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My buddy told me about some paint called plasti dip. You can actually peel it off once it dries if you don't like the way it looks. He said it would look real good as far as matching my flat black tank and fenders but haven't actually seen it in person
Walmart had it on sale for $5/can, so I "dipped" one of my helmets last weekend. It's got a nice textured satin finish but it's a bit sticky to the touch...as it should be, I guess...it is rubber. It's getting better as it cures. I'll probably hit it with some Armor-all to help that a bit. I don't think I'll be using it on the bike, but I can see the appeal.
I know Krylon "Camoflauge" flat black doesn't quite match my engine. The sheen is good..it's nice and flat...and I can control the texture with my application technique, but the color is a bit too...grey/blue. (My bike is a '99 with 52k miles, so the engine color may no longer be the same as new)
x 2 on the Plasti-Dip. Matches pretty well, it's inexpensive, and you can peal it off if you don't like it or want to change.
Lots of colors available also. The Armorall trick works pretty well to make it not sticky or just run with it for awhile.
I do however recommend powder for the long haul. So once you run the Dip for awhile get it powdered. It will give you a chance to try different colors and such.
Yeah, I'm gonna try it out on my battery box first, if it turns out good, I'm gonna do blinker housings, shock covers, headlight, lots of stuff. I just looked at that thread and that helped out a lot. Tons of useful info. Thanks man
I did not want to remove the factory wrinkle paint, the shiny shield can easily be removed by squeezing plastic tabs. than I used a red scuff pad and lightly scuff shield. than used self etching primer than painted my bikes color. also did the electrical box. came out nice.
Neither paint is exactly cheap but I'm cheap as **** and I paid the premium because paint is not something you want to look shitty. IIRC the JD was $11/can and the HD was $20/can
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