Paint horn cover
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: South Texas
RE: Paint horn cover
when i got the bike i pulled the horn bell and the ac cover off and tossed them in my blast cabinet. roughed the chrome up and then powdercoated them with Eastwood's flat black hoping to match HD's "denim". After putting them in the wind for over 20,000 miles, I've noticed that the stuff I powdercoated starts looking dirty or faded earlier than the factory stuff. If I wipe the bell down with STP or something to clean it then it starts looking pretty close to HD denim again. I'm still experimenting with how to more closely match HD's powdercoating. For now, I think I'm going to yank the pieces again and shoot them with wrinkle.
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: South Texas
RE: Paint horn cover
mcurry5,
i'm kinda cornfused here. are you asking me about "the hassle" or someone else earlier in the thread?
If you are asking me, then the answer is "cuz I'd rather do it myself than pay someone else". I think the cost to me is about 50 cents or something. and that's probably including the electricity to power my oven and air. The powder itself is very cheap. But regardless of the cost, I have more pride in something that I made/did/created than something I wrote a check for. There's already too many GoldCard Harley riders out there for my liking anyway.
-skully
i'm kinda cornfused here. are you asking me about "the hassle" or someone else earlier in the thread?
If you are asking me, then the answer is "cuz I'd rather do it myself than pay someone else". I think the cost to me is about 50 cents or something. and that's probably including the electricity to power my oven and air. The powder itself is very cheap. But regardless of the cost, I have more pride in something that I made/did/created than something I wrote a check for. There's already too many GoldCard Harley riders out there for my liking anyway.
-skully
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RE: Paint horn cover
dude we are talking about the Horn cover, we are not talking a major thing here. ALl i said was why go through the hassle of sanding,priming, painting and what not when you can go get the part powder coated for a mere 10 bucks, to me thats saving money because my time is more important than 10 bucks. Also unless you made all the parts on your bike on your bike your are one of the "GOLD CARD" A lot of custom bikesarent neccessarily about making things yourself its the ideas that you have and put those ideas onto the bike. Most of the best builders in the world send a lot of there stuff out. But its the total package of THEIR ideas that make their bike a custom. Unless there is a part or a style that nobody sells or makes I can see then making your own. To each there own I guess, I would rather spend my time riding than taking hours to paint a horn cover just because you dont want to be labeled a "gold card" rider.
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RE: Paint horn cover
Great post! I painted mine as well. I used some fine sand paper and sprayed it with BBQ grill paint. I used this paint on my pipes and wheels as well. It has held up great and I enjoy the fact I did it myself. I used the $10 I saved to have the powder coater jack it up and threw it into the kids need shoes fund. As soon as it dried I put it on the bike and by doing so avoided the "we lost it" or "it will be done next week when we get a batch of parts that color to do" phone calls to the powder coater.
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