heys guys im getting ready to paint my gs i am gonna have to use a spray can i need to paint the plastic tank and wheels any suggestions im thinking of going black bike black wheels or blue bike black wheels

Quote from: william.betts on May 30, 2006, 05:17:36 PM
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Use a duplicolor product. I am a duplicolor poster boy... my car and car wheels are painted using duplicolor products.

One tip is to warm the spray cans in a bowl of warm water and keep them well shaken. Also prep prep prep. Buy a can of degreaser specifically for painting. Clean b4 sanding, after sanding and primer, after sanding the primer, and just b4 you paint. I duno how sweet you want your paint job but yea.... prep prep prep for a good paint job.

Maybe I'll do a write up on how to paint a car and get into the FAQ's 

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Quote from: william.betts on May 30, 2006, 05:17:36 PM
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Quote from: CRXDrew on May 30, 2006, 08:04:56 PM
Use a duplicolor product.

Dupont, too.

This is my advice to another guy who had just did a shitty job on his EX...

Quoteif it were mine, I'd be stripping those plastics off left and right, get some clip-ons, little round headlight, and call it good. That bike needs some help...

First, let's start with the paint. Rattle-can jobs aren't top quality, but can be effective and CAN look better than that. There's several areas of the bike that look as though they were not prepped propperly. You need to go out with some 180 grit paper, after your paint stuff cures (about 7 days), and knock off as much as you can. Try to work it down to the original paint, if you can. Then wet sand with 400 grit, 600 grit, and finally with 1000 or as high as you can find...all wet sanding. This will get you a very nice, usasble finish. Next, go out and buy new rattle cans. This bike should require about 4 cans of primer. With your color-scheme I would go with black primer. If you repeated the color scheme, I would use 5~6 cans of the silver and 5~6 cans black. Get 10 of each...you an always return what you don't use.

NOTE: $.98 Wally world paint is crap. Go someplace and get Krylon or another quality spray. Expect to spend between $3 and $5 per can.

Start priming. Apply a thin coat. Wet sand with the 600 grit, then with 1000. Repeat until you have a glass-smooth surface that shows none of the original paint or tinting. Let the primer cure over night. Then start applying the new colors. Apply thin coats, at least 10 but continue until you have a deep finnish with no evidence of the undercoating.

Things you need to keep in mind:

You're not moving your spray can fast enough. See those streaks in your paint? They're there because you're moving too slowly, allowing paint to build before moving on. Then you can't keep it uniform.

You're holding the can too close. Again, look at the splotches...they're narrow and elongated. This means your nozzle is FAR too close to the surface. Spray between 12 and 18 inches from the surface.

Mask the surrounding areas. The overspray on your frame, exhaust, and surrounding areas looks very poor.

Do not apply decals until your paint has set a minimum of 4 weeks. They can be quite damaging and they also prevent the paint from curing propperly.

Also, just to point out...there's several people here who can hook you up with a new can...that's a sad sight. Also, either ditch the turn signal idea all togehter or pull them and remount them in the lower or something. The empty spot where signals should be will look far better empty than an ill fitting half-assed flushy just stabbed in there.

...just my $.02...

Well... any high dollar paint will do... but for low dollar /rattle can paint duplicolor is excellent.

With enough prep, color sanding, clear, wetsanding, and polishing I could use walmart brand ghetto paint and probably get it looking better than an amateur using house of color stuff.

Masking is great and all... but if you can remove the part- remove it. My CRX was in a billion pieces when I painted but it paid off in the end. Also paint in a well lit/ventilated area and have the parts sit in such a way that they will sit similarly when the part is on the bike. Ex: Don't paint the frame/tank upside down- paint it how it would sit when its in use.

Quote from: CRXDrew on May 30, 2006, 08:04:56 PM
Maybe I'll do a write up on how to paint a car and get into the FAQ's 

Yes...please do. You have mad skills.  i want mad skills too.

Rather than put up a long ass write up on how I painted my friend's integra (I don't have step by step pics for my own car but I have EVERY step on his documented).... I'll hold off on the write-up and do one when I paint my bike. I am thinking of going ultra meticulous because the bike is so small... but I guess you'll all have to wait and see. 

http://www.thegsresources.com/garage/gs_repaint.htm

nice writeup.... I'm a visual learner though