Hello to any and all DIY or Professional painters... I'llnsoon be starting the final chapter of my build: PAINT! I'd like to buy all the gear and paint to do it myself but I'd also like to not spend a Duckload of money (you know what I mean)
The paint is going to cost what it costs. I plan on maybe using a mid grade (harbor freight) sprayer if that's something that can still achieve a damn good final result. My questions are abundant but the main questions are: how big (or small) of a compressor can I get away with, how much of each type of paint/primer/lacquer thinner etc would I want to have on hand to paint a gas tank, side covers, and headlight bucket?
It won't be a waste of my money because most bikes I buy could use a paint job and a friend of mine wants to paint his bike too so it works out to have the gear to do it.
I just see so many skewed numbers of how much paint I'll need.
To help with my predicament you'll need to know: the color I'm likely going to choose is going to require a base coat. So I assume that means I'll need 1 part base coat, 1 part metallic/candy color to go over the base coat, I wanna give enough info to help me but not to spoil the color lol.
I'll elaborate more as needed... But I guess my most important question is: will 1 liter of each type of paint (base/metallic/clear) be enough for the headlight bucket, tank, and side covers? I'd like a bit of extra paint for touch ups, and MAYBE a small front fender.
The paint is going to cost what it costs. I plan on maybe using a mid grade (harbor freight) sprayer if that's something that can still achieve a damn good final result. My questions are abundant but the main questions are: how big (or small) of a compressor can I get away with, how much of each type of paint/primer/lacquer thinner etc would I want to have on hand to paint a gas tank, side covers, and headlight bucket?
It won't be a waste of my money because most bikes I buy could use a paint job and a friend of mine wants to paint his bike too so it works out to have the gear to do it.
I just see so many skewed numbers of how much paint I'll need.
To help with my predicament you'll need to know: the color I'm likely going to choose is going to require a base coat. So I assume that means I'll need 1 part base coat, 1 part metallic/candy color to go over the base coat, I wanna give enough info to help me but not to spoil the color lol.
I'll elaborate more as needed... But I guess my most important question is: will 1 liter of each type of paint (base/metallic/clear) be enough for the headlight bucket, tank, and side covers? I'd like a bit of extra paint for touch ups, and MAYBE a small front fender.
