Triumph Flat Tracker tins - my first flake job.

[3DogNate]

My buddy George is a Triumph freak. He has several either complete or in various stages of restore or mod.

He's been building a wicked race ready motor for a while. He traded me a paint job and some $ for an XS650 project. I'm doing a blue metal flake base with a white side panel on the tank and tail. I bury a Triumph logo decal in the clear on the tank and lay a pinstripe around the panels of a yet undetermined color. I just laid the final clear coats on the blue flake base.

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[1fasgsxr]

I LOVE flake paint !!!....What did you use to "spray" the flake?...That is sexy ;D

 

[mAd mOrdigan]

that looks sweet man

 

[3DogNate]

I'm using a mid-priced HVLP conversion gun & my 25gal air compressor... nothing spectacular there.

I primed with a PPG Epoxy Primer, then Base coated with a metallic blue urethane base... then shot a wet coat of clear and using a homemade flake buster sprayed dry blue flakes onto the wet clear... then followed up with about 4 more coats of clear. Then after a few days I sanded it down to smooth out the clear, then shot a coat of cobalt blue candy base over that to tie the flake and base coat together colorwise... then shot 3 more coats of clear (HOK UC35). That's where it's at in these pictures...

I have them sanded back down to 600 grit now and I am going to try to get the white panels shot later today, and if time permits apply the logo decal and get 2-3 more coats of clear on top of that. (Then sand it down again and apply a pinstripe... then clear over that and finish burying the decal. Then sand from 800 up to 2000 and buff the shit out of them...

 

[3DogNate]

I was able to get the white panels sprayed today. Here they are with a shot of intercoat clear sprayed afterward. I'll get the logo on after dinner probably. (smoking a pork butt today. yum!)

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[3DogNate]

Got the logos applied... More clear coat to come.

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[Brodie]

Damn that is a nice tank.

 

[1fasgsxr]

Very nice !!

 

[scrambledpegs]

Hell yeah. Very slick dude

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[3DogNate]

Got some clear coat over the panels today after work... Can get a better idea of the flake and color now. The decal is not buried yet, I'll sand back yet again this weekend and get the pins on it and clear until the decal is buried...

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[Brodie]

Amazing

 

[boulevard]

Looks killer. Do you have any problems with specs of dust I am your clear. Do you just sand them out?

Boulevard

 

[mAd mOrdigan]

oh crap that looks even better with the white. I've rattle canned many things in my day but as far as masking goes.. how do you get the edges so clean.. do you sort of sand/wetsand after you take off the tape to get a cleaner line?

 

[3DogNate]

Looks killer. Do you have any problems with specs of dust I am your clear. Do you just sand them out?

Boulevard

Since I unfortunately do not have a proper booth, I do have to deal with specks and the occasional bug. I keep a sharp scribe with me and quickly pick anything I can out and keep spraying. Usually works out well, I picked a few gnats out of this one. Since I color sand and buff, most irregularities are gone in the end.

oh crap that looks even better with the white. I've rattle canned many things in my day but as far as masking goes.. how do you get the edges so clean.. do you sort of sand/wetsand after you take off the tape to get a cleaner line?

I use a urethane base coat which goes on way, way thinner than any rattle can. So if I use a good vinyl striping tape, I don't have to clean up the edges and have a nice crisp line. If I were doing a rattle can job, yes I would probably wet sand the edges of the taped line with 600 to make me have to work less at the clear coat / buffing stage


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[mAd mOrdigan]

Since I unfortunately do not have a proper booth, I do have to deal with specks and the occasional bug. I keep a sharp scribe with me and quickly pick anything I can out and keep spraying. Usually works out well, I picked a few gnats out of this one. Since I color sand and buff, most irregularities are gone in the end.

I use a urethane base coat which goes on way, way thinner than any rattle can. So if I use a good vinyl striping tape, I don't have to clean up the edges and have a nice crisp line. If I were doing a rattle can job, yes I would probably wet sand the edges of the taped line with 600 to make me have to work less at the clear coat / buffing stage


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thanks, im gonna need to man up and try my hand at spray gun and good paint one of these days. I've used some of that blue vinly striping tape in the past with rattle can.. still didn't give a very good clean line.

 

[1fasgsxr]

thanks, im gonna need to man up and try my hand at spray gun and good paint one of these days. I've used some of that blue vinly striping tape in the past with rattle can.. still didn't give a very good clean line.

get the green tape...it leaves a lot better lines imo.....

 

[OGsmakdade]

fantastic work! I can't wait to see it on the bike.

 

[mAd mOrdigan]

get the green tape...it leaves a lot better lines imo.....

like there's an autobody vinyl tape that's green or are you talking about the green frog masking tape that homedepot sells for painting walls?

 

[3DogNate]

like there's an autobody vinyl tape that's green or are you talking about the green frog masking tape that homedepot sells for painting walls?

The Home Depot Blue and Green tapes are for Latex house paint. They suck with our solvent based finishes.

You want the tapes listed here...
http://www.tcpglobal.com/3m/3m400-2.aspx
http://www.tcpglobal.com/3m/3m400-3.aspx

 

[1fasgsxr]

I am talking about the green stuff you get at an automotive finish store...made for painting auto's and such...When I get home I will take a pic or get the name...Its good stuff...I wouldnt use any of that stuff from a hardware store.