Thread: Clear coat questions

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how did it buff? Hard or not?

actually it seemed to buff better than i was expecting.. I was surprised.. but i did sand it to 3000grit.. most things buff good at that grit..lol.. but that was also the next day, so not sure how it'll be down the road... I just sprayed some bike parts with the D893,, i need to do flames on it next but after I re-clear the bike parts i'll post how that buffs also as i like the 893 better, the 894 takes way to long to air-dry,, if I had a bake booth 894 would be my choice

Ok here's the D893 clear i was talking about.. hard to see anything in a pic though

Looks really sweet Mopar! I like that green on that bike too. My uncle owns a big chopper shop out in Cali and one of him main bikes he uses for advertising, etc is that same color with flames (orange and yellow and something else but can't remember). 893 is the clear you used? What about the paint?

Global basecoat also, and PPG NCP 271 primer... that's funny about your uncle though,, this is getting flamed with yellow and orange also, and then pinstripped. lol.. their next one is going to be bright orange.

www.xtremecycledesign.com
Go there, the bike is on that site. Let me know if that is how you plan to do it.

Oh, click on the bikes section and scroll down. It's not the first green bike, it's the one with the flames (of course) lol.

Very very similar.. want to know the funny part about this... The guy that is building the bike gave me pics of that bike... that's where he came up with the scheme...lol.... i'm just doing it my way.. doing the flames much different.. and the green is a little brighter.. small world.

But what about those girls,, we don't have them like that where i'm from...

Haha are you serious? Yeah my uncle that owns the company is named Travis. Actually I have two of my uncles and they BOTH own it together basically. Hard to explain but yeah. I remember I was a little kid and walked into the shop once when they did the modeling on their bikes (back when they were doing more like Harleys I think it was and just plain customizing) and naked girls on the bikes getting pictures. I still remember that haha, I was a little kid probably like 5. Yup... Those nice ol' memories! hahaha

what color green is that? Is it a candy or just a base?It does look really sweet.Almost the same color i painted my bike.Mine was candy green over silver base with green metal flake.I cleared it with dupont 7220 worked great and buffed awsome (only buffed the tank)

JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY WORK. 1966 FRD FST BK MUSTANG. PPG BASE (DBC). SIDE DRAFT BOOTH. NO AIR MAKE UP. SAVING MY MONEY TO PURCHASE AIR MAKEUP. COST JUST AS MUCH AS THE BOOTH. MY OWN BOOTH IN MY BACK YARD. COOL??????

ANOTH PIX

never had much use for clear after the lacquers of the 70's.
I just stick tith DuPont Imron color and never need a clear for that "wet look".
with gloss in the 110-115 range everyone thinks it's cleared but I have no worry about a clear to F**k up later...
just wondering- never had much luck color sanding/buffing- was always afraid to touch it. a dude said color sand/buff after 24 hours while it's "soft" enough?

I dont use imron anymore unless its going on a truck nose.The clears today are so user freindly and easy to sand and buff 3 coats and its pretty hard to buff through.I buff with a wool pad and some extra cut compond then work up to glaze.I've never had any real problems as far as peeling, fading,etc.... Pluss base coats are easier for a good metalic.But imron is super tough thats why i like it for truck noses.If you can spray imron good,b/c c/c would spray easy.