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Cheap paint jobs. Pics please.

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GateKeeper said:
what is over at Duplicolor's web site




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Thanks!! Copied, pasted, and posted for future reference!
 
Question. Enamel is the type of paint that cant really be wet sanded and buffed back because it dries like a shell or candy coating...right? Lacquer on the other hand is the same all the way through... there is no shell on the paint its simply the same composition from top to base... right?
 
DannyMotor said:
Question. Enamel is the type of paint that cant really be wet sanded and buffed back because it dries like a shell or candy coating...right? Lacquer on the other hand is the same all the way through... there is no shell on the paint its simply the same composition from top to base... right?
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You can if you don't sand through the clear layer.
 
Look's great. I like the old hammer heads on the rear; how do they work off-road?
Niels
 
Danny,
Google up "Spray-Max". It's a 2K urethane in a rattle can. Made in Germany but is distributed in the US. I'm going to use it on my tank and probably everything else. The product has a can within the can that you puncture when you are ready to use it. They claim 24hr. working time which sounds optomistic. But 12hrs. would give you plenty of time to double coat everything. With the extended working time I would expect a longer cure time but I can live with that. Others have complained about the $20/can price but I'd like for them to show me where you can buy all the materials, reducer and cleaning solvent for your gun for $20. All reports I've seen say it's impervious to ethanol blended gas.
Niels
 
Well I've searched every hardware and auto parts stores around and no lacquers in any colors other than black, white and clear.
Not much showing on eBay, either. Other than 3 oz cans of Testors model paint.
 
tkent02 said:
You don't need no stinking laquer.
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Lacquer and 2k urethane seem to be the preferred method of this thread.
What would you recommend? Enamel and then 2k on top?
If it works just as well, it sure would make finding the right colors easier.
 
ValorSolo said:
Lacquer and 2k urethane seem to be the preferred method of this thread.
What would you recommend? Enamel and then 2k on top?
If it works just as well, it sure would make finding the right colors easier.
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Works fine, enamel is what my rattle can jobs in the first few posts in this thread were. Cheap spray can laquer is hard to find anymore.
 
Good to know. That's what I'll do then, use enamel and 2k. Thanks.
 
I just did my fender last night. Engine enamal gold $8. Black gloss enamel $7. Clear enamal $7. 3 coats of each with heat gun between each coat. Last clear coat was very heavy. Took about 45 mins total. I can add a better picture later. This was with my phone.

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ValorSolo said:
Well I've searched every hardware and auto parts stores around and no lacquers in any colors other than black, white and clear.
Not much showing on eBay, either. Other than 3 oz cans of Testors model paint.
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Autozone and Advance auto ( here in NJ ) have a 4 foot wide rack with about 75 colors each. But most are boring or dark. Very few metallics. the red I used was the brightest thing they had on the shelf, but when I went back for more they were out... so they ordered one more. took only 6 hours to get it in my hands.
If I knew they could order anything Duplicolor makes, I would gone with Metallic Gold ( new Mustang color).
 
Duece said:
I just did my fender last night. Engine enamal gold $8. Black gloss enamel $7. Clear enamal $7. 3 coats of each with heat gun between each coat. Last clear coat was very heavy. Took about 45 mins total. I can add a better picture later. This was with my phone.

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Looks nice ! Just don't let any gas drips on it, or you're gonna be cryin'
 
exdirtbiker said:
Looks nice ! Just don't let any gas drips on it, or you're gonna be cryin'
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I hope I'm not that much of a klutz that I get gas on my front fender :lol:


tkent02, I have some pictures in my thread under gs owners section. not much of the completed bike because I had to take it all apart.

Also, I noticed last night even though I did two light coats and one heavy coat of clear it still wasn't much. I also missed a spot on the side (was painting in the dark) so I'm going to touch it up and dump more clear on it :D
 
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I just ordered 2 cans of the spraymax 2k... 50 bucks shipped... eek.
 
Danny,
I think you made the right call. I'm getting ready to order some for mine. I have a compressor and a new touch up gun but I don't think I could do it any cheaper by the time I bought all the supplies. And I hate cleaning the gun! The only good alternative is to use the Preval sprayer. I have one of those too, so call me lazy; I'm still going with the Spray-Max.
Niels
 
Duece,
That is one kick-ass fender. Not only a good paint job, but a lot of imagination. Is the "S" a decall or did you make your own stencil?
Niels
 
ndaugbjerg said:
Duece,
That is one kick-ass fender. Not only a good paint job, but a lot of imagination. Is the "S" a decall or did you make your own stencil?
Niels
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Thanks!

My dad has a printer that can print on sticker paper. Sized out the S to how big I wanted it, had him print out one, cut it out with a razor blade and stuck it on after I sprayed the gold. I had to re-spray the black on because I missed a spot doing it in the dark, and when I re-cleared it, it started to crack. So now I'm at work sanding the clear down, going to have one of the painters spray some real clear coat over it if all goes well. The only problem I had with the duplicolor enamel is the clear liked to sputter as I was spraying it so it wouldn't leave a very smooth path. Not sure if all brands have this problem.
 
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