Considering painting my bike
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Considering painting my bike
I’m curious to see if anyone’s painted their bikes and what did it cost you? I’ve got a vivid black street glide and would rather go with maybe a silver or burgundy color.
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Just finished my winter project. Cost about $240 in materials. I used ColorRite Rattle cans. Good quality. Lots of wet sanding and polishing by hand. I am pleased with it. if you go conventional, you will have about $600 - $1000 in materials. My bike was vivid black and I went with Starlight Black metallic. If you go with silver, you could use gray primer, burgundy, use red primer. I didn't use primer unless I had a chip or scratch repair, except on the rear facia. I bought it used and it was pretty messed up from someone trying to paint it.
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If you don't paint very often Silver isn't a color you want to tackle, it is prone to tiger stripe unless you have good equipment and experience plus shows any little flaw in prep work.
With using quality Urethane paint metal flakes paint will cost $200 a qt for color, $200 for clear coat needing $225 for activator and $40 for reducer. Solid colors just remove the cost of clear but will still need the activator
With using quality Urethane paint metal flakes paint will cost $200 a qt for color, $200 for clear coat needing $225 for activator and $40 for reducer. Solid colors just remove the cost of clear but will still need the activator
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