1973 Sl70's
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OLD CT
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You are not screwing up. Glad to hear it is cleared. The bike looks amazing, it's sharp as a tack! Thank you for bringing one back to it's glory. 
Always a good idea to air on the side of caution. Just do the bucket as a tester. I say leave it be! I would be nervous myself. Not a pro painter here.
I did get negative results trying to touch up my rattle can metalcast painted bike.
Always a good idea to air on the side of caution. Just do the bucket as a tester. I say leave it be! I would be nervous myself. Not a pro painter here.I did get negative results trying to touch up my rattle can metalcast painted bike.
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There are a few issues to consider: outgassing, shrinkage and cross-compatibility between paint systems. The first two are heavily dependent upon ambient air temp and overall coating thickness. Lacquers and airdry urethanes tend to go on thinly, dry & cured quickly and shrink very little. Enamels, which includes catalyzed versions (a.k.a. catalyzed urethane) can take weeks, even months, to fully outgas, cure/cross-link (harden) and finish shrinking. Some airdry paint formulations are really temperamental...i.e. will wrinkle if re-coated with more of the same paint, more than a few hours later. When in doubt...read the manufacturers instructions carefully...and...as OLD CT suggested, test on a part that can be sacrificed.
General rule of thumb is to allow 5 days, minimum, to allow outgassing before applying decals. Otherwise, there's a risk of blistering.
General rule of thumb is to allow 5 days, minimum, to allow outgassing before applying decals. Otherwise, there's a risk of blistering.
Sherwin William bought House Of Kolor. Dunno if they did anything to the product line besides nearly double the prices overnight. There are multiple flavors of urethane clear. Given my druthers, a month of curing/drying/outgassing time is virtually failsafe, i.e. overkill. In 75F+ ambient air temp, a week should be fine.
As for decals, a conventional, smooth-sided, tank such as this makes installation very straightforward, wet or dry method. Worst case, decals are cheap and easy enough to replace.
I am hardcore old-school when it comes to clearcoating over decal; imo bad idea. If you want to know the rationale, just ask. Otherwise, suffice it to say that there will never be any agreement between the two camps (clearcoat/no clearcoat).
hambone
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Cool find. Passed my motorcycle test on a sapphire blue one oh so long ago. Bullet proof like a tank and just as heavy
I thought it would be heavy also, just 10 more lbs. than the SL125, 238 lbs. vs 249 lbs,