paint choice

[audio_barren]

what type of paint do you recommend?

[dpasch]

welll its all matters on whats your painting and your budget and if your doing it yourself or someone else is doing it.... check out

http://www.tcpglobal.com/restorationshop/rspcolors.aspx

that will give you alot of paint color options an they have paint kits...and their prices are pretty fair IMO you have your choice of acrylics like enamel, Lacquer or urethane.....it matters on budget...enamel is easiest to work with...lacquer IMO gives a longer lasting gloss and urethane is better for parts that might flex more than normal.... give alittle details on what you want to do..if your doing it or a shop is doing it and estimate a budget..that will help with giving you a better idea...an everything i have said is just IMO others might say otherwise...im going from personal experience

[pole kat]

What are you wanting to paint?

[audio_barren]

my plastics

[jimpennjr]

my plastics

I used Dupli-color wheel paint. It is made for metal rims or plastic hubcaps. All you have to do is scuff up with a 320 grit wet sand. Wipe clean and spray. I put on 5 coats of color and 2 of clear. I will post pics once they get back on the bike. They came out great.
3 cans(color) for the whole bike @ $5.39 a can at advanced.
1 can clear same price.

Good luck and post your pics when you are done.

[creepinghunter]

Yeah like others said depends on what you are doin. Personaly I only use PPG and will only do HVLP gun. BUt thats me costs more but better quality stuff then a rattle can.

Here is my supply cost although I already have the gun and air compressor and filters , I am also doing the whole bike

Devilbis HVLP - 400$
PPG color, primer, clear - 350$
Sand paper grits from 200 to 2000 - 50$
Air compressor, filters, lines, - 600$
Plasitic trouble repair - 100$
Spongejetting of all pieces: frame, swingar, plastic, etc - Free (only cause my friend works for them, but would have cost me a couple of hundred bucks easily)
Total - est 1500$

or several cans of duplicolor paint and sandpaper for what 100 to 200$ at most......

[oscar35a]

where can i buy paint to match the original colour(burgundy)? my bike is primed, and the guy is having trouble matching the original..... I'd really like it to be done before riding season!!

[ctandc]

Google Colorrite

[jimpennjr]

Before Pic:


After Pic:


I need to paint the tank and front fender, I also got carbon fiber vinyl to recover the seat.

Let me know what you think.

[oscar35a]

thanks for colorrite, but i've tried that... the problem i'm having is finding someplace in Canada that will sell it for less than 250 bucks a pint!!

[Astro4x4]

Go to a shop that does colour matching. Take the 3rd eye fairing with you and they will put it under the camera to find a match. One of the larger NAPA / UAP stores will probably have one.

[chinto]

thanks for colorrite, but i've tried that... the problem i'm having is finding someplace in Canada that will sell it for less than 250 bucks a pint!!

where in Canada are you?

[oscar35a]

woodstock, near london

ontario...

[chinto]

woodstock, near london

ontario...

get me a paint code and I can price out some paint for you.

[oscar35a]

ok... it is Candy Academy Maroon, colorrite codes - top 4470, base 1498

Thanks in advance