Stock paint has crooked emblem, clear coating over it, what to do?

[DomsKat550]

I can print you a Suzuki logo whatever colors you want directly on to a colored rectangular background all one layer so you can hide any blemishes on base paint with the decal and then clear over everything- I have a sign shop

[oldGSfan]

I can print you a Suzuki logo whatever colors you want directly on to a colored rectangular background all one layer so you can hide any blemishes on base paint with the decal and then clear over everything- I have a sign shop

I appreciate that! But I chatted with Chuck today and he graciously offered to help. The paint is OEM so it can be scanned and get the 'good stuff' where he lives (he has good experience with his paint guy). In CA it's not so easy - my experience goes anyway and the paint isn't the good stuff. I have a repro decal. It will also be good to have some nicely matched extra paint for a couple of other little areas.

[oldGSfan]

This site is the greatest. Dom offered help with a sticker to hide my mishap, and Chuck offered to get some paint mixed up. I went with the paint route because it's not that expensive and I can make it like new, given I have the decals, plenty of urethane reducer and 2K clearcoat. The bodywork is in great shape. I shipped a side cover to Chuck and will get that back along with a pint of the paint this weekend. He says the match is excellent, like 99% - and that's close enough for me :-)

I helped a good friend paint his '55 Corvette a couple years ago, and he has all the high quality gear, glaze, primer, and skills. I have an awning big enough to convert to a booth, a nice new LED light, box fan and a bunch of heater filters, masks etc. Why not?

Here's where it gets interesting.... I have a 2nd complete set of '83 bodywork in nice shape - that set needs a couple of small dings attended to but will come out as good as the first. So I am thinking why not paint both sets while I'm at it? All I need to do is get a 2nd set of blue model decals and do the labor. I don't have a 3rd bike for that set, and the red bike looks pretty good. So either it or the red bodywork may become available.

[Big Block]

I wish you were closer, I've been thinking of a blue set for mine. Anyways, it sounds like it is going to turn out fine for you.

[chuck hahn]

Scanner gave a 98 percent match. It looked pretty darn good when the guys took the lid off the can after shaker mixed it up. Laid lid on the cover under their bright light thing and it looked awesome to me. Toms gonna love it once its sprayed out and cleared. Came out to be a Honda car color called Bali Blue if i remember correctly.

[oldGSfan]

Scanner gave a 98 percent match. It looked pretty darn good when the guys took the lid off the can after shaker mixed it up. Laid lid on the cover under their bright light thing and it looked awesome to me. Toms gonna love it once its sprayed out and cleared. Came out to be a Honda car color called Bali Blue if i remember correctly.

Yeah, that looks like the color - as best I can tell from photos of Hondas online. I will take a pic of the tank under the same lighting & same location before and after.

My friend who is gonna help painted this '55 Corvette. I helped mask and mix. He rented a booth to do it. He had never painted a car before or restored one either. But he did a fantastic job restoring this, all work himself except the engine rebuild. It's immaculate and has quite a story, racing trophies, very interesting mods from way back. Wall Street Journal did a nice article on it but it's paywall-restricted. His dad had 2 Corvettes and did a coin toss to see which of the kids (twins) got which. Well, he got the '78 but eventually ended up with the '55. His dad became friends with Zora Arkus-Duntov after meeting at shows. Duntov said that the way this was modified, Muncie 4 speed, 283 solid lifter (from a '61 after blowing the original 260), and '57 Rochester FI is how he wanted the Vette to be from the get-go but the accounting dept disagreed.

[chuck hahn]

Just checking to see if the packages have arrived yet

[oldGSfan]

Just checking to see if the packages have arrived yet

Yes sir! UPS man just came by with the paint a couple of hours ago, and the side cover came yesterday. Check your texts, I'll be sending you $ tomorrow.

[chuck hahn]

Be sure to shake the can super good before opening it so the settled out metal flake is fully remixed into the paint. I would even use a stir stick after opening to mix it even more.