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SumpMagnet:
Can anyon e recommend me some GOOD satin black paint. Have just had a go at painting the front master cylinder of my 750 .... and I used some satin black Smooth Hammerite.

Now, I have used this before years ago and it was good stuff, but this is utter pish. Watery, runs like Usain Bolt, and seems to have no covering power.

I warmed it, shook it, warmed the metal, and layed on a couple of light coats and let them dry, warming them with a hair dryer to help it go off. End result...patchy coverage, with the exposed metal barely covered. Put on another slightly thicker coat....and it just ran.

Going to leave it a few days to go off and flat back the runs to see if I can salvage it...but if not...it's all coming off and I start again.

DO NOT like this paint at all.

It used to cover well, with decent solid content. Looks like they have had tro change recipe/solvent..and ruined it.

Must be a better alternative!

Nurse Julie:
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SumpMagnet:
Thanks Julie :)

I will use that on the calipers too.

SumpMagnet:
Update for anyone unlucky enough to buy this paint...it can work.,..but it's finicky.

I got a reasonable result by putting on a thin coat, letting it dry overnight..then recoating. If you recoat when the paint is tacky ( which is normally OK ) the paint likes to run. I used a lot of warmth between coats to get it touch dry, then left it for a few hours. Then next coat. Still took more coats than it should to cover.

Have done hte froont master cylinder and fork lowers ...so I will see how durable it is when I come to fit the parts I got on order :)

Spitfire:
A bit slow on this one but that's pretty much the same paint that I used on my F1 way back in 2007 and it still looks good now.



Looking at the photos I must have quite a few spares (somewhere)

Cheers

Dennis

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