Here is how my fairing turned out using HoK aerosols (fancy way to say rattle can a UPOL Clear. The faring turned out pretty good to match the Colormania job I had done about a year ago which is holding up very well by the way.

I thought I came out pretty good, unless I tell people it was a rattle can garage job the would know and don't believe either way.

 

Nice work! What kind of paint and clear did you use on this?

 

I used a House of Color brandy wine KBC, a sparkle black PBC and Orion silver in an PBC for pin striping as well all spray can and U-POL urethane clear. The HoK aerosols where purchased from coast airbrush. They have pretty much every HoK color in a can.

 

My goal is to do something like the Road Glide Skunk, however, I am not very artisitic... not sure how I could "blend" the white inset on my tank to go with the Road Glide Skunk paint scheme. Hoping I don't have to repaint the whole tank. I would like to leave the emblem on the tank.

Any ideas?

 

looks awesome!! is there a quick run down at all on this whoel process. ive heard people building there own paint booths then i hear of people just letting it dry. i have a sporty tank and heritage tins, along with a 64 duo glide im re doing and wanted to paint these all myself. figured if gonna learn this is way to do it. any advice would help, thanks!

 

I've been painting test panels the past few weeks. I wanted something original so I thought I was gonna try marbeling, but that requires a good candy and I never found anything in a rattle can that worked well. The other day, I layed down a primer, a few base coats, and 3 coats of clear(all rustolum). I wasn't happy with the look and was lazy so thought I would just lay primer over the clear to start over since it was just a test panel. Well when I came back 20 minutes later the primer had formed into a "crackle" or "gator skin". I love it, I layed 3 coats of clear(spray max 2 k mentioned earlier in this thread) over it to ensure it would stay and so far so good. So today I painted a helmet. I'm digging it.

I'm looking to paint my sportster in the coming weeks. My question is, after cleaning the factory paint using those cleaners that remove old wax n grime, how do I prep the tins? What grit sand paper should I scuf it with?

Thanks in advance.

 

Not quite done yet, but this is a before and after. My 1st rattle can attempt including the stenciled logo.

 

Martow- i did the same thing on my old night train using John Deere Blitz Black rattle can and had stencil made for painting on logo too.

 

This is what I have been doing in between work, life, and keeping the little lady happy. I am working on the rear fender now. The weather finally let up and humidity dropped enough to spray the underside of the rear fender this morning before work. Tomorrow night I will wet sand that and clear it, then install the fender on the paint stand for the topside work.

 

Looks freaking awesome! What paint/clear did you use?