Post by: AshimotoK0 on July 29, 2023, 11:08:25 PM
Last year my mate spotted somebody selling a 2l kit of 2k Mipa clear coat for £10 at Rufforth Autojumble .. the cheeky bugger offered the seller £5 for it on my behalf and he reluctantly sold it to me.
Anyway, I checked it out and it's what car alloy wheel guys use to clear coat and is described as 'suitable for direct application to alloy'.I tried some out last weekend on a pair of 400F hubs and pretty impressed. Its called Mipa CA with HS10 hardener. Goes on really well ...I cleaned the semi-polished surface with thinners then pure acetone.
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Post by: JamesH on July 29, 2023, 11:19:40 PM
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Post by: Oddjob on July 30, 2023, 01:43:03 AM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on July 30, 2023, 07:49:22 AM
What sort of finish was on the alloy before Ash? Just clean or mirror polished etc
Polished then knocked back with 1500 grit pad lubricated with pink Jizer to try to get original Honda finish. Tried to match to a NOS Honda part
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Post by: Matt_Harrington on July 30, 2023, 10:28:33 AM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on July 30, 2023, 11:21:09 AM
Going to try the Mipa HX 2k clear on my C110 paintwork this week sometime. I will report back.
Post by: Sesman on July 30, 2023, 11:44:29 AM
Post by: Jan B on August 23, 2023, 02:23:14 PM
And "pink Jizer"....Found green Jizer and pink Swarfega... but no pink Jizer.
Post by: Laverdaroo on August 23, 2023, 02:24:10 PM
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Post by: AshimotoK0 on August 23, 2023, 06:22:40 PM
Jizer is only green and not pink
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Its Jizer and its deffo PINK ;) Well the liquid is ..tin is green though.
Two coats ..tack coat then one thicker coat.
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Post by: Laverdaroo on August 23, 2023, 06:32:14 PM
I don’t but it anymore as it’s lost it’s potency since all the good stuff was taken out of it.
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Post by: AshimotoK0 on August 23, 2023, 08:54:21 PM
Nope never seen it, every tub bottle I’ve bought has been green inside and out.
I don’t but it anymore as it’s lost it’s potency since all the good stuff was taken out of it.
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I agree its sh@te now but it's great as a degreasing lubricant for alloy cleaning.
See datasheet below its red.
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Post by: Matt_Harrington on August 24, 2023, 08:41:15 AM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on August 24, 2023, 08:49:36 AM
I also use a Devilbiss air-fed mask as the Mipa 2K clear contains isocyanates. I know a lot of people don't bother or use a cheapo mask but there you go.
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on August 24, 2023, 09:26:02 AM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on August 24, 2023, 10:17:36 AM
That hub certainly looks like factory new type finish Ash.
Cheers ! .. I have spent the last 8 months every Wednesday prepping and painting parts for some of my bikes. Thank the Lord I am nearly at the end of it all now.
Before some smart ar$e comments about me storing it all in a bedroom and how does the missus put up with it blah blah blah .... This is a room in a massive warehouse, which my mate 'Dodgy' Roger owns. He bought it cheap off a bloke who's wife had booted him out so he had created 'living quarters' in the building he owned a couple of years before he sold it. I can't paint at home because Cathy has bad asthma, so hence I do any painting at my mates.
This is probably 1/2 of what I have done in the 8 months. The CB250K4 is my mates tank ... I did it for him (PITFA though) 'cos he bought vinyl pinstripes for £65 from a guy in France (as did Ben Powell on here) and there were absolute sh%te .. so muggins here painted them on. The vinyl just would not follow the bulbous tank profile properly ... even Ben's dad who trained as a time-served pro-painter agreed the vinyl stripes are sh%te. Probably why Piki doesn't sell them for that model.
The mudguards on the bed were clear coated in Spraymax "2K in a can" Satin aerosol (super stuff ..pricey but you get what you pay for and one can goes a long way) and the others were clear coated with the Devilbiss gun with Mipa CX4 clear coat with about 1 part in 6 Mipa matting agent, as they are mudguards off later bikes than the CB72 and Bomber 450K0, where Honda used a glossier finish than they did in the early 1960's.
The 'Sardine' Blue/White CB250K0 tank was done all with aerosols .. RS Bikepaints base coat (fookin expensive ... should have used British Leyland Teal Blue !!) and Spraymax 2k Gloss aerosol. White was 50/50 mix of Ford Frozen white and Ford Diamond white solvent base-coat.
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Post by: Johnny4428 on August 24, 2023, 10:30:47 AM
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Post by: Oddjob on August 24, 2023, 02:49:15 PM
Post by: AshimotoK0 on August 24, 2023, 05:51:19 PM
You've got good at that Ash. You kept that secret.
My winter project is to paint a 500K0 paint set in Candy Starlight Gold. I had my Candy Green K0 paintwork done by Menno and I have a NOS Candy Custom Gold tank but would really like a Starlight gold set.
Not altogether sure why ..obsession I suppose.
Post by: Jan B on September 09, 2023, 07:35:35 PM
- need a bigger compressor (size does matter here)
- need to disassemble front and rear hub because already with spokes and rims
It will be more expensive
It will be more laborious
Thank you very much for posting!!!! ;)