lha