Car paint and brush good enough?

[koba]

Lots of thin coats gives a good finish with laquer, letting each one dry off but still be sticky.
Enamel just one think coat is all good.
Make sure you use a primer that is ok for the paint you are using.

[Pixie]

hey guys just a quick question.

im painting the frame and swing arm on my ts185 that i'm doing up and i'm wondering if i can just paint it with a car paint of sort and brush it on? I don't want to spend more on paint than what the bikes worth so any adice is wecome, please help me out.

thanks guys

I did my TS 185 with 5 cans of Plastikote spray paint.This is quite a tough coating compared to some aerosol paints
I painted Penetrol on first and let it cure to kill the rust worms under the original enamel (penetrol is like a penetrating oil that hardens)

Or, if you want a super tough coating,POR 15 wil leave a finish that looks as though it was sprayed when brushed on.But it needs to be applied as per the directions.This will fully cure in 2 hours in a humid climate.
$ 60 should do a bike frame.UV will make exposed sections go matt.If this is a problem topcoat it.

[Icemaestro]

Should you sand down the paint currently on it before priming and spraypainting it?

[Laxi]

I just painted a dr250 with spray cans, ill put a picture up of it later today, gave a good finish

i've got $3000 worth of hvlp spray gear lying around but I still painted my whole bike with cans, can get just as good a job from them and no need for buggering around having paint tinted to the colour you want

[xwhatsit]

Should you sand down the paint currently on it before priming and spraypainting it?

Well you would want to do that anyway to get the underlying surface nice and smooth and perfect so the primer doesn't have to fill too many gaps... then you get a nice looking solid surface.

But I found it helped anyway, it helps the primer to stick (deglazing or whatever they call it) and takes away any shit left on the paint (like grease or whatever that you couldn't clean away).

Doesn't have to be right down to metal of course but just get a good surface first.

High-build primer... hid a multitude of cock-ups.

[Spyke]

In the end I used the rust kill paint and used the brush lol. (note, I wouldn't do this on anything you are looking to get respect on.) It does what I want it to and thats protect the metal and its resonably strong.