Painting advice required...

[Dodgyiti]

Rock and roll Paul, love the cafe racer chequers!
Now for the clip ons and a new appointment card with the Ostio.
The rack looks cool, and you have had your kids now.
Can't wait to see it all done in old bloke bling. Pimp it till it hurts.
She is going to be a real sweetie for sure.

[Skunk]

Very nice Paul.

[Paul in NZ]

Two bar toast rack - all the good stuff eh? So what's wrong with Plastikote? The common approach not good enough for you?

Nah - After the 18th can last week the guy said he was cutting me back 'cos I wus hooked... Musta been the matte black nose that gave it away.

Seriously though - I did the chain guard in plastikote cos it's a bit thin for powder coating and I wanted to be able to touch it up. Gets a fair old hammering.

I pick up the slimline tank this week so I wonder what to do with it? I can't bring myself to do the scallop thing so hmmm... Powder blue? Lime green?

[James Deuce]

You need a hobby Paul.....Oh yeah, that's right.

I reckon Magenta would stand out more. Most bikes seem to be Lime Green or Powder Blue these days.

[Paul in NZ]

You need a hobby Paul.....Oh yeah, that's right.

I reckon Magenta would stand out more. Most bikes seem to be Lime Green or Powder Blue these days.

Magenta you say.... hmmmmmm

[Paul in NZ]

OK - now if I wanted a green, say mid green, lighter than army olive but with a heavy gold metalic sheen instead of the more usual silver, how would I go about it?

I'm assuming I'd put on a gold base coat, get that pretty well right then apply a clear coat with green in it, thining the green as I go?

I have used a fine ground aluminium powder to get a metalic finish but I can't say I've ever seen it in gold.

Aim is to approximately replicate the original finish but lighten it up and ad a bit more sparkle.

Paul N

[Motu]

If you are using Dulon I'd just try one coat of green over your gold,it goes on pretty light and may just be enough,then successive coats of clear and reduced amounts of green.

I made a metalic green enamel once.We were going to paint my A40 pick up,but it was a pretty dark drab green.So we mixed in some ''steel wheel'' which the painters have in bulk for wheel painting.It lightened up to a really nice shade of green,and the silver gave it a metalic look...hard case,metalic enamel.

[Hitcher]

Nice job! Must have been hard doing all the little black squares. I thought it was going to be purple?