Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

[Guest]

Any painters out there that can give me some help in process? I've never painted anything before, but I'd like to give it a shot. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I can't find much on the web as far as help with the process, stripping the old, prepairing the metal, finishing etc. Types of paint, sand paper ( sizes/grain, etc, etc.

Anyone wanna give me a hand here?

Pat

[Drsracing]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

There's TONS of books out there. I've done it a little, I would do something you don't mind screwing up the first time though.

[Guest]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

Any book recommendations DRS?

I don't mind screwing up even 5 times, [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img], I just want to give it a shot is all...

Pat

[Drsracing]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

Any of the books by HP publishing(I think that's the name) are good.

[jackson1]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

Pat, there's a guy called Jeremy (handle is LGM Guitars) over at the projectguitars.com site. He's a paint guy and mostly do parts for bikes (i think), parts for cars and boats... stuff like that. Guitars too of course. He is awesome and has written a lot of good guides. Check him out and take a look at this pinned guide he wrote --->

Painting tutorial by Jeremy

[Guest]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

Thanx guys! I'll get on it today!

Damn DRS, I'll have to learn to read now, I've been putting that off for 30yrs, I guess it's time, aye.... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Any videos that you're aware of?

Pat

[Drsracing]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

I just thought of a couple more books. They're mainley focosed on cars but still some of the best resteration books out there.

How to restore your muscel Car by Paul Zarinie(That's not how you spell his last name either but it's close)

and

How to restore your GTO by: Same dude

[Gtrplyr666]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

if you ask mark (mm2002 i think it is) he can give you some really killer advice. he knows about paints and painting.

Garry [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Guest]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

Thanx bro! I will certainly do that!

I also find some killer books yesterday, after DRS threw me out to Border's, [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

But I also found some very killer paint, it's a ghost chrome, but you can kandie over it, I think I can handle something like that, check it out... The SH!T

I'm also diging the xposures and the bottom left of page 1, of the Crystal FX as well, man this is some cool sh!t, but expensive as hell!

Anyone got any ideas for a scheme for me? Any ideas are certainly welcome!

Pat

[Gtrplyr666]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

any pics of the bike thats getting the paint? and you can always go with skulls!!! lots and lots of skulls!!!! but thats just me.

Garry [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Guest]

Re: Need some help with Bike/auto Paint

LOL, I hear ya bro, I think I'll save a D Lawrence Skull job for the chopper I build... That would be the sh!t!

Here's the bike, well as it was a week ago, right now, it's a frame with a trany in it, [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

My Bike

Here's what I'm looking at doing to it:

Or



Something like those, I'm diggin the red tho!

Pat