Topic: Painting Candy Gold

[bryanj]

The matching problem is why you paint all the coloured parts at the same time

[pjandrew99]

The matching problem is why you paint all the coloured parts at the same time

Yep, I get it. Honestly, I thought it would be easier than it is. This bike has painted fenders along with tank and side covers. All the other painted parts are pretty good. Thanks

[Cevan]

I would recommend the VMR paint. 

[grcamna2]

Following 

[Stev-o]

The matching problem is why you paint all the coloured parts at the same time

+1...nearly impossible to match old paint.  My painter has failed twice on two projects in the past, lesson learned.

[pjandrew99]

Just got off the phone with VMR. Extremely knowledgeable guy who has sprayed Candy Gold in the past.
The base coat contains the metallic. It is tinted with gold and a few other colors in order to get as close to original as possible. The metallic they put in is very fine. More or less coats will not alter the amount of metallic you see. The degree of visual metallic is determined by the formula.
The mid-coat contains no metallic and is essentially a tinted clear coat. The more coats the darker it gets. He stressed that doing a test piece is critical to getting as close to a match as possible. He agreed that trying to match Candy is extremely difficult.
The final stage is the clear coat. For my tank, I think I'll use the Spray-Max 2k clear. I have a can of high gloss but thinking I may purchase matte or satin to try to get as close to the current finish as possible.
I am going to give it another shot to match using the VMR paint.

[HondaMan]

Just something I thought I would mention: my recollection of the black-sided gas tanks was that the black panels were not clear-coated from Honda. They were a semi-gloss black, regardless of the candy color, so it was obvious (literally "out of the box") that those were done last, and then the decals applied around the black panels. Many people (mostly customers) remarked about it on the 500 when it came out. One even asked our salesman if "we did it" to the 500. The gloss difference between the candy and the black was pretty obvious back then.

[pjandrew99]

Just got off the phone with VMR. Extremely knowledgeable guy who has sprayed Candy Gold in the past.
The base coat contains the metallic. It is tinted with gold and a few other colors in order to get as close to original as possible. The metallic they put in is very fine. More or less coats will not alter the amount of metallic you see. The degree of visual metallic is determined by the formula.
The mid-coat contains no metallic and is essentially a tinted clear coat. The more coats the darker it gets. He stressed that doing a test piece is critical to getting as close to a match as possible. He agreed that trying to match Candy is extremely difficult.
The final stage is the clear coat. For my tank, I think I'll use the Spray-Max 2k clear. I have a can of high gloss but thinking I may purchase matte or satin to try to get as close to the current finish as possible.
I am going to give it another shot to match using the VMR paint.



Well I priced the VMR paint and while I'm sure it's worth it, I just couldn't bring myself to spend the money on this particular bike. Again, just looking to do a low cost close match to get this back on the road. Basically, trying to match the tank with existing side covers and fenders as best I can. The pics below show the results using Rustoleum 2-1 primer, VHT Gold Flake engine paint and Dupli-Color Metal Cast Orange Copper. The decals were made with paper purchased from Amazon. It's a decent low cost match which was close enough for my purposes. Finished with Spray Max 2K clear. You can adjust the final color with the amount of coats you add with the Metal Cast. Did test strips first to determine the number of coats I needed.

[denward17]

You did good PJ, looks good!

[pjandrew99]

You did good PJ, looks good!

Thanks!

[CycleRanger]

Wow, nice results with off the shelf rattle cans!