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Rattle can paint that may be as good as shooting with a gun
Written by akienm on 9/23/2011 at 03:21 pm

Which color were you painting?

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Akien MacIain
Epiphanies before our very eyes!



On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:12 PM, skyeenter <skyeenter@...> wrote:

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>
>
> Coasters, today I finally got one of the rescue's ready for painting. It
> has been a long hard summer of prep work on getting three PC's ready for
> painting.
>
> I decided to try something different. I came across a new, to me anyway,
> paint system that called Spray Max. It's detailed here:
>
> http://www.spraymax.com/index.php?id=497&L=1
>
> Seems they perfected a new type of nozzle for the spray can. Make the claim
> that it sprays a good as a gun. So I decided to try it.
>
> Ordered the paint for here: http://www.66autocolor.com/DEFAULT.ASP
>
> I worked with Pat Garrison, nice lady, who knows more about paint than I
> ever will.
>
> Went through the steps with Pat, told her what I was going to do, sent pic
> of the PC and followed her recommendations for the products.
>
> They filled the 89 paint code, NH251P in aerosol cans with BASF Glasurite
> Acrylic Urethane. Came in two cans, base coat and mid coat. The rest of it
> was the Spray Max 2K primer and 2K Glamour High Gloss clear in the same
> system.
>
> After doing all the prep, sanding, washing and cleaning w/wax and grease
> remover, I was ready to spray.
>
> I have never trusted rattle can sprays for painting bikes, it's acrylic
> enamel and it, for me, didn't give a precise spray pattern to do a through
> job
>
> This system was incredibly easy to spray. First, no spray gun cleaning
> after each application. The application feels just like you're holding a
> spray gun. The spray pattern duplicates a spray gun.
>
> This stuff went on so easy. The most frustrating part was waiting for the
> next application.
>
> I sprayed out the fairings, brake covers, front fender, mirror and a Wong
> Wing. The color is so close to factory that my wife couldn't tell the
> difference. Then I went and did a "rookie" thing, I added a couple of extra
> coats of clear and darkened it so the color match is slightly off from OEM.
>
> I am sold on this system. It's reasonable, easy to apply, matches OEM
> colors and looks fantastic. It's perfect for the PC.
>
> I can't wait to do the 97 sitting in the garage.
>
> No pics on this project. Too concerned about monitoring my time and keeping
> on schedule. By the time I was finished it was dark.
>
> skye
>
>
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