What is your paint of choice??

[Buck Masterson]

Just curious as to what everyone uses on their rats. I recently painted some parts with Dupli-Color Caliper paint with ceramic and man, I swear they are bullet proof, and almost unscratchable! What are some other good paints to use??

 

[skoda]

Anything is better through an airbrush. Even lousy .99 a can stuff looks better through a gun or airbrush than $5 paint out of the can.

That being said, I like certain brands for certain things. Lowe's American Tradition has the best classic red, doesn't end up too loud or yellowy, I love the new Lacquer in a rattle can, several companies are doing it now. Lay it on, wet sand,rub it down with rubbing compound, repeat...beautiful. (it sets up super-hard as well)

I also like the little spray cans of Testors model paint through the airbrush. Nice colors.

I also got a bunch of EPA non-approved grafitti caps from Europe, they make really wide, feathered down to a line. Those help in a lot of situations.

Short of buying a gun and auto paint with all the hardeners and activators, airbrush is the way to go. The high heat engine/exhaust paints with ceramic might be a good thing to try also, for durability.

 

[CCR]

i like krylon fusion for rattle cans, ive had the best luck with it without runs.

 

[xddorox]

I use Krylon, but I will have to look into that caliper paint.

 

[kingplinker]

A friend painted his motorcycle carb. with that caliper paint and he said it is the best he's ever used. I tend to use whatever i have lying around, and I paint a lot of junk - for me, the temperature & prep work seems more important than the paint, recently I have found that if I gentle wipe the clean sanded primered frame down with Bereman's Chem Tool stuff it does a super-light degreasing & final clean up and makes the finish coat stick GREAT! I also jab or take a bbgun to all rattle cans when done and save the glass marbles inside, them are cool!

 

[sensor]

ppg(when i can talk the boss into letting me use the booth)

 

[TheDuke]

I also jab or take a bbgun to all rattle cans when done and save the glass marbles inside, them are cool!

You mean they are'nt steelies in there! :shock: :shock: Guess I'm gonna have to go Gunsmoke on my empty can's this weekend!( high velocity pellet)
L8 EM

 

[kingplinker]

lock & load! do it! i get very few steelies, most are different color blues, and clears, but you get a red or green one one in awhile - very few colors are same - :shock:

 

[Firewalker]

Well I to tend to use what I have laying around. I have learned that a good prep job is everything in a great paint job! For the keeper bikes I do a PPG Base Clear! but lately I have been using regular rattle can and then hitting it with the same Clear over the PPG Base! My car part supply store now sells the clear in a rattle can :mrgreen: great if you are doing a quick job!

 

[Multipass]

For rattle-can painting, my preference at the moment is for Dominion Sure Seal self etching primer and Krylon Epoxy enamel. Colour choice is limited with the rattle-can epoxy, but they do have flat black! The clear epoxy goes on nicely over the flat colours. Kind of a do-it-yourself base coat/clear coat. There's an autobody supply shop down the street from where I work that will put anything you want (within reason :mrgreen: ) into spray cans. It's a nice option to have, but it can get pricey if you're using a lot of paint.

That Dupli-Color caliper paint with ceramic sounds interesting. I'll have to give it a try on my next project.

-Mp

 

[mandysbus]

most auto body/paint co will put any paint in cans.its about 6.00 at the place near me+the price of the paint.plus the cans have the good blue nozzles on them[the one you can turn the spraypattern}....... phil

 

[racer32]

I'm cheap, but don't use Walmart's buck-a-can paint. It will lift if you don't recoat as soon as it flashes or wait at least a week between coats. Rustoleum is my paint of choice. This paintjob was done with rattlecans, and yes, that is metalflake. A pic of my rat rod bike:

 

[karfer67]

whatever i have laying around unless i am looking for a speciffic color.

 

[Anonymous]

I like Rustoleum spray bombs.

I thought I was the only one to save the glass marbles from the empties.I got a jar full of them.

 

[xddorox]

Ever shoot a full rattle can of paint with a high power pellet rifle? Lots of fun. :mrgreen:

 

[sensor]

not with a pellet gun.......but a k-98 mauser(muahahaha!) and a bow and arrow......was quite interesting :mrgreen:

 

[KOTA]

My wife thinks I'm nutty enough NOW, if I start shooting paint cans with pellet guns and rifles, she'll probably have me COMMITED! :roll:

 

[CCR]

try puttin a green stripe down dads truck with a paint can and a hammer

 

[Firewalker]

I was reminded the other day by my mom that when I was 4 or 5 years old I cornered the family cat and spray painted it many differet colours...I was told it WAS white I still feel bad....