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HondaFour:
Kacey, that's a great job and a top post...... heh! Heh! Heh! I think you might be a philosopher.....

z1100r:

 Superb job, and some top advice given aswell. I'm trying to do a half decent job with aerosols at the moment - beginning to wish I hadn't bothered with the dammed stuff and bought half litre of proper paint.

kaceyk2:
Thanks guys.
Z1100,
If you go have a look in the "other place" The sister site in The USA, and check out Terry in Australia, you should find a link to his pictures he uploaded on doing his F2 tank in rattle cans. He did a good job too.
The problem I have always found with rattle cans, is twofold: The finish will scratch easy, you only have to drop a bunch of keys on it or something, and rattle can stuff is generally not very resistant to chemicals.

A good finish can be got, it's just not very durable. It leaves you sorta treating it with kid gloves afterwards.
Take your time on it, don't rush or be impatient.  If you get imperfections, let it dry and flat it back and put more paint on. Good luck.

z1100r:
 
 Totally agree with everything you've said and am currently experiencing how pathetically soft and easy to mark these later rattlecan paints are. Years ago I could do a superb job with cans, all my TZ fairings were painted and laquered with them. It was quick and very easy to rework/polish back up when damaged. This new stuff is the total opposite. My fairings used to kick around the van getting bashed by all sorts, I'd hate to think what would happen to them if they were painted in this stuff.

 I'll be spraying a 2K laqueor over it all so I'll see what happes to it then...mind you thats out of a rattlecan too - one of those where you pull the ringpull in the bottom of the can to release the catalyst.

 I did read that Aussie guys thread on painting his red 750 tank a while ago..an interesting read.

 I've done alot of painting in the past, including cars/vans etc, I'm no novice at it...not a profesional either I hasten to add.
I have 5 or 6 spray guns and a huge semi industrial compressor but decided for some insane reason that I was only going to tidy up the old Honda and didn't need to spend a fortune on paint. But as usual I've gone mad - again -  and its not just a quick tidy up anymore.

 Like your idea of the jar inside the pot..brilliant.

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