Topic: First stab at painting

[A Grove]

What I'm trying to say is why start "bad habbits" now?  #$%*ty gun or not, you should still be able to thin the paint/shoot thick enough to get rid of the haze.  It takes practice, lots of practice.  I'm by no means a good painter.  I mess up quite frequently.  But that is the only way you learn.  Only when you have shot enough paint to make it run, do you know how much is too much.  Until then, my only advice is to keep laying it on thicker and thicker until you find that point where the paint wants to run.  All this is also dependent on hand movements, speed, distance, thickness of the paint, and the PSI you're shooting at.

HEffay - sorry if I came across as arrogant/"better than you".  Not at all what I was trying to go for - I am by no means anywhere near "professional".  I just try to get a little better each time, even if I have to re-do it two or three times

[Jakoba]

John,
for the tank striping, wouldn't you want to go with a wide gold stripe on the white and a thin black on the red and again on the white?  It would be more in keeping with the Honda style.

Hey Tower,
             that's not a bad idea. That looks real good, I will have to look into that.

thanks

John

[heffay]

i was just ruffin you up too, A grove.     and, just saying that i didn't think we were saying anything that different.

also, a note on sanding... if i were to smooth out that coat on that helmet i would expect it to take me 5 minutes or less... i'd rather not try to bulldoze my way thru the bad coat, i'd rather just have a nice smooth canvas.

5 minutes to me isn't much, but i'm a perfectionist.

yes, i totally agree though... if you can lay a nice coat over top a nice coat then why sand at all?  or, if you can lay a nice coat to cover up the bad coats then why sand at all?

i tell you where i am at least somewhat on the other side of the fence though... my opinion... it isn't the brush, it is the artist.

i've seen, and produced on slim occasion, great results w/ craptastic tools... you just end up replacing them a lot more.   

[Tattoo]

  LOL You know some of my best bike tank painting was done outside after a good rain. No dust just a great shine with no runs. I do paint my cars in a paint booth. You don't have to have the best tools, just a little knowledge of what you want to accomplish. Tattoo

[A Grove]

  LOL You know some of my best bike tank painting was done outside after a good rain. No dust just a great shine with no runs. I do paint my cars in a paint booth. You don't have to have the best tools, just a little knowledge of what you want to accomplish. Tattoo

You hit the nail on the head... After a rain is PRIME paint time.. The paintbooth is just nice to have for any-time of day.  I paint outside quite often if the father is occupying the booth.