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Beauty and hi-gloss too
What type of paint for this one?

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There are only two types of motor sport racing:
Nitro and everything else
(Sometimes referred to as fast and slow)

they have 2 clears Jim...... Are there any O Reileys around you?

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

rattle can hell. all out of a can:

got tank already sprayed: pj1. i did the sidecovers and tail. craig wiseman now has this bike



s2:




old ds185.



wagon!



pre woodgrain.. yes i painted the orange first.



different rd. john aylors seat:




rd hybrid. Just got a speeding ticket on this one.



not the greatest paint jobs, but all rattlecan

I think they look great Mark. My problem with all painting especially cans is 1) putting on too much at once and it runs, and 2) with cans, get the splatter - how can I avoid this one?

I do pretty good with my spray gun though (if I don't do #1)....

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

Watch youtube vids.........

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

I don't paint often but when I do
it's PJ1 and Max 2K only.

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1973 RD350, 1979 RD400F, 1984 RZ350, 2014 Suzuki Vstrom 1000
CHRIS AND JEFF ARE THE MEN

Stupid question is that a RZ top end on a RD bottom end,, or RZ complete motor.. Nice job on paint and your bikes..

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1977 KH 400
1976 KH 250/350 rat bike
1971 KV 75
1976 KV 75

4l0 topend. (canadian /euro 80-81 pre-rz)
thanks.

A common problem; if you paint it "dry" there is limited gloss with rattle cans; paint it too wet and it runs or sags
That's why I like lacquer, mistakes can be wet sanded and buffed out to super high gloss

Back in the day, I watched a painter shoot some really big metalflake on a tank, side cover set and helmet,
He literally layed the clear coat on (on later coats) so heavily that it ran; he said that it was faster to wet sand and compound the sags out than it was to lay that many coats over the big flakes

They looked perfect when finished
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When using 2K epoxy clears, do you have to lay the last coat super wet in order to get high gloss?

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There are only two types of motor sport racing:
Nitro and everything else
(Sometimes referred to as fast and slow)

Wow, some nice work out there.

I've had mixed results with the can. Best results for me came when I built a small paint tent with cheap plastic tarp material, then making a lot of really light coats. Plus a lot of time to cure and some wet sanding and, well, a lot of work.

I did one in rattle can truck bed liner paint, it was fun project (back in 2006) and I was able to put tens of thousands of trouble free miles on that bike.













Tried the fun bars (clubmans) for a while...

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steve