Painting the T

[Cdnpt1]

Hi, I am late to the party so I have a few questions. You are using spray cans? Enamel? What brand? How many cans of paint, how many of clear? Looking to get started on my T over the winter.

[Spyder]

I used Plasticote (I think) automotive enamel. (a Chrysler shade of silver) 3 coats. Then SprayMax 2k High gloss clear, also 3 coats. It's a 2 part clear in the same aerosol can. I got it from here: http://www.repaintsupply.com/pd_2_part_2k_aerosol.cfm

Awesome product! sprays very nice, lays out nice and uniform, super easy to work with.

[Cdnpt1]

Thanks, I was just looking at their site, lots of great stuff. Dang you for doing silver! Now I am going to have to put some thought into colors. Paint looks real good!

[Spyder]

Thanks, took a long time to decide between silver, or the fail safe black. Eventually I'm going to add the original graphics scheme in a like a charcoal gray...

[Spyder]

Is she sexy or what...

[7981GS]

Silver and black go together well.

Eric

[Spyder]

Yeah, I'm happy with the results thus far.

[alke46]

very nice looking result, especially from a rattle can. must be some really good stuff.

[Spyder]

Thank you. I'll pull out the good camera tomorrow and take some better pics.

[5150/gs]

Wet sanding can fix alot,it can be dead calm outside, i strt to paint n the damn wind blows,i gave up lmao.

[Spyder]

Don't paint outside?

[Earl Jaguar]

Nice job! I am going to repaint my 81 1100E Silver with Charcol Gray stripes and either Black pinstripes or Suzuki Blue pinstripes. Where did you get the D&D Pipe for your Rocket????

[Spyder]

I wasn't so sure about the silver, but now the more I look at it the more I love it.
The D&D came with the bike. I did however do a google search on them not long ago, and they are very available, and very expensive. I think D&D has a website you can buy direct from? Very loud, very throaty.

[gsgeezer]

Thanks, took a long time to decide between silver, or the fail safe black.

Great choice! In my experience silver is the easiest color to paint, and maintain, black is the hardest....

[Spyder]

Just the opposite for me. Black is too easy to shoot. That's half the reason I went with silver. Lol