Paint supplier help?

[The_Stache]

Looking for a quality supplier to mix up a custom hexcode to paint my fiberglass fairing. Any know of one? Thanks!

 

[carnivorous chicken]

Dunno where you are, but the folks at Space Age Paints in Mesa, AZ do a bang up job, and their shop is filled will killer stuff from a P-38 engine to a John Player Norton.

 

[SONICJK]

Literally any automotive supply store.
Just google "body shop supply" with your city and you'll find several

 

[AlphaDogChoppers]

Literally any automotive supply store.

Doesn't work for me here. The only paints available at automotive supply stores near me is those awful Duplicolor lacquers. It's only about 16 colors, and it's shitty paint.

I have gone to local body shops to have color mixed, but always felt like I was getting overcharged. I have a House of Kolor supplier, (a NAPA auto store,) a little over an hour away in Delaware.

 

[The_Stache]

LongIsland, NY

 

[The_Stache]

Hexcode: #98ff98

 

[SONICJK]

Doesn't work for me here. The only paints available at automotive supply stores near me is those awful Duplicolor lacquers. It's only about 16 colors, and it's shitty paint.

I have gone to local body shops to have color mixed, but always felt like I was getting overcharged. I have a House of Kolor supplier, (a NAPA auto store,) a little over an hour away in Delaware.

I worded that poorly, I meant body supply store not like autozone and napa etc.

http://www.yellowpages.com/long-island-ny/automobile-body-shop-equipment-supply-wholesale-manufacturers
Call some of these guys

 

[The_Stache]

Also, i've never bought custom paint before -- what should i expect to pay? What do i need... A gallon for a full fairing, tank and tail?

 

[SONICJK]

Prices vary based on a lot of factors.
If I were you I'd find a local shop and go sit and talk to someone, tell them what you're doing and let them recommend stuff.
The guys at my local shop are really cool and very knowledgeable.

Just for a price point, I just bought some flat black epoxy primer thats supposed to be bullet proof, and it was about 40 bucks for a quart if i remember correctly and then theres a few more bucks for the epoxy hardener.

 

[krafty]

We typically use a company called Finishmaster. While they don't have any locations in NY (odd) there are plenty of them in NJ, CT and surrounding states.

Found this online too:
Try Albert Kemperle, several locations in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Valley Stream, Amityville and Medford are 3 locations. They sell PPG, HOK and I believe some BASF brands.
Sherwin Williams has stores in Merrick, Medford, Bohemia, and Farmingdale. Both Kemperle and SW have stores in Queens as well.
Wanda is available in Lindenhurst and Syosset.
http://www.tcpglobal.com/ as well, for online ordering.

The PPG we typically have mixed isn't cheap - depending on color (reds are the most expensive) it can be $75/quart. I think we pay around $100 for a quart of DP90LF epoxy primer and a pint of activator.

 

[AlphaDogChoppers]

Also, i've never bought custom paint before -- what should i expect to pay? What do i need... A gallon for a full fairing, tank and tail?

A quart might do it, but probably not.
I think that you will find while doing your primer, that a quart will come up just short. If it was just tank, fenders, (and even side covers,) you could get away with just a quart. Doing a fairing makes that pretty iffy, but not impossible to get away with just a quart.

You have to keep in mind, that a paint job is usually not just a coat of paint. First you have to do primer. After your first coat of primer, expect to find surface flaws you didn't know you had. Wet sand and prime again. I usually figure on three coats of primer, wet sanding between each one. Sometimes I get it with only two.

Many colors require a base coat. For a specific application, a certain base coat is specified. A difference in base coat can make a substantial difference in finished color, because many top coats are transparent to some degree.

After you have your primer on, then your base, and finally your top coat, then you usually need a clear.

That's how a "professional" paint job is done. Many "coded" paints can be as much as $200 a quart. Don't forget, that for some paints you will also need the correct reducer, and you will need solvent to clean your equipment. (A lot of times, acetone can be used for cleaning afterward. Two part paints will also require hardener.

Not as simple as you were hoping, is it? So, you pay $40-$200 per quart, primer, base, top coat, and clear, plus the other supplies. Then, you fuck it up because you have never painted before, so you sand it down and start over, and buy new paint. Oops! Don't forget to factor in that you had to buy or rent a spray gun, too.

Starting to sound like a good deal to take it to a professional, eh?

Maybe you should just go to the hardware store and pick out a rattlecan color you like.

 

[The_Stache]

Wasn't expecting it to be "easy." Anything worth doing isn't easy. If cost becomes an issue I'll adjust my plans but I'm not going to rattle can my project.. Thanks for the info.

 

[AlphaDogChoppers]

Hey, I've had some rattlecan projects come out great.

Here's one:
http://alphadogchoppers.com/BikesForSale/Nighthawk/Pages/3.html

 

[The_Stache]

Thanks alpha!