Color Rite Aerosol Cans

I am looking toward the future painting of my bike and was wondering if anyone has ever tried the Color Rite Aerosol cans($35 a can). I am considering these if I go with a Repsol color scheme on the repaint because some of the colors are needed very little of. I do have an air compressor and could get the stuff to paint with, but I don't want to end up with a $70 quart of paint that I don't use all of. Also I am thinking of doing the matte black with gloss red wheels and logos. If I was going that route, I would by the quart and use a spray gun.

Or do you have any other paint suggestions?

Thanks fellas.

Don't bother with 35 dollar cans of colorclose, just let us know when your ready to do this thing. http://www.vfrdiscus...tyle_emoticons/default/wink.gif

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I have used Colorrite before and the paint was right on the money (color wise) :-) I recently purchased one of their color pens to do some touch up on my 2008, but I think I need more than just what a pen offers. The color is an exact match. They do state it is actually the proper paint and color so that is good.

Can understand where doing a Repsol paint job would leave you with left overs (especially if they are all aerosol cans).

I think I'd take cruzinaz up on the offer to mix the paint for you. (maybe I should do the same) ;-)

What I do not understand is why the Motorcycle paint is about twice the expense more than the cage paint.

Don't bother with 35 dollar cans of colorclose, just let us know when your ready to do this thing. http://www.vfrdiscus...tyle_emoticons/default/wink.gif

We can mix 8 oz cans :fing02: [image: Posted Image][image: Posted Image][image: Posted Image]

Thanks pawtnah!

Are you going to let me work off the paint and labor? LOL. I can work on Saturdays and Sundays while you guys are out enjoying your ride.

Don't bother with 35 dollar cans of colorclose, just let us know when your ready to do this thing. http://www.vfrdiscus...tyle_emoticons/default/wink.gif

We can mix 8 oz cans :rolleyes: [image: Posted Image][image: Posted Image][image: Posted Image]

Thanks pawtnah!

Are you going to let me work off the paint and labor? LOL. I can work on Saturdays and Sundays while you guys are out enjoying your ride.

"Brian, the shop bit*h" It does have a certain ring to it.

I'm a single stage enamel shot from an HVLP gun kind of guy myself, but...

The rattle cans you can buy these days aren't that bad. I've seen a lot worse done with much better equipment. It depends on what you are painting and how good you want it to look, but you might be surprised at how well it turns out.

"Brian, the shop bit*h" It does have a certain ring to it.

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Rattle can painting can never match a professional job in quality. The little plastic spray heads on the can is just no match to a professional paint gun. They are only good for non-gloss flat or satin finishes, where imperfections are easy to hide. I did use Colorite spray cans to re-paint the rear wheel on my Honda Hawk some years ago, after some highschool kid in the bike shop mangled it's finish when taking off a flat tire. Worked out well, but I did build up numerous layers of color paint and followed it up with a good few layers of clear to ensure durability which I then baked overnight under hot lamps. The finish lasted thousands of miles without any evidence of fading, wear or damage. Good prep, sanding and priming must have also helped the rattle can finish to stay on that long.
A color scheme as complicated as the Repsol team's would certainly desrve and need the attention of a professional painter if you are to even approach a final finish with good enough quality.

Beck
95 VFR

A color scheme as complicated as the Repsol team's would certainly deserve and need the attention of a professional painter if you are to even approach a final finish with good enough quality.

Beck
95 VFR

Agreed. I will probably be going the old school hot-rod route. Always wanted my bike painted like that. Flat black with gloss red wheels and pinstriping. Maybe some glossy red logos too. :rolleyes:

It will definitely be one of a kind.

Don't bother with 35 dollar cans of colorclose, just let us know when your ready to do this thing. http://www.vfrdiscus...tyle_emoticons/default/wink.gif

We can mix 8 oz cans :rolleyes: [image: Posted Image][image: Posted Image][image: Posted Image]

Thanks pawtnah!

Are you going to let me work off the paint and labor? LOL. I can work on Saturdays and Sundays while you guys are out enjoying your ride.

"Brian, the shop bit*h" It does have a certain ring to it.

I shoulda kept my mouth shut.

GOTTA work my way up just like everyone else!!! :biggrin:

No. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the love of gawd, Call on Kent, first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This just doesn't make sense. Would you paint your car with a rattle can? I like my bike a lot more than my car. Hell, I might even paint my car with a rattle can, well my old car I probably would have. I like my bike more than that though, she's worth shelling out the extra cash for real paint.

You can get excellent results with spray cans. You just have to color sand and polish the heck out of it. I've painted bikes with them and you can see yourself in the finished product. It's looks like glass. I wouldn't try something as complicated as a Repsol paint scheme. It's just not worth the hassle.

