Originally Posted by
reckon
I have been painting motorcycles, cars, and bikes for something like 35+ years now.
I started off like most, with rattlecans in the garage or driveway, but I got bitten bad by the kustom kraze in the early seventies, and wanted to airbrush, and pinstripe, just like ed 'big daddy' roth, so I went out and got brushes, a paasche VL (good ol airbrush) and just completely screwed up perfectly good looking motorcycles, cars and bikes for a year or so (all my own, thank god), but eventually I learned the rattlecan way, the hard way, the easy way, the fast way, the super uber quality way, and just about everyway in between.
since most of you can probably (or already have) figured out the hard way, the rattlecan way (which looks good=not for long though), the easy way, and the fast way, I'll detail the "reasonably fast, but still high quality way" which is, by the way, a PERFECT way to paint a something metal if you hate sanding; I have never met anyone who loved to sand things down, so I'll assume most of you will be with me on this..................
RECKON .. thank you for your years of advice... i myself have taken many steps to reading and reading before i even attempted an somewhat decent job on my first frame.. i have now done a 2nd frame.. and feel like on my 3rd frame i will even do better....
one thing i have been stuck on is clear coat.. i feel like i do an amazing prep and sanding job... and can lay down nice even coats of paint without spotting or over spray etc... but when it gets to clear and then colorsanding i get stuck... do you have any suggestions to making a finish super shiny, and perfect... is there such a thing as too much clear???? is it better to go many and light? or do the hiding technique then just keep going over with even coats... when should i start to color sand... also if im shooting the bike in 2 colors... meaning rear triangle one color front triangle one color.. do i shoot both colors at the same time? do i shoot one.. let it cure then mask it and shoot the other then let that cure before clear coat? or do i shoot one color hit it with clear, then shoot the other color hit it with clear?
sorry for all the questions.. thank you..