spray can paint job.

That does it next time it's olive drab or that new desert tan. I love the olive one a lot

Try painting some other parts of the bike with a different color. I painted Brutus with rattle can paints from Home Depot.......

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Truth is I expect more people will do the home depot paint than custom painting so this is probably good information for the rest of us. Love your gas tank.. is that a bladder inside the bike?

this is driving me nuts lol. i want to see you alls pictures but govt computer blocks ads and photos from photo bucket etc. i cannot wait to get home

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I painted TWO Harleys with rattle cans, one that I owened and one for another person who liked the way mine looked...they both turned out just fine. There is a definite trick to it though.

I will mention that Krylon is exellent rattlecan paint.

The only trick I ever learned was to start the spray well off to the side then go across the area quickly and as many times as it takes but never start or stop the spray over the area to paint. And never stop the can while you swing across the area.

Is there another one.

Always wipe the area to be painted with Prepsol/prepsolv, or at the very least denatured alcohol.

Follow that with a tack cloth.

Spray a fairly light coat, then wait 15 or so minutes before continuing (read the can for the best time)

Spray as wet as possible without getting runs or sags. (that takes practice)

Spray with the can perpendicular to the surface...not in an arcing movement.

If you do get a run, you can either wipe it ONCE then respray, use a heat lamp to flatten it (takes practice) or wet sand afterwards and respray the area.

For a really nice job, even if you use enamle, wet sand (AFTER IT'S THOROUGHLY DRY) with 400-600 grit and spray a final coat.

PATIENTS!

Next lesson, you can get a very close to spray job with a brush if done right.

I painted a bike with a brush once a long time ago. it did better than any spray job I ever attempted. But I put on about five very very thin coats. Each coat cut just a little less each time. the final was still over half thinner I think. God that thing stunk to high budda while drying.

I think it did pretty good one thing is it didn't scratch nearly as bad as when i spray one.

I really do like rubbing compound better than sanding after the thing is done before i clear coat it. At least so far that is holding true still. This is the first thing I have done in twenty years except garbage projects around the house. For those its just avoid the runs and do it quick.