[Stinger02]

I did half and half. Had the dealership where I work paint the yellow on my bike with auto grade stuff and I painted the fender and lower fairing with rattle can black.

[Mojoe]

one other thing im surprised that no one here mentioned...ive had many different rattle can clears not go on clear. they leave a subtle yellow hue to them many times.

that can be one f two things.

a) it's cheap clear

or

b) it is as I described above about the lack of volume coming from a spray can. if you are too far away from your work, the clear starts drying before it hits the surface. when particles of clear dry, they turn yellowish, or a milkyish color. then instead of "flowing", it sort of just piles up upon itself.

clear has to go on "wet".

[Cagg]

be careful when painting, the clear coat i used didn't agree with the paint i used even though they like they would, and it just crinkled to **** had to re-do it all over.

[airforceranger49]

i did my entire bike with rattle can.... you can see the pics here

http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=105768

it's all about the prep work/finishing... i would say that has to do with about 80% of how well your paint comes out... you also need to work on painting technique as well.

my best advice is to use something to practice on (an old chair, cardboard box, anything) just so you can get the feel for how the paint will lay before you start spraying your bike

[Bandito]

I did my bike w/ duplicolor and it is fine. All that is left is the tank, but I'm not too keen on paying for the urethane from a shop and still not 100% sure about the two part can. You can rattle can a good job (local mc mechanic was sure the kats didn't have a metallic black paint from the factory ) but following any paint instructions and sticking w/ one brand should get you good results. Besides, if you rattle can it, you can always change the color or touch up scratches that might come up.

[95kat650]

You can get a decent finish with a rattle can....the problem is that the paint itself is usually junk. That fantastic finish you got with a rattle can will look like crap the first time you overfill your gas tank and it strips all the clearcoat off. ask me how I know

Use a paint gun (they're like $15 at a harbor freight store), get some *decent* quality paint (even O' Riley's sells Nason base/clear paint for very reasonable prices) and you can get a finish that will last many years, and many gas spills. It's definately worth the money to do it right.




Holy cow, is there an echo in here? You beat me to it

Yes Harbor Freight does have the paint guns that cheap but from my experience go for a gravity fed paint gun. I'm not sure if they sell those at Harbor Freight or not, if they do it will cost a little more money but is totally worth it!

[Cagg]

all i know is i failed it hard and i'm upset about it lol i will try again now that its spring.

[kevin2502000]

all i know is i failed it hard and i'm upset about it lol i will try again now that its spring.

DO the BC/CC and you won't look back.

[Cagg]

BB/CC = black coat and clear coat?

[ctandc]

The Spray Max clear coat is an actual urethane based two part clear coat in a rattle can. It has a injector you activate when ready to spray, that releases activator into the clear. You then have so much time to spray it.

I told a local body shop guy about it last year. It hadn't really been around that long at the time. He actually ordered a few cases to sell.

Turns out every painter he had try it LOVES the stuff. He said several shops would PREFER to use the spray can on small spot repairs rather than their normal clear.

The issue comes down to cost.

If you DON'T own, or have access to a compressor to run a spray gun, then then using the Spray Max can make sense. IF you have a compressor and just need a spray gun, it might be close to the same cost to just buy a good detail HVLP gun and use normal clear.

[kevin2502000]

BB/CC = black coat and clear coat?

Base coat/ clear coat

[rome_rome]

I am currently rattle canning mine right now looks pretty sweet the done parts, next paint job i will try the spraygun. do like me and try both :P the rattle can looks very nice (just do light coats . . . i did 6 and liked the result, first 2 i still saw the paint underneath, i probably could do with a couple more coats)

[Cagg]

DO the BC/CC and you won't look back.

The Spray Max clear coat is an actual urethane based two part clear coat in a rattle can. It has a injector you activate when ready to spray, that releases activator into the clear. You then have so much time to spray it.

I told a local body shop guy about it last year. It hadn't really been around that long at the time. He actually ordered a few cases to sell.

Turns out every painter he had try it LOVES the stuff. He said several shops would PREFER to use the spray can on small spot repairs rather than their normal clear.

The issue comes down to cost.

If you DON'T own, or have access to a compressor to run a spray gun, then then using the Spray Max can make sense. IF you have a compressor and just need a spray gun, it might be close to the same cost to just buy a good detail HVLP gun and use normal clear.

i have a compressor and a spray gun my father has it just have to go get it.