Here's a GT750 that I painted with aerosol lacquer in 1988. I just took the picture a minute ago. All I did was hit it with a little wax to knock the dust off.
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No. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the love of gawd, Call on Kent, first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I know about the mad skills of Kent and his crew, unfortunately, the funds are a little tight and I'm not filing insurance because it's my second crash in less than three months. If I don't wanna ride a bike with road rash all over it, it's going to have to be a do-it-yourself project. I will ask for much advice from Kent and Jimmy to help me through this.

Another thing I am thinking is, if I put a lot of time and effort into fixing the plastics (all of them), I will be a little more careful when I ride and think about the outcome of a crash more than the thrill of the ride. I will be investing in a air filter/regulator and HVLP spray gun - most likely from Harbor Freight to keep costs down. I am estimating I won't have the bike back on the street for several months since I have limited time to work on it. In a few weeks I'll have a weekend to myself to get a lot of the prep work done and I'll have to be painting during the day because the insect problem here is out of control at night with any light on.

I am looking forward to much cussing and learning some new skills. :pissed:

Finally got tired of having a two tone bike, so I decided to get some of the ColorRite rattle cans and give it a go. I have read some of the opinions on their product, and fully understand your feelings. However, I wanted to be the only one that has done any work on this bike. I had it (after destroying it in Turn 2 at Jennings) down to bare frame and engine split, and rebuilt from there.
The whole 18 month (so far) rebuild has been a learning process, and enjoyable at that. I have learned that painting is an art, and I am no artist. Tuning and diagnostics can be thought of as an art, in my opinion. I suck at that, but taking stuff apart and putting it back together more or less correct I can do. I also enjoy it.
Painting I just don't have the patience for. I'm glad I didn't spend a bunch of money on the proper equipment to paint.
My choices were slightly rashed and damaged pieces in the wrong color, or not professionally or particularly well repaired, repainted pieces that look normal at a glance. In either case, to look proper, nothing has really changed. The bike still requires new plastics, or professional attention.
I also don't consider aesthetics a priority. I'd rather have a primer bike that starts and runs every time, than a show bike that won't run right.
At this point, I think it looks pretty good.
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I don't think it is obvious in pics or a casual glance which pieces were painted in Japan, and which were done in my garage.
I think that someone with the patience required to do a better job can get good results from this product. I like the color match to the factory green. I just don't have what it takes to stick with it, knowledge or patience, to get a much better result.

Thanks for posting that, K. I think you got great results on your project. I can't tell the difference!

i would suggest getting the 2 books "How to paint a motorcycle", i forgot the author but search amazon...they are about 19.99 a piece. they go into a lot of detail painting schemes a person can use to give ideas. Talks a lot about prep work as well. even airbrush ideas. Might wanna do a google search on painting a motorcycle with spray cans. There are a lot of sites that go into it, as well as prepping specifically for rattle cans. I assume you aren't going to be painting 3-4 bikes going forward so i can't see justifying the investment in the tools. Of course a professional job would b best, but if money is funny, D-I-Y...colorrite is a good choice. before you spray anything, do tons of searchs on various motorcycle sites, different forums, different models, and usually there are 2-3 good posts that go into rattle can spraying. It will take a lot of patience and sanding....so take your time do 1 piece at a time....even pick up a few practice pieces to shot to get a feel for the can...

try "painting a motorcycle for under $10", i think that was a good result.

Stop over at the forums at Autobody101.com, great info there! :fing02:

There is a sanding paste out there that you can use on the stuff that just needs to be scuffed(no rash/dents), I think it's made by Norton and/or 3M. You use it and a fine scotch-brite pad to wet sand/clean at the same time. If I can think of the name, I'll post it.

I've done some paint work myself, and I think you could make out pretty well with a cheap setup. Kent or another local autobody shop could sell you pretty much any quantity of paint, mixed how you want it, for a LOT less than Color-Rite.

Here's some of my work:

'06 GSXR 600, black base coat, blue metal flake:
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Side panels for my CBR, I added the black and re-cleared them(with a borrowed $600 Sata gun). These shots are straight from the paint booth, no sanding or buffing/polishing yet!
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Side panels for my CBR, I added the black and re-cleared them(with a borrowed $600 Sata gun). These shots are straight from the paint booth, no sanding or buffing/polishing yet!

Huge difference when you get to use a gun like that, huh?? http://www.vfrdiscus...tyle_emoticons/default/wink.gif Hard to justify cost,,,,,,,,, right up till you pull the trigger, then it's a no brainer

Side panels for my CBR, I added the black and re-cleared them(with a borrowed $600 Sata gun). These shots are straight from the paint booth, no sanding or buffing/polishing yet!

