discussion 1/1 paintwork

[Andy T]

I'm working on an old Honda CB750 for a guy who brings me a fair amount of bike stuff. The whole thing was stripped to either bare metