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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2015, 05:10:59 PM »
A good painter can get "depth" in  any gloss paint finish, I've seen straight block colors that look like you could almost put your hand into, it looked wet... ;)  Lots of sanding between coats to get it perfectly smooth..
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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #26 on: May 27, 2015, 12:04:31 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on May 26, 2015, 02:29:43 PM
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on May 26, 2015, 09:51:53 AM
  My stock Candy Jade Green had a duller hue...

Hey Don...do you think it being 35+ years old could have caused that?

Hey, what does MY age plus 13 years have to do with it?!  ;) ;D

I think that part of it was sun damage, but also clean restorations as shown in the SOHC/4 gallery (1975 CB550K) have a darker hue of green.  http://www.sohc4.net/cb550-gallery/


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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #27 on: May 28, 2015, 12:09:03 PM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on May 26, 2015, 05:10:59 PM
A good painter can get "depth" in  any gloss paint finish, I've seen straight block colors that look like you could almost put your hand into, it looked wet... ;)  Lots of sanding between coats to get it perfectly smooth..

maybe "depth" isn't the correct term because the kind of "depth" you get with a two part finish isn't the same due to the effect of the candy with the light reflecting through the color layer instead of off of it.

Pictures really don't do any of these finishes justice - you have to go to a custom shop and see first hand how different finishes reflect in sunlight.
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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #28 on: May 28, 2015, 03:21:31 PM »
Quote from: Geeto67 on May 28, 2015, 12:09:03 PM
Quote from: Retro Rocket on May 26, 2015, 05:10:59 PM
A good painter can get "depth" in  any gloss paint finish, I've seen straight block colors that look like you could almost put your hand into, it looked wet... ;)  Lots of sanding between coats to get it perfectly smooth..

maybe "depth" isn't the correct term because the kind of "depth" you get with a two part finish isn't the same due to the effect of the candy with the light reflecting through the color layer instead of off of it.

Pictures really don't do any of these finishes justice - you have to go to a custom shop and see first hand how different finishes reflect in sunlight.

Yeah, i know what you are trying to say, I'm a painter myself, in industrial finishes and have friends that are excellent custom painters... ;)
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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #29 on: May 31, 2015, 10:33:54 AM »
 Bump....

 Still trying to decide. If I knew I could get the Candy Jade Green right, I'd go that route.
 Still looking for more pics. Maybe paint match examples, etc.
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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2015, 01:35:39 PM »
From what I can tell, CJG was a teal base coat with a candy gold on top.  If you take your tank or side covers off, you can usually see the base coat which should be a pretty true color, being in the shade it's whole life.   Still haven't made it over to the jeep lot, but I'm going to try to get over there tomorrow with a side cover.
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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2015, 02:38:49 PM »
Why not both blue and green alternatives?
My bike became blue today ;)  Was green

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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #32 on: June 11, 2015, 02:17:41 PM »
Quote from: PeWe on June 05, 2015, 02:38:49 PM
Why not both blue and green alternatives?
My bike became blue today ;)  Was green

I did pretty much the same thing with slightly different greens and blues.  I have 2 sets of bodywork -- something Scott S probably can scrounge up!

Original faded Candy Jade Green





VMR respray VERY BRIGHT Candy Jade Green






Honda Planet Blue Metallic



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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: Blue vs. Green
« Reply #33 on: June 11, 2015, 07:34:24 PM »
 I'm totally keeping my eyes out for a second tank. I'm going with green this time, but I LOVE that blue.
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