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posted April 06, 2003 07:04 AM
color rite rattle cans: any experience???
I bought a Beasely 6" tail and am considering painting it myself using Color Rite's rattle cans (base + color + clear coat).
Anyone got any advice doing it that way???
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Wildman
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posted April 06, 2003 08:45 AM
I used em to paint my wheels. It's good stuff, follow the directions it's pretty straightforward.
The clear coat runs very easily, so go with very light coats and be patient.
Make sure you buy enough paint. I polished the outer parts of the rims and painted the inner parts. I bought one can of each. There was enough base, plenty of clear, and just barely enough color (or perhaps not quite enough but almost).
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BA
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posted April 06, 2003 08:53 AM
I also used the cans on my rims after the lips were polished.
I made a real STUPID mistake and didn't buy THEIR clear because I knew I had a can on hand from some other project. Well, as it turned out, this other can must've been a different type (lacquer, acrylic, etc) because as SOON as the Clearcoat mist hit the rim, I got spiderwebbing!! 
Anyway, I used the 2000 Persimmon Red. It is a Silver basecoat and then the Red top coat and I think it looks awesome. Lots of compliments on it.
I believe I had the same experience as Wildman, the color topcoat didn't go as far as the basecoat.
Also, I highly recommend ensuring you have enough LIGHT. Preferrably sunlight. When spraying on the topcoat color, it will be hard to get just the right amount of color to match the other panels. For me, it took an extra misting coat or two. (surely you know that misting the coats on is the way to do things....) 
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posted April 06, 2003 10:06 AM
Thx BA & Wildman!
1. You guys figure that 1 can ea of base, color, clear would be sufficient to do an extended tail???
2. Is is difficult to figure out how many coats of color are needed to match OEM???
PS: yep, "misting the coats on is the way to do things....", but I usually spray it till it looks real glossy, and it usually ends up running somewhere. I haven't mastered the "misting" technique, but i'll give it a go 
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BA
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posted April 06, 2003 10:36 AM
That's a tough call man. :-/ The reason I say that is that doing all the different angles of a rim causes LOTS of lost overspray. Seems like doing a tailsection wouldn't have that problem as much.
1. Might want 2 of color.
2. It was for me! (but I was in a badly lit garage......)
I love the gloss look you immediately get from a heavy spray too! but, alas, I usually get the run too! Patience is a virtue in misting.
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posted April 06, 2003 10:40 AM
I used color rite stuff to repaint my plastic after a truck knocked my bike over in a parking lot. The stuff works VERY well. I didn't like the touch up pen though, didn't match very well. BTW, my bike was silver, no base color. I'm sure good results can be had with the green and red if done right. Most of the results (I've found) are in the motion of the can so be sure you know which direction you're going to be sweeping to. When you get it all blended nicely, two or three light clears followed by some 2k grit wet sand, a two step rubbing compound and it'll look good as new. Good luck
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Wildman
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posted April 06, 2003 05:09 PM
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Thx BA & Wildman!
1. You guys figure that 1 can ea of base, color, clear would be sufficient to do an extended tail???
It's a tough call. I don't really know what the extended tail looks like. Call and talk to them, they seemed to know what was up. The guy was a little iffy on whether I'd have enough paint to do mine, but at 35 per can (if I remember right) I scrimped. Mine woulda been even better if I hadn't.
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2. Is is difficult to figure out how many coats of color are needed to match OEM???
Go real slow. let each light coat dry. Check it carefully in the sun or the brightest light available. Don't rush!
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PS: yep, "misting the coats on is the way to do things....", but I usually spray it till it looks real glossy, and it usually ends up running somewhere. I haven't mastered the "misting" technique, but i'll give it a go
Don't rush! Do it right, you'll be much happier with the results. very thin coats are the way to go. You can do as many as it takes to get it covered, but if you get one run, it'll never look right unless you sand it off and start over.
It's not hard, have fun with it.
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ZXALAN
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posted April 06, 2003 07:12 PM
 Edited By: ZXALAN on 6 Apr 2003 20:13
Karl, you could get a local body shop to match and paint that thing for under $200 and have it look good. You are gonna spend $70 on CR spray paint and the bikes gonna look two tone candy green. I would use the spray cans on wheels, swingarms and shit like that but not very visible body work. Plus you can't cut and buff inbetween. You don't want to look like the Goose's paint job or something right?
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posted April 08, 2003 06:42 AM
DO not try for perfection, you will do too good of a Job. I had perfect matching paint on the 00 ZX12R (Not easy to do) and then block sanded with 1500 and now the paint reflects too much light and is lighter!
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