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PHILIP2908:
Hello everybody - hope you are enjoying the sunshine.
We all know one thing leads to another; on the CB750 that's been fighting me for 5 years, what I thought would be a quick clean out of the tank has led to a paint job. I can't justify a professional job as the rest of the bike is a bit shabby. So a rattle can it had to be - just like the 70's.
I bought some Candy Apple Red, coarse silver basecoat and a can of 2K lacquer and using my new spray-booth (garden) I set about the task. It's come out well so far and I'm just waiting for some stripes from Piki; I'll get those on and then apply the lacquer.
I got the paint from Complete Cafe Racer https://www.facebook.com/CompleteCafeRacer for about £60; very quick delivery and a very helpful chap on the 'phone answering all my dumb questions. Highly recommended.
I'll post again when I have finished it (probably October).

Spitfire:
That takes me back quite a bit, I spent a lot of time back in the seventies wielding rattle cans, my 750 started out as gold, then blue, than white. The white was an accident as I was using a white undercoat for another colour but it looked that nice that I kept it white.

Cheers

Dennis

allankelly1:
That looks pretty good to me and did a rattle can paint job on my rd as could not afford a professional job

And at the end of the day really is just paint you are applying be it via a spray gun or rattle can and it’s preparation and finishing is where when you are flattening off the top coats that creates a perfect mirror finish that give the professional look





Just one note

Just make sure you remove the paint where the fuel cap seals as if paint and lacquer are still there petrol can leach under the paint layers and screw up the tank finish in this area

Again nice job

Best wishes Al


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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Nice looking paint job. Reminds me of when I had a Mini that I could not afford to have resprayed circa 1979. I flatted it all down using rattle can primer. Then realised the colour coat was going to cost me a fortune. I ended up buying a tin of brushing only Coach Enamel. It was 2-3 hours. Before it was touch dry during that time every variety of winged insect decide to have a paddle! I found out how good Brasso was for removing fly legs.

MrDavo:
I painted our Marina van with gloss black Tekaloid brushing enamel, probably doubled the value. As you say, painting outside is like a biology experiment, who knew there were so many flying seeds and insects about?

The RD and Philip's CB750 both looking good, I'm guessing you need a special can for Kenny Roberts' signature. He's a hero of mine, who I have met. To me, riding a 140mph TZ750 dirtracker, with virtually no brakes (a little disc on the rear, probably so you didn't crash into a van in the paddock), is as ballsy as it gets. Banned after even Roberts and Cal Carruthers voted to ban it, he famously said 'they don't pay me enough money to ride that thing'.

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