when it comes to sport bikes i probably paint more of them than anybody. i have painted hundreds. if your custom painting you should be using a base/clear system. hok is compliant for california. use that for your color. i have yet to find a better primer or clear system for sport bikes than spi. www.southernpolyurethanes.com. the universal clear sprays great, looks great, and stays permanently flexible even with a ton of coats down. buffs easier than any other clear i have used as well. I've done jobs with 20 coats of clear and 2 years later i can bend the fairings sometimes almost in half and the clear doesn't crack or shatter. every bike in my website gallery is hok or rm diamont for color and spi for base clear. been using those systems for 10 years now. Read More...
nail polish doesn't work. I'm sure you guys can figure that out. that stuff is a lacquer of some type and has no chemical resistance at all. gas will eventually penetrate it. the right thing to use is epoxy and it can't be any type. its called novalac epoxy. its what is used to line fuel tanks and tanks that hold other really nasty chemicals for chrome plating, sulfuric acid, $hit like that. it is usually only available in large sizes. much larger than you would need for just 1 gas tank hole. there is a company out there that repackages it in a one use packet. the name they gave it was lip seal. you used to be able to get them from www.innate.com. not sure if he has them anymore or not. Read More...
standoff from what i understand is the same as spies. from guys i know that use it, its pretty nice stuff. coverage is supposed to be fantastic, great color matches and metallic control. spies is a 2 price system. one set price for metallics and one set price for solids no matter what the formula. when paint is set up that way its more expensive for certain colors but cheaper for others. i am really surprised with you being a mobile guy that you are using waterborne. you really have no control over the environment so i would think that would make it difficult to use. if you like it though and you have a system that works for you rock on!! Read More...
Ok Looked that code up in my smartrack software. Its 2 step so this is for the color. Diamont 16oz 84.86 onyx 95.74. So really only about 10% like i said. Read More...
yes however thats not really the cost difference in the end. its very difficult to compare in that way. you need to compare formula to formula as ready to spray then take into account coverage difference. Read More...
i have one with a 1.0, another with a 1.2. both are great guns. you cant go wrong. i just picked up the 1.2 not long ago. if i had the option of the 1.4 i would have taken it in that size. Read More...
gelcoat is really thick. its like spraying a really thick polyester primer which is close to the same thing. you can reduce the gelcoat down with acetone. the gelcoat if not being sprayed into a mold will need wax in it to cure properly otherwise the outer skin will be gummy and it iwll need to be removed before you sand and buff it. gelcoat does not dry glossy, its dull and lumpy. its just a thick plastic shell that needs to be blocked and buffed out when done so be sure to apply alot of it so you dont burn through. Read More...
One thing i will note is that spi clears are quick. They have come out with very slow activators for most of their clears to help with this. Also the 2.1 voc clears are much slower than their higher voc counterparts so there are slower options for each clear. With spi you just cant expect their slow to be the same as another companies slow. Their slow would possibly be equal to normal or fast. For anyone ordering keep that in mind. I know ryan uses superior 250. 250 with medium would be equal to 2.1 euro with slow. Read More...
and just keeps goin i guess.
