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Old 07-25-2006, 10:36 PM
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Spray Painting Katana

My friend recently picked-up a 92 Katana for a good price and the only problem is that the paint is dead and we wantto give it a rattle can paint job. My question is what do I need to prep the plactics and tank and what materials I should use (primer, paint, clear, sandpaper etc.) If someone has done this and can give me some info i wold appreciate it and pictures if you have some would be cool. Thanks
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Re: Spray Painting Katana

sand it down till there isnt any glossy parts and prime and paint. easy stuff man. i dont think you should clear a rattle can job that cant look good. just use krylon semi flat black. SEMI flat, not flat it looks badass and dries really smooth. still shines but not glossy.
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Re: Spray Painting Katana

i just painted my lower fairings for my gsxr, i used black semi gloss krylon fusion like krohnszx6 said, i used a lighter steel wool to smooth out the plastics, it worked better than sanding cause it didnt leave any sanding marks, it just leaves everything really smooth, then i put like 4 coats on each fairing. the paint is really easy to work with, if you get a run or something, just hit it with a scuff pad or steel wool like i did, and re-coat the whole piece and it looks nice and even when it dries.

if it helps the steel wool that i used is "00" on the scale of light to coarse, here are some pics of the lower fairings after i got em back on my bike.

PS. the more time you put into making everything smooth and even, the better it will look
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Re: Spray Painting Katana

i had a 92 katana that i just gave a light sand to and primered it black. It looked really badass.
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Re: Spray Painting Katana

I don't know how a katana could look really badass.
Don't waste your time or the paint.
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Re: Spray Painting Katana

go to walmart and find the 99 cent cans of paint.........get black, hunter green, and a brown slightly darker than a tan color.............now go home, tape off the headlight and taillight............take some acid and start randomly picking up a can and spray bombing that thing until it looked like ultimate camo...........now get your best camo pants and shirt on......spray your helmet camo......and wear Jerzee gloves....................................tada.... noone can tell you are riding a huge hunk of POO! makes it easy to outrun the cop on that slow pile of useless parts too.........you're camo....they can't see you!
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Re: Spray Painting Katana

Originally Posted by eazenutz33
go to walmart and find the 99 cent cans of paint.........get black, hunter green, and a brown slightly darker than a tan color.............now go home, tape off the headlight and taillight............take some acid and start randomly picking up a can and spray bombing that thing until it looked like ultimate camo...........now get your best camo pants and shirt on......spray your helmet camo......and wear Jerzee gloves....................................tada.... noone can tell you are riding a huge hunk of POO! makes it easy to outrun the cop on that slow pile of useless parts too.........you're camo....they can't see you!



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Re: Spray Painting Katana

Originally Posted by eazenutz33
go to walmart and find the 99 cent cans of paint.........get black, hunter green, and a brown slightly darker than a tan color.............now go home, tape off the headlight and taillight............take some acid and start randomly picking up a can and spray bombing that thing until it looked like ultimate camo...........now get your best camo pants and shirt on......spray your helmet camo......and wear Jerzee gloves....................................tada.... noone can tell you are riding a huge hunk of POO! makes it easy to outrun the cop on that slow pile of useless parts too.........you're camo....they can't see you!


i had a 92 kan-of-tuna ... shoulda done that
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