How Much Paint Do I need?

[Spyder]

Here's a detailing of how I painted my last bike: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?218173-New-to-me-GS1000G/page3

Go to post #115 and it shows the paint booth I made along with a "Lazy Suzan" that I used to rotate the part while painting. That way I didn't have to drag a hose all over and I could create a kind of "down draft" paint booth with the ventilator fan under the Lazy Suzan turntable.

WOW, That paint booth you made up is sweet! Much better than what I did, lol...

 

[Spyder]

 

[Guest]

If you don't have a booth, spray it early morning, or late evening. Most days the wind calms down for an hour or two just after the sun comes up, and for a couple of hours before the sun goes down. Wet the floor and the ground outside the shop/garage, dust and dirt stick to the water. But if you can set up a booth is nice. Use a tack cloth on the parts to be painted before spraying, it is like a magnet for dust. If you spray with a gun, get some fisheye eliminator in case you have the fisheyes pop up. You cant set up to paint with too much light, get it as bright as you can. It helps to watch the spray patterns, the overlap of the passes, and helps to judge if you are spraying it on wet enough. There is an art to it, practice as much as you can. Good luck with it.

 

[Lorenzo]

2xprimer;
3xcolour;
2xtransparent;

Provided that, you spry light coats (expecially the first one) from 30cm spread about 10 minutes, in between coats, assuming it's an acrylic paint.

(The amount refers to nunber of cans)

 

[Guest]

2xprimer;
3xcolour;
2xtransparent;

Provided that, you spry light coats (expecially the first one) from 30cm spread about 10 minutes, in between coats, assuming it's an acrylic paint.

Good point, you want thin coats, but they have to be wet enough where the paint flows out and flattens. As you progress with the multiple coats, being wet enough becomes more critical for a shine when it is all done. Normally 3 to 5 coats will do it.