Huge difference when you get to use a gun like that, huh?? http://www.vfrdiscus...tyle_emoticons/default/wink.gif Hard to justify cost,,,,,,,,, right up till you pull the trigger, then it's a no brainer

Yeah, I hate sanding away perfectly good paint, but more so, I hate buffing. My cheaper Sharp Finex guns actually do really well considering the price ($160 for the 1.2/1.4 combo, another ~$70 for the 1.0 jamb gun), they lay everything down well, but the atomization with the Sata is so nice... :fing02:

Seb is right on the money, per usual. I tried painting my bike with the $20 HVLP Harbor Freight gun, and it was rubbish. I was getting runs and orange peel within inches of each other. It was so bad I thought I might as well go down to Menard's and pick up a roller and paint it that way. The second time around, I sprang for the Sharpe Finex gun. Even my ham-fisted amature paint job turned out pretty good compared to the last one. That is until I knocked the tank off of my work bench and scratched the crap out of it! :excl:

Spending $100 on a gun is a good investment, especially if you want to paint something else later. I used my HF gun to paint some cabinets at a friends house and it worked flawlessly. If you are interested, BATeach, you are welcome to use my HF gun for the cost of shipping.

Side panels for my CBR, I added the black and re-cleared them(with a borrowed $600 Sata gun). These shots are straight from the paint booth, no sanding or buffing/polishing yet!

Huge difference when you get to use a gun like that, huh?? http://www.vfrdiscus...tyle_emoticons/default/wink.gif Hard to justify cost,,,,,,,,, right up till you pull the trigger, then it's a no brainer

Yeah, I hate sanding away perfectly good paint, but more so, I hate buffing. My cheaper Sharp Finex guns actually do really well considering the price ($160 for the 1.2/1.4 combo, another ~$70 for the 1.0 jamb gun), they lay everything down well, but the atomization with the Sata is so nice... :laugh:

Seb is right on the money, per usual. I tried painting my bike with the $20 HVLP Harbor Freight gun, and it was rubbish. I was getting runs and orange peel within inches of each other. It was so bad I thought I might as well go down to Menard's and pick up a roller and paint it that way. The second time around, I sprang for the Sharpe Finex gun. Even my ham-fisted amature paint job turned out pretty good compared to the last one. That is until I knocked the tank off of my work bench and scratched the crap out of it! :excl:

Spending $100 on a gun is a good investment, especially if you want to paint something else later. I used my HF gun to paint some cabinets at a friends house and it worked flawlessly. If you are interested, BATeach, you are welcome to use my HF gun for the cost of shipping.

Side panels for my CBR, I added the black and re-cleared them(with a borrowed $600 Sata gun). These shots are straight from the paint booth, no sanding or buffing/polishing yet!

Huge difference when you get to use a gun like that, huh?? http://www.vfrdiscus...tyle_emoticons/default/wink.gif Hard to justify cost,,,,,,,,, right up till you pull the trigger, then it's a no brainer

Yeah, I hate sanding away perfectly good paint, but more so, I hate buffing. My cheaper Sharp Finex guns actually do really well considering the price ($160 for the 1.2/1.4 combo, another ~$70 for the 1.0 jamb gun), they lay everything down well, but the atomization with the Sata is so nice... :laugh:

I appreciate the offer, but have turned over the painting of my bike to the pros at Nuwheel. I scrounged up some money to have it done right. Because of the color I wanted, also gave them a bit of a challenge too. LOL Can't wait to see the finished product.

What is the big deal about Repsol? I always see/hear people talking about doing the paint scheme. I'm just wondering the deal is?

What is the big deal about Repsol? I always see/hear people talking about doing the paint scheme. I'm just wondering the deal is?

It just looks cool IMO. But I also like the other race bike paint schemes.

However, I decided to go with something that I have always wanted to do: matte black with red wheels. I have always liked old school hot-rods and bobber bikes like that, so now mine will!

What is the big deal about Repsol? I always see/hear people talking about doing the paint scheme. I'm just wondering the deal is?

It just looks cool IMO. But I also like the other race bike paint schemes.

However, I decided to go with something that I have always wanted to do: matte black with red wheels. I have always liked old school hot-rods and bobber bikes like that, so now mine will!

You gonna put ape-hangers on it ?

What is the big deal about Repsol? I always see/hear people talking about doing the paint scheme. I'm just wondering the deal is?

It just looks cool IMO. But I also like the other race bike paint schemes.

However, I decided to go with something that I have always wanted to do: matte black with red wheels. I have always liked old school hot-rods and bobber bikes like that, so now mine will!

You gonna put ape-hangers on it ?

F^%k YEAAAAH! Thanks for the idea!

You gonna paint bubbles, snowflakes, and flowers on your pearly white? :biggrin: