Rattle Can Or Not Anybody Tried It.

Needing to do some painting on a fairing piece on my 91 vfr and was looking at Color Rites products and was wondering if anyone of the VfR community has tried their aerosol cans. I don't have that much to do and they seem to have a good product.Any assistance from you all would be appreciated .

It can be done....but.......99% of the time, it turns out less than satisfactory...the dispersion pattern leaves alot to be desired...almost no consistency.

I haven't used a rattle can on my VFR but have given it a try on my old yamaha with the following. Flat finish is a piece of cake. Satin finish is more difficult and a gloss finish is a pain to make look good, very difficult.

Is it sandable/polishable?


I used to use a NAPA product that was sandable, and very forgiving. I made that '73 TC125 look far to good for the rest of the bike.


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on the flat vs. semi vs. gloss.

Did you say you wanted that flat grey?
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Dupli-Color GM398 is a near exact match for the red on a 99 model. The problem is when you buff it to get it glass smooth, the color shifts to an orange hue.

If you can get it on evenly and keep buffing to a minimum, it would work fine.

I useed Color Rite's 3 part rattle can paint for my 93 Pearl Crystal White VFR R1 front fender and the Speed Pak. I THOUGHT it matched well. Be sure to prep well, and the clear coat likes a real good coverage.

So I vote yes, if you prep well well.

Larry
VFRrider

budamax, Apr 13 2007, 07:17 PMNeeding to do some painting on a fairing piece on my 91 vfr and was looking at Color Rites products and was wondering if anyone of the VfR community has tried their aerosol cans.

OK, I'm just replying to show off a rattle can paint job I did a few years back on my first vtec that had a LOT of sweat equity in it. biggrin.gif I did a lot of wet sanding, rubbing compound, and polishing to get it to this level. Unfortunately, it was cheap dupli-color products from the autoparts store and not color-rite so the clear wasn't "professional" and too soft; eventually chipping/scratching:


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But seriously, a little care and attention to detail should net you some great results. Try doing the entire process on a large piece of test plastic. Don't use your panels as guinea pigs if this is your first time.

Getting a good finish depends on the prep work.
Sanding Sanding and more Sanding. rolleyes.gif

You would be surprised how good you can get a rattle can paint job, if you are prepared to wet sand/polish afterwards....put on lots of clear, and never sand through it and you'll be fine.

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For a better spray pattern I warm up the rattle can (au bain-marie) up to about 50C/120F.

This bike was rattle canned both color and clear coat. Bought the paint through Tri City Paint and they put it in the cans for me.

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If you want it to last and look good don't use cheap paint. You get what you pay for applies here exponentially. The paint and all the supplies, primmer, custom mixed put into rattlers, the clear, sand paper 220/600/1200, wax and grease remover, and tac rags came out to a little more than $300.00.

Took my time on prep did several coats of clear and color letting each coat dry before adding the next and cleaning it throughly before painting with the wax and grease remover.

Very few people believed it was painted out of a rattle can.

Stripes and RC-46 VFR decal on the cowl were done on the vinyl cutter where I work.

Chev, Apr 13 2007, 07:52 PMIs it sandable/polishable?


I used to use a NAPA product that was sandable, and very forgiving. I made that '73 TC125 look far to good for the rest of the bike.


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on the flat vs. semi vs. gloss.

Did you say you wanted that flat grey?
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I'll take some flat grey. Radar absorbing variety if you have it. I'm trying to keep my radar signature low, Maybe it will help me avoid some tickets.

Ages ago I did a rattlecan job on my EX500. Duplicolor (Yeah, that $4/can stuff you get at Kragen/Checker/whatever else they call it) is great, assuming you prep like hell, sand every few coats, and don't rush it. Oh, and did I mention finding a rattlecan of urethane in order to clear-coat it, that WONT react badly with the paint? Try out your primer/color/clear on a piece of plywood or something to make sure you dont' get any nasty reactions. Sand everything like you mean it. The urethane clearcoat will be a bitch, but it's worth it to help with weatherproofing and petrol-proofing. My EX500 survived plenty of drips and such at the pump after the rattlecan job, and it never even phased the paint.

Good luck if you go this route; I'd probably go with a higher-end paint than rattlecan for anything that isn't a learner/beater.

FotoMoto, Apr 13 2007, 09:24 PMOK, I'm just replying to show off a rattle can paint job I did a few years back on my first vtec that had a LOT of sweat equity in it. biggrin.gif I did a lot of wet sanding, rubbing compound, and polishing to get it to this level. Unfortunately, it was cheap dupli-color products from the autoparts store and not color-rite so the clear wasn't "professional" and too soft; eventually chipping/scratching:

Doug, I can't believe you don't show off that Black paint job you did on your VFR for the Pig Chasen Rally! rolleyes.gif

You used some of that special textured paint if I remember correctly! wink.gif