Painter in Dallas area?

BigBird07

BigBird07

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I am ready to get my '72 painted and was kind of leaning toward the 1972 Honda Red. Can anyone tell me a good match and perhaps a good painter in the Dallas area?
 
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69ST

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Candy colors are as much a result of application as formula. Unlike standard metallics, the silver metallic base coat goes down first, followed by a number of thin coats of transparent "candy" color, applied with flash time between coats until the desired color is developed. A clear topcoat gets sprayed over the midcoat after that.

House of Kolor and Colorite both make excellent quality candy reds that are a dead-on match for Honda Candy Ruby Red. In HOK, you want Orion Silver FBC01 and candy red UK01, plus the primer/sealer and clear urethane topcoat. From Colorite, you'd specify 1972 Honda Candy Ruby Red along with their matching silver basecoat. They don't supply primer. Any urethane topcoat can be used (they might supply their own, now). PPG, DuPont and Sikkens also have candy reds that should match but I'm unfamiliar with those paint systems. (I'm partial to HOK, it's a bastard to work with but the results are spectacular and very durable.)
 
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69ST

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Opinions on powerdercoat are sharply divided. There are reasons why it's not widely used on sheetmetal parts such as tanks, headlight bodies and CT70 frames. Cost is not among them. If you're after OEM appearance or a high-end finish, PC comes up short and there is effectively no second chance.
 
DoubleR Dan

DoubleR Dan

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hmm.....everything on my bike is PC except for the gold - it is original.

my PC always looks wet - like it was just painted - so who knows....to each their own.
 
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PJ_ST70

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my st50 was powder coated in white..
After 4 months, it was a real mess! Everywhere there had been fuel it began to come yellow and go off. The frame was sandblasted and very clean before the painting, so nothing went wrong there..

My st70 now is painted wet en the result is beautiful, a result you can't get with powedercoat.
 
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DoubleR Dan

DoubleR Dan

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PJ_ST70 said:
my st50 was powder coated in white..
After 4 months, it was a real mess! Everywhere there had been fuel it began to come yellow and go off. The frame was sandblasted and very clean before the painting, so nothing went wrong there..

My st70 now is painted wet en the result is beautiful, a result you can't get with powedercoat.
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bummer - must have been your PC company that you used.

My Panda gas tank was done in white and I had no problems?
 
Dan_Lorenze

Dan_Lorenze

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PJ_ST70 said:
my st50 was powder coated in white..
After 4 months, it was a real mess! Everywhere there had been fuel it began to come yellow and go off.
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I have to be honest... I think I've spilled gas down the frame of my powder coated bike just about every time I've filled my bike (not something to be proud of, I know). I'm always real concerned about running out of gas and being stranded so I always top off. I've spilled VP all over place too, the fuel is no match for the powder coat... My powder coat finish on two of my bikes look like the day it came home from the powder coater. No problems with the finish at all... :)
 
MSZ

MSZ

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It depends on the powdercoat. If a powdercoater put on the wrong type of powdercoat and didn't clear over it, it could be an absolute mess...

There's indoor and outdoor powdercoat, various clears, etc. The same could go for paint..
 
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PJ_ST70

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yes

there was some dark green primer under it :confused:, it was really fucked up, but it helped me to make a new bike:D
 
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69ST

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Color matters, too. I've seen white powdercoat stained by gasoline. It didn't seem to be lifting but, to be fair, P/C is still basically just plastic and white will show stains that might not otherwise be visible.
 
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