How many cans of spray paint to do frame+swingarm

[rexor20]

Hey guys,

Seems like a fairly common question, but I had a tough time finding any answer.

I'll be painting my CB360 frame in my garage and was told that Eastwood Chassis Black is a good paint to use.

Since I can only find it online I'd like to avoid multiple orders and just get everything at once.

I've never painted a motorcycle frame before using spray paint so I'm wondering what a safe number of cans of paint and primer to order is. The cans I'm looking at are 15oz if that makes any difference.

thanks,

 

[VonYinzer]

2 primer and 3 paint should cover ya. If you'd like to save some cash, pick up some Appliance Epoxy at your local Home Depot or Lowes. When applied correctly, the stuff is tough as nails.

 

[fiedler.casey]

I had bad luck with rattle can epoxy. It's more fragile than I'd like. If you're gonna do it, then do it right. Send it in for powder coating. Shouldn't cost more than $100-125 and by the time you factor in spray paint, building a paint booth, and then redoing the parts that will invariably peel, chip, or flake you're further ahead to just send it in for powder. Do it the right way man.

 

[Tim]

+1 on the powder coating. I took a cruddy old frame into a local industrial powder coating shop and it came out like new for $150 or so (frame / swingarm). They blasted it, blocked the important holes and coated it in gloss black.

I figured I'd spend a good chunk of that much on paint. Just make sure you've done ALL your mods to the frame before powder. You can't touch it up if you decide to weld something on - that's the one massive advantage of spraying it.

 

[Finnigan]

I did my 360 frame and swingarm with 1 and 2 cans. Buy more than you need and return what you don't spray

 

[VonYinzer]

Man...

I wish I lived where you guys do. Cheapest quote I've gotten for PCing a frame here was well north of $200. To me, that's a deal breaker. But I'm a cheap bastard.

 

[iGreek]

Powdercoating like others say is your best option, but spray paint works fine too as long as it's done right.

2 cans should be more than plenty and then you could throw some clear coat over if you want to. Shouldn't need primer unless you bring the area down to metal.

I did my frame just using black gloss spray paint and clear. Should hold over until I can tear it down and powdercoat. Here is a pic: