Couple weeks ago i crashed my 07 gsxr, and of course the frame of the bike got some scratches on it. now its bare exposed metal and i want to paint the frame. mainly to prevent rusting, but also for that glamour look of the bike. my question is what type of paint holds up good on the bikes frames to protect them and wont look utterly like carp?? kinda want to see if any of you guys have some ideas or done something like this?
thanks
-evan

think i totaly pulled a newbi move and posted in the wrong place, if so my bad and im sorry

 

I used flat-black engine acrylic paint on my frame. Seems to be working well.

 

isnt that paint designed to be heated up and melt/dissolve/burn off certain qualitys to the paint to the acrylic can stick due to the high heat?

that is a good idea, probly try that out......did u use any primer before hand?

 

Aluminum doesn't rust .

 

i painted a frame 2 weekends ago with omni silverbase coat and omni poly clear... couple layers of clear and it was glazed and solid

 

blip my bad been a long day i mean corrode, goblin does the glaze make it look some what like the stock paint?

 

i powder coat out of my house... im in avondale as well, powder coating is the way to go

 

ehhh... the silver i used made it have more of a shiney metallic/reflective feel, and the clear coat just made it glossy. the only reason i clear coated it was because those paints are meant to be clear coated, without it they scratch really easily.


Out of your house? how much did that set up run you? For something like a frame though powdercoating is the way to go.

 

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i built a 6 foot tall by 6 foot deep by 3 foot wide convection oven in my garage, runs off 220v and its 50amps, 4 10k watt heating elements, oven cost about $1,800-$2,000 in materials.

 

heres some pictures

 

GOOD IDEA,SOUNDS

 

check out the pictures.

 

dude u should send me plans! lol.... id make one a biiiit smaller... something thatd fit like 2 rims maybe... i dont got that kinda room... Are those no **** the coils for an oven?

 

Jumping on this thread cause I'm gonna paint my frame soon...

Gloss black a good idea along with a bunch of clearcoat for a frame? If so, what type of paint?

 

yes there is 4, 10,000 watt heating elements...

my g/f's dad is a engineer for honey well... he came up with the plans, check caswellplating.com forums for lots of information.

and powder coating is alot harder then you think.

 

what i learned about paint is, two to four coats is better then 5+ coats of clear..

 

i use omni plus on almost everything... it 'handels' alot like House of kolor, but its cheaper... But HOK is my fav on final results.


With omni, 2 color coats and 1 thick even or 2 thin clear coats will be golden.. if you take eveything off the frame, put something in the head tube and around the top so the clear coat doesnt cake up in there.

 

lol get him to hook me up with the free powder coater...

 

honey well doesn't make powder coating guns... i was simply saying hes a engineer which means really smart