Show me your Rattle Can Paint jobs.

I want the good, bad, ugly and just plain horrific events. Pics would be outstanding. I'm pretty decent with a rattle can and want some input and or suggestions.

 

Here's a couple to get you going.

 

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=2 ... art=0.html

Engine and tank as well as the frame and side panels are rattle canned. Key is lots of coats paint. Let dry completely then wet sand smooth. Good prep like a nice clean flat surface sprayed with self etching primer helps a lot too.

 

About how many cans did you go through? Great job btw!!!!! What brand paint and did you prime as well?

 

The maroon parts would take 2 cans, the black about 1/2 can @ most, the paint is high gloss enamel, always use a primer from the same company.

 

Did you do the lettering on the black side covers by hand or did you stencil them?

 

Would you recommend the same techniques for the frame and swing arm?

 

I would only prime any rusted parts of the frame, otherwise wash the frame down with de-greaser, dry with a clean rag & go at it with good quality enamel, I have found that when you prime the whole frame, it chips too easy.

 

so you wouldn't prime the entire frame? Amazingly I'm rust free. What enamel would you recommend?

 

Brand names are different over here, just go for good quality, one of the other guys will give you a heads up.

 

here you can get up close and personal with my paint job

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yfArN-e2OU

 

VHT brand paints are quite good
But the color choices are limited

Duplicolor is also good as well as Plastikote

My bike is currently Plastikote #313 Burgundy (it's really purple though)

One trick is to cook it GENTLY with a heat gun

With the VHT and Duplicolor engine paint they are useless until they get hot once to cure the paint. Once cured they are very shiny and tough.

I assume you are rattle canning due to lack of equipment?

You can get spray bombs (rattle cans) made at most automotive paint suppliers. Anyone that custom mixes paint should be able to make some.

There are also the do it yourself spray bombs. They can be pumped up with a bike pump. They do have to be cleaned though.

There is a brand Propel? That adapts a bottle to spray. I've used them in my youth but didn't like them.
It may have been due to lack of experiance though.

 

Aiight you got me!!!! I'm serious about this and you send me music video. LMAO!!

 

I rattle canned this one with Duplicolor Ocean blue, then used rattle can Spraymax 2k clear with a hardner over it a couple years ago.

82 XJ650 Turbo

 

Great job rpgoerlich. I don't have much plastic on my bike though. I'm more interested in painted frames and swingarms. Sorry for not being more specific. If the frame turns out well, I'll definitely try my luck on the tank and tins.

 

Sorry, missed that post, the letters are vinyl, get them made at your signwriters, cheap as........

P.S. Don't worry about Schooter, he's on the Bob Hope........

 

Not an XJ but my XL 8) all rattle can (duplicolor) except for the striping which is catylized one shot so it could be clear coated with 2k spray can clear.

 

And a customers Suzuki Savage done with duplicolor as well.

 

This is Duplicolor Blue metalcast "anodized" with 2-part rattle can clear over. The anodized is a 2-step reflective base coat and semi-transparent color over the top.

http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll16 ... ction=view¤t=tankafter.jpg

http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll16 ... ction=view¤t=trunk1.jpg

3 years running and the tank still looks perfect after a couple gas spills.

As others have said, PREP IS KEY...and PATIENCE a close second.
If you rush, it will be easy to tell.

If you do it right, the rattle can job will not save you that much over a real gun (if you have access to a compressor)....and by-far the cheapest option is probably to take it to a body shop where they can shoot the parts while they are doing a car in the color you want (or can accept)

 

My vote's for Duplicolor and VHT products, too. Great stuff, especially the epoxy paints. Being a guitar guy, too, I've heard alot of bad stuff about the Plastikote stuff being too soft. Rustoleum? Eh.... I, however, avoid Krylon like the black plague!