clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) Thinking about painting my bike again on a budget cause its clapped the fuck out Curious if anyone has any recommendations on 'cheaply priced' clear that works over spray paint? I've heard lots of clears will fuck spray paint up when its cleared.. Also, is a siphon fed gun good enough to clear with?? Hell for that matter, is it good enough to paint with? What about a gravity fed walmart gun? I just got my first air compressor, but its tiny, 2 gallons.. BUT it does have a 2hp motor on it that claims 4.7CU at 90psi, and if worst comes to worst, I could borrow my friends 40 gallon 2hp 5.9CU at 90psi compressor But all I have is a shitty siphon gun, and not wanting to spend a lot of money on a expensive gun, but would get a cheap one if they would do a OK job.. I've always spray bombed my bike and it hasn't turned out too bad, but I'd at LEAST like to clear it with automotive clear, or just do the whole thing with automotive paint... |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) autozone now has reletively cheap auto paint, thats almost easy to use. |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) [QUOTE=Voodoo Animal;4330246]autozone now has reletively cheap auto paint, thats almost easy to use.[/QUOTE] ya I'm just wondering mainly if my siphon gun is up to the task, or if I should get a gravity feed gun It's a low pressure gun, 20-45 psi.. so probably not? Also wondering if the walmart, or like a cummingstools spray gun would be worth a fuck edit: nevermind my gun is definitely garbage, I didn't even pull it out of the box tell today, someone just gave me it free lol... I might try a walmart gun, they have this kit for $50 [url]http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12534872&findingMethod=rr&[/url] or I might ride down to cummins tools and see what they have |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) towel why would u not call me u s.o.b.. hit me up tonight and ill help u out. |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) [QUOTE=zx9rstunter;4330314]towel why would u not call me u s.o.b.. hit me up tonight and ill help u out.[/QUOTE] I forgot who's account this is :LOL who the fuck are you :LOL:cheers |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) I painted my old 900 rr with a siphon fed gun.. Worked fine.. Use the bigest air pressure compressor u can.. It needs constant even flow of air pressure to spray evenly. Also make sure u use a good filter in the line.. Water spots r a easy way to ruin a nice paintjob. |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) also.. google how to paint and youll get a bunch of good tips to read. thats what i did and it came out amazing [url]www.myspace.com/manubi911[/url] its the orange n black 900 |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) Harbor frieght gravity gun is like 25 bucks and I painted the last 3 cars and 2 bikes no problems |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) [QUOTE=Manubi;4330426]I painted my old 900 rr with a siphon fed gun.. Worked fine.. Use the bigest air pressure compressor u can.. It needs constant even flow of air pressure to spray evenly. Also make sure u use a good filter in the line.. Water spots r a easy way to ruin a nice paintjob.[/QUOTE] good to know, my friend said the siphon gun would work great for primer, then I can get a nicer gun for the paint I got some more work coming up so I'm definitely getting a gun now |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) I typed a really long post that got deleted when I tried to post it and I am too tired to type it up again. If you have any specific questions send me a PM and I will help you out. I paint for a large dealership and have been dong this for a long time. |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) [QUOTE=Scott982;4330511]I typed a really long post that got deleted when I tried to post it and I am too tired to type it up again. If you have any specific questions send me a PM and I will help you out. I paint for a large dealership and have been dong this for a long time.[/QUOTE] that fucking blows when that happens! right on i'll hit you up if I have any specific questions :cheers I guess at this point I just need to sign up for a painting forum, and start doing some reading. No use in trying to learn everything about painting on stunt life :LOL:cheers |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) Fuck it just posting a update decided I'm going all out, it's time I learn to properly paint anyways. Going to buy me a decent price gun, MIGHT end up purchasing a used compressor (so I have two connected together) since mines only 4.9CU at 90psi with a 4 gallon tank.. (already found a 15 gallon 2hp compressor for $50 locally) Definitely getting a water separator, and going with dual stage metallic paint for my frame, and not sure what I'm doing with the plastics, but I'll worry about them after my frame is done. I'm definitely in the market for a gun that uses a low amount of air. From what I'm reading, some guns just waste air, and will easily need 12+CU to run, but some guns I read will run fine with 4CU I will ask this, anyone know of good sources for quality paint for cheap? Not worried about the best paint in the world.. Right now I'm just purchasing paint for my frame and stuff.. So it's not like it's gonna be sprayed over big flat surfaces, just over the bends and shit in my frame.. wanting a STRONG quality urethane clear coat Also I'm wanting a metallic or candy color for my frame, I'm thinking something either dark purple, bright green, or bright blue |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) I got my metallic paint at Napa. It was a lot cheaper than the paint shops. I was under $200 for sealer, base coat (2 colors), and clear coat. This is all paint, no decals. [IMG]http://voyager.umeres.maine.edu/~jason_light/929b.jpg[/IMG] |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) lol ok another update been asking around my local painting friends, and two of them both said "dude just bring it to my house I'll paint it for free" lol one of my friends has a whole paint cabinet full of old paints from cars hes painted.. He pulled out some sick HOK metallic green, and metallic blue and said I can have them free, I just gotta buy clear and primer :yeah So now I'm gonna get a professional paint job for free, and get the paint for free, just pick up some clear and primer :yeah Gonna go metallic blue or green on the frame, and most likely black on the plastics not 100% sure on the plastics yet |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) this is probably gonna sound like a stupid question, but i'm askin it anyways, is there a special paint or primer to use for bike plastics? or would I just use the auto paint they use on car metal? |
Re: clearing over spray paint? (paint questions) [QUOTE=nhrider90;4333569]this is probably gonna sound like a stupid question, but i'm askin it anyways, is there a special paint or primer to use for bike plastics? or would I just use the auto paint they use on car metal?[/QUOTE] I used regular car stuff. I did use an adhesion promoter wherever bare plastic was showing before I laid down the primer. |
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