Author Topic: My project thus far. "Elsa" (Read 83748 times)

syth82 · « **Reply #350 on:** April 23, 2009, 04:16:38 PM »

Guess I'll have to go against the grain and say grey with a red accent. But then again, don't because that's more or less what I want to do. Maybe.

78CB750CAFE · « **Reply #351 on:** April 23, 2009, 04:37:27 PM »

check put some of the Hot Rod Flatz suede paints here for some ideas:
http://www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/ksflatz.aspx

lottsa purdy flatted colors

Frankenkit · « **Reply #352 on:** April 23, 2009, 05:01:09 PM »

I'm just weird, but I think it'd be neat to do a design with a matte backdrop and pretty, deep, glossy highlights.

BlindJoe · « **Reply #353 on:** April 23, 2009, 06:01:05 PM »

then paint it both, it'll be Christmas all the time!

billybobobrain · « **Reply #354 on:** April 23, 2009, 06:58:30 PM »

What ever color you do use duplicolor.

edbikerii · « **Reply #355 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:33:09 PM »

Hey spikey, how's that boy of yours doing?

Quote from: spikeybike on April 23, 2009, 08:52:13 AM

sorry Ink gotta jack your thread for a sec .....

ED !!! whats up brother ... haven't seen you around in a while

edbikerii · « **Reply #356 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:38:22 PM »

Hmmm..... let me see..... Perhaps I'm fond of RED?

Quote from: Inkscars on April 23, 2009, 11:07:50 AM

Actually, I need to post a poll if everyone will participate. I'm going to dig up the colors that it's down to, and you guys are gonna vote. I simply cannot decide.

alltherightpills · « **Reply #357 on:** April 23, 2009, 08:05:43 PM »

Skip the christmas colors. Go for "blush" and "bashful."

Inkscars · « **Reply #358 on:** April 24, 2009, 05:25:13 AM »

Lmao. Ok I think I've made somewhat of a decision.

I'm rolling primer until I know for sure.

alltherightpills · « **Reply #359 on:** April 24, 2009, 05:38:01 AM »

You do know that you can always change colors by repainting it, right?. I mean, it's not like naming a child.

Frankenkit · « **Reply #360 on:** April 24, 2009, 08:15:48 AM »

http://www.totalobscurity.com/mind/news/2002/brandname-kids.htm

even then people don't seem to give a #$%*.

edbikerii · « **Reply #361 on:** April 24, 2009, 08:23:23 AM »

Met someone named Delice once. Couldn't help thinking his mother saw the name on her chart at the hospital (think "de-lice").

Then there was this girl name Gonorrhea. She pronounced it like Gloria.

Gotta love NYC.

I Zombie · « **Reply #362 on:** April 24, 2009, 08:25:26 AM »

Quote from: Inkscars on April 24, 2009, 05:25:13 AM

Lmao. Ok I think I've made somewhat of a decision.

I'm rolling primer until I know for sure.

Nothing wrong with that.
Mine's sitting in gray primer sealer woth black primer pinstrips
sorry no pics yet

754 · « **Reply #363 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:02:42 AM »

Ink, did you destroy the stock paint on your tank?

I like that colour been running it on mine since I got it in 76.. Hope it wasnt in nice shape..

mystic_1 · « **Reply #364 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:11:17 AM »

Quote from: 754 on April 24, 2009, 09:02:42 AM

Ink, did you destroy the stock paint on your tank?

I like that colour been running it on mine since I got it in 76.. Hope it wasnt in nice shape..

It's not destroyed, it's just been converted to a fine powder

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=47532.msg529069#msg529069

mystic_1

Inkscars · « **Reply #365 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:13:23 AM »

Hmm. Well that's easy enough on the primer.
Olather regional a couple years back,
twin boys
Cash Money Jackson
Millions Adollaz Jackson

Inkscars · « **Reply #366 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:14:29 AM »

There are a bunch of pictures on my thread of the stock paint.
Scratches and dents all over it or else I would have left it. I like brown.

