[rwcreigh]

wow you rock,that was very cool of you to take time to wright this up.thank you

[01Katman]

Did you guys wet sand the paint between coats or did you wet sand again before applying the clear? I'm painting mine right now and i have some small spots that aren't completely smooth in the paint and i wet sanded the primer with 400 before painting however there are still those spots. would it hurt to wet sand and apply a final coat of paint? Just want to make sure before i finish up painting today. Thanks ~Heath

[brittish]

Wow, that's an awesome right up Lou, and when I start to get my bike up and running here with some mix-mathed parts after my accident, hopefully i'll have time to paint her next winter and your post will definitely help me out a ton! Thanks!!

[brooder]

For those that want one, here is a printable version of the paint guide. Please download it (right-click and Save As...) to save my bandwidth a little grief. Thank you.

[ccuvo]

Awesome, Lou how much paint did you use????

[brooder]

I don't know about Lou's amounts, but to paint the tail for an 03 takes 1 can for a little over 2 light coats. www.color-rite.com has the suggestion somewhere for how paint is needed to paint a bike.

[chrisman826]

hey check this out! I was checkin out the paint on the dupli-color website. foudn a video tutorial of basically the same thing lou had, just not as detailed. but still might be helpful.

http://www.duplicolor.com/training/mirage_training.html

[Sundowner]

Thanks Lou, This will Help Tons when I do My color change

[SweetLou]

Awesome, Lou how much paint did you use????

I can't rememebr how many can's of those small Mirage cans I used. I know it was a few, as I was doing about 6 to 7 layers of color on each peice. I used one whole can on the tank itself though. I wanted to get a nice deep color to it.

As for the orange, I used 2 pints of Orange, 1 pint of white, and I think 2 or 3 pints of clear, not including all the reducer and such.

[brooder]

I managed to get two good coats out of 1 can on my 03 tail. I'm guessing a full bike would need 6-8 cans.

[SweetLou]

The "Mirage" paint comes in a smaller can too, and you needed to use a lot of coats. I wasn't sure how many cans it would take using a regular size can.

[d_phi_d]

damn nice looking bike.. and to think all was done in a house garage.... hmmm i going to paint mine now...

[Negster]

This is the exact kind of info I was looking for. I really want to paint my bike, but I was afraid to try it without having tips on how to do it. I can't afford to take it to a professional to do the job and I didn't know how good of a job one can get from using spray paint.

I want to paint mine just plain black. I believe Walmart has a black Fusion paint that might have some glitter in it. If it does, is it ok to also use the same brand clear coat on that (I believe that it's Krylon)? Also, for the paint, do you use flat, semi or gloss? I know the clear coat gives it shine, but does the paint also have to be gloss?

Thanks again!

[Negster]

Also, if I decide to paint the same design that I currently have on my bike that are decals, would the different colors mix well or will they crack?

[DoubleD]

Hey brooder

Any chance you could repair that link for the pdf version of the guide? Or if anyone could email it to me I'd appreciate it.