Painting Help...
Thread Starter
|
Stage I
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
From: New york
Painting Help...
Hey guys I have a '08 nightster that the previous owner dropped. Small dent in the tank and minor scratches. I'm kinda turned off by the prices to do a vivid black paint job on just the fenders and tank with no HD on the side or pinstriping... Seems like an easy job to me but everyone I've talked to has given me an estamate of $500. Not sure if this is standard for a no frills job but i'm trying to figure out what i need to have and what kind of prep i need to do to be able to do it myself. I've never painted a bike but i have done cars before. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,790
Likes: 7
From: Texas
Sounds like from the question, you should take it somewhere. Do you have a compressor, a gun, body filler, paint/primer/clear, buffer? Bodywork skills? If you answered NONE to any of these I would take it to a shop. $500 for 3 tins + repair on the tank sounds fair to me.
Advanced
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 87
Likes: 1
From: Charleston SC
Unless you are pretty confident with your painting skills I would suggest a shop. You will end up with around $150 in materials once its all said and done and if you screw it up you will have to start over again.
But if you have a gun and compressor and a DA then it is fairly straight forward. You will need to sand and fill the dent. Then I would spray flat black Krylon ($5) then automotive clear (Figure about $75 for a Qt of clear and hardener). If you want to go with something different you can get flake from paint with pearl for around $15 at http://www.paintwithpearl.com.
Here are a few projects I have done over the past year
This is my fender fron last year (Flat black Krylon with 5 star Clear)
This was the fender for the wife's bike
(Flat black Krylon with Paint with pearl red flake mixed in the clear)
My buddies tank standard automotive silver base coat with clear
But if you have a gun and compressor and a DA then it is fairly straight forward. You will need to sand and fill the dent. Then I would spray flat black Krylon ($5) then automotive clear (Figure about $75 for a Qt of clear and hardener). If you want to go with something different you can get flake from paint with pearl for around $15 at http://www.paintwithpearl.com.
Here are a few projects I have done over the past year
This is my fender fron last year (Flat black Krylon with 5 star Clear)
This was the fender for the wife's bike
(Flat black Krylon with Paint with pearl red flake mixed in the clear)
My buddies tank standard automotive silver base coat with clear
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
SuburbanMom
General Harley Davidson Chat
23
Oct 14, 2011 11:26 PM
black, essence, flake, flat, krylon, metal, metalflake, motorcycle, motorcycles, paint, painted, painting, pearl, pictures, red