754 · « **Reply #367 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:15:29 AM »

I cant look...

.............I cant look..

edbikerii · « **Reply #368 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:21:40 AM »

Well, I prefer the black primer to the grey primer. And then there is always red primer. Black primer reminds me of the Ducati Monster "Dark". Imagine spending a ton of money to buy a brand new bike that was painted in primer? Especially a nice Ducati that should be red after all.

Oh, by the way, I've read that primer can attract moisture and facilitate rust, so it is not adviseable to leave rattle-can primer exposed to the elements for too long. I don't know all the details about that, but it might be better to use BBQ grill paint or even matte black finish coat paint.

That being said, I have some formerly chrome-finished plastic bits on my GL1200 painted in black sandable primer, and I think it looks great.

Inkscars · « **Reply #369 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:31:56 AM »

We have high humidity here.
I primed my 78 futura in the late 90s and It made it from march to about january the next year without anything serious. I did have to buzz sand it before I primed it again.
But that car was outside all the time, and never washed. I hated that car.

Once, I drained all the oil out of it and drove it to and from school for a week.
Nothing happened. I came home one day and my foster dad was like, I hear your engine ticking. He checks the oil. I tried to look innocent as he scolded me for not checking the oil.
Oh, I didn't know

F*cking inline 6's. You can't kill em.
Just look 754. It hurt me to do. It was pretty even effed up.

kghost · « **Reply #370 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:35:27 AM »

Matte Gloss Poly.

Damn I can't spell today...

edbikerii · « **Reply #371 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:40:16 AM »

c'mon, Ford Futura rocked! I'd imagine it looked kinda cool in primer. Sure says a lot about a car to run for a week with no oil. Can't knock Ford quality, even in 1978!!!

[youtube=425,350]S_RJgEh9aHs[/youtube]

Quote from: Inkscars on April 24, 2009, 09:31:56 AM

We have high humidity here.
I primed my 78 futura in the late 90s and It made it from march to about january the next year without anything serious. I did have to buzz sand it before I primed it again.
But that car was outside all the time, and never washed. I hated that car.
Once, I drained all the oil out of it and drove it to and from school for a week.
Nothing happened. I came home one day and my foster dad was like, I hear your engine ticking. He checks the oil. I tried to look innocent as he scolded me for not checking the oil.
Oh, I didn't know
F*cking inline 6's. You can't kill em.
Just look 754. It hurt me to do. It was pretty even effed up.

kghost · « **Reply #372 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:48:54 AM »

General: Standard coating terms defined in ASTM D 16.
1.   Flat refers to a lusterless or matte finish with a gloss range below 15 when measured at an 85-degree meter.
2.   Eggshell refers to low-sheen finish with a gloss range between 20 and 35 when measured at a 60-degree meter.
3.   Semi-gloss refers to medium-sheen finish with a gloss range between 35 and 70 when measured at a 60-degree meter.
4.   Full gloss refers to high-sheen finish with a gloss range more than 70 when measured at a 60-degree meter.

http://www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/ksflatz.aspx

Color chart on the Polyurethanes in Flat and low gloss finish above

They do some wicked cool Flat metalics and candies.

edbikerii · « **Reply #373 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:54:10 AM »

Ha! I had a 1979 Mercury Grand Marquis. Luckily, I acquired it for $50. I hated it at first, but it kinda grew on me, you know? I backed into one of those concrete-filled steel poles in a McDonald's parking lot once. The Merc was not even scratched. The pole was bent a good few inches!

Queen-sized bench front seat. I'd go to the beach for weekends and never need to get a motel room.

I tried running it without coolant, though. Oil probably would have been OK for a while, but coolant? No.

Quote from: Inkscars on April 24, 2009, 09:47:16 AM

Hated it!

Frankenkit · « **Reply #374 on:** April 24, 2009, 09:57:46 AM »

754... now you know how I feel about Marti's paint job.

take it with a grain of salt...
and liberal tequila.

...and go out and tell your bike you love it just the way it is.

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