paint

Hey all, I am currently creating a custom café racer. I was wondering what painting systems you guys have used and like. I like the House of Kolor's stuff, but was wondering if there is a "middle of the road" type system that won't break the bank. I need a system that starts with an epoxy...

Here are the process photos, and the finished product. Silver flash glitter blast base, duplicolor metalcast candy coats. I'm happy for my first go at it. I know I can improve my process for the future.

new to the hvlp paint gun's getting a lot of orange peel. I painted for years with normal paint guns with great turnout with the hvlp I'm getting a lot of orange peel what am I doing wrong?:shrug:

has anyone tried this to remove the clear from the aluminum covers and brake plates before polishing

Hey guys when you are doing a build how do you treat the frame. I have a couple spots that was grinded down to the bare frame. Looks like they did that to get rid of rust. And where they welded on the hardtail is bare metal too. Just wondering if I should put something on those areas while I...

Hi Guys, I have just gone back to bare metal on the tank and primer filler, flat it, primer, flat it, color coat, flat it, color coat, flat it, color coat, flat it with 1000 grade, final color coat - looking good. Using R/C pearlescent black acrylic and now comes where I need the advice. I...

The basic bike was all done a while back, but now after spending several days FINALLY getting to it and screwing around with taping, painting,sanding, taping again, painting more, sanding, etc., it is finally mostly done. The only thing left to do is figure out what I want to put in the (now...

Can anyone recommend a good source for tank decals? I am looking for some that were used on the '75 models like the picture attached. I've googled them and get quite a range of costs from $80-130. Just looking for some recommendations from youre past experiences with companies..

Thought I would share my experience learning to stencil on my stock xs tank. I don't really see stock tanks with chopper type paintjobs (probably for good reason, oh well...) but I had to do it. I started with a chewed up stock tank from my '78. Sanded, applied bondo to dings, sanded...

Spockwerks calling, nice to see you. New to the list, been riding my '83 XS650 "Namazu the Earthquake Fish" for 30 years. Time for a change. Just ordered a Monstercraftsman Brat Kit and am thinking 750cc kits. Turning things inside out kinda like graffiti style and that means paint. Seeing...

Finished painting my tank today. It's not perfect, but this is my first paint job. I used Lil' Daddy Roths Rattlebombs! That's right this is from a rattle can! Sorry for the upside down pics. I don't know why this site does this or how to correct it. Any tips are welcome.

Hey guys. Wondering what everyone thought about using a R/C paint on the gas tank. I'm doing a lot of budget things here, paint included, so I'm mainly interested in if it would work, that's it. The paint is designed to flex and stick to lexan R/C bodies, but I don't see spraying on a...

Hey guys. i'm doing a Bobber build on a 1972 XS2 and although I changed the tank style I want to go back to factory colors. I know the primary color was Brilliant Red, but what tint of white was used for the tank striping?? I've checked all the charts and only the red was listed. Any help is...

Hello from Oklahoma. Me and a friend have been working on this bike for about a year now.

Hi, I have a '71 xs1-b that is in need of a paint job and I'm thinking of tackling this myself. The candy gold shouldn't be a problem, but I'm not sure how to do the white stripes? Could anyone help me out with the following... 1) What are the dimensions (thicknesses of the stripes & gold...

Hey guys im new to the forum and new to the xs650. I just got a 76 xs650 that im planning on doing a full restoration on. most of the mechanical and electrical work is no problem seeing as how ive grown up around bikes my whole life. the only issue im having is finding a list of the stock colors...

Restoring a 74 TX650A, and although there are other colors that I would prefer, the Cinnamon Brown was a one year color, and I think the only color for US bikes. So guess it needs to stay, Found the paint code,,,,, # CBW 00N1 Cinnamon Brown, and even the Yamaha formulation, First coat-...

I got the paint back and sent the chrome out, i'm getting close

http://www.rothmetalflake.com/rattlebomb/rattlebomb_kandy.html Has anyone used these? I'm going to paint my bike this winter and trying to figure out and acquire what I need. I have rattle bombed a few projects in the past with good results but nothing like this. If I do go this route I will...

This winter I plan to pull the motor to at least do a topend rebuild, maybe more and will be striping the frame to paint/powder, but in the meantime I would like to ride and for it to look done before the snow flies. Would anyone have a recommendation on a good brush on paint I could use to hit...