thats wasn't the clear. im a auto painter been doing it 6 years, and i never had that problem. it was **** underneith not the clear.

 

you dont have to but you can. use 1500 or 2000 wet paper. just make sure you let it dry real good or overnight before you sand it .

 

Yes, with a very fine sand paper, i can't remember what grit i used, but i know it was the finest i could find (i got it at a automotive paint store)
just sand it very lightly just enought to make it smooth and flat before you lay on the clear, also make sure you clean the surface with alcohol and a tac coth to get any and all dirt and oil (from your hands touching the surface) off, do this before you spray the paint AND before you clear it

 

i found that if you lay down your last coat of clear real thick, but not thick enough to run, the finish is glossy as ****. try it, i guarantee it will work

 

what about the rims?

 

if you got tha cash powder coat but if your broke like most of us use engine enamel^^^^

 

If you do it right you wont need to wetsand (wetsanding is for orangepeal fisheye runs..etc) as for the rims clean em up real good w/ palmolive dish soap and a green scotchbrite pad to ruff em up,I used rustoleum primer before i sprayed the color on... But to each his own If you use enough spray paint you get good w/ it and you can make that **** look like you took it to a pro.:YEAH

 

descent paint gun at walmart........34 dollars

enough paint and clear to do your bike..........52 dollars

borrowing a compressor if you don't have one..........free

having better paint and being able to get your 34 dollars worth by painting another bike for your buddy who doesn't want to use spray paint and gives you money to slap some color on his hoopdee............priceless

 

Well the paint reaction, if you use the same kind (acrylic, enamel, etc) It shouldnt boil up. But the problem with acrylic or tempra based paints (not just spray) is that they don't fully harden like an enamel. Thats what makes them glossier. Use wet sand before you paint of course, and to help with the texture use wet sand after each layer. Kane was right though that flat black from walmart, i can do wounders with. The rusolum clear coat is amazing, cause its an enamel clear coat. If whatever your painting is metal or strong enough, put it through the stove at 400-500 degrees for about 20 mintues (KEEP AN EYE ON IT) and no matter what type of paint you use, itll harden the **** out of it, and make it closer to a powdercoat than a spray can job as far as scratches and durability... thats been what i have learned in my days of the rattlers.

And for the record, if that green bikes tank was all rattlecanned, that is amazing. I rock with rattle cans, but that... that was amazing..

 

+10000000


true but i live in a apt. so no place to do all that i just hand my **** up on the patio and get at it with a rattle can

 

Started working on the thing a few hours ago. Probably won't be done till tonight or tommorow lol

 

wtf are you painting nags lol
post up pics when you get done

 

It's just a part from work that was handmade out of plastic so it has LOTS of prep work that needs to be done.

 

Post pics when your done.
And Did you ever get your 150 back? I wasn't on here for a while, & I heard about your bike getting stolen, but I never heard if you got it back. Did you?

 

its all about krylon and duplicolor clear. Believe me I know. My **** came out so good people were asking where I got it painted

Its all about the prep though. Make sure the surface is sanded and clean otherwise you might as well not even do it. Lay it on smooth. Dont just go off with the can. Once you go over it dont go back over it until the next coat. Thats the secret. And never use walmart ****. It sucks.

 

nags the duplicolor suv is the best spray paint ever and it sticks to any thing just dont spray it if its cool and humid because it will come out cloudy i have found that if i put the part im spraying in the sun for a few minutes then the paint will lay down nice some times so nice you don't need clear

 

You know Home Depot sells the same exact **** for a buck twenty five? ******* scam artists!

 

Wahtever **** you wanna use lol
Its all about that prep work.. Wet sand like a mother ****** tell its smooth as can be. My tail on my f4i was spray painted black when I bought the bike, and had the fiberglass weave showing through.. I had to wet sand from 100 gritt up to 600 to get it looking good

I used krylon flat black on my f4i, with 2 thin coats of rustoleum metallic blue, then like 6 thin coats of clear





I love the spray paint... Just gonna change it up in another month or so when my bike is hot as a box of rocks

 

Thats the first time I've seen a stunt bike near snow.

 

Damn Towlieee, that looks nice! I like that color too!