Due to costs and limited space in my working environment. I am starting to consider painting my R100 with a
brush.
Tank, front fender, cowl and side panels.
Sounds pretty mad, I know, but painting is all down to prep and finishing, as Monte's demonstrations have proved. We are just looking at the method of applying the paint.
I have been quoted multiple hundreds of £'s for professional respray's - the sky is the limit! But since the insurance money is somewhat limited and I also want to change the colour of the bike, I am looking for viable alternatives - which will also allow me to spend the money elsewhere on bling.
I am reluctant to spray in my garage as it is integral to the house and I will have problems with fumes. I also do not want the whole of the garage repainted in the colour I paint the bike - spray gets everywhere. Neither do I want to coat the Cafe Racer in a new colour!
So we are back to the old ways - in the past, cars and bikes were painted by hand with specially formulated paints and high quality brushes, that dried and settled in a way that reduced brush marks, and were then polished to a shine.
Obviously I do not want to compromise the finish too much. But I am looking at painting a single, non metalic colour,
Laverda orange.
Has anyone had any experience of this?
Steve H
