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My CB550 K3 Restore Project
heli_madken:
The joys of painting....
Did the sensible thing and did a test panel early this morning using the flake carrier intercoat and left it for an hour to make sure everything was ok, looked lovely.
So pressed on to do the tank and panels, as I went back to the first piece I coated I could see it reacting, watched as all the panels went the same way -
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You do have t be very careful what you spray over these COB paints, in hindsight I should have sprayed a coat of 2K clear which generally isnt reactive.
Oh well start again, I wont have time now before I move house so It will be next year before I can get back to this probably.
paul G:
Nightmare i do feel your pain after suffering the same fate on a couple of occasions :(
It was looking so good as well.
heli_madken:
Thanks Oddjob, I think you have pointed out everything I have done wrong on this build so far it is just what I needed to spur me on, i will get there in the end, thanks again, ken
heli_madken:
Thanks, dont forget what you are looking at is a matt finish base coat initially then an intercoat containing the flake. You will not see the true colour or how the flake looks until several coats of clear are applied which will lift the colour and change its appearance significantly.
It is incredibly difficult to match the Honda colour exactly as modern paints behave in a completely different way. After spraying on the Silver base coat each individual coat of orange will change its colour towards red. Ideally I think two coats would give the desired effect but its very difficult to get an even finish so I needed to apply three.
As far as I am concerned I am not shooting for originality with this build I have polished too many bits for that, rather I am hoping to achieve something I like.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Just read your thread - some great pictures of the rebuild(s) it will spur me on for my project 400.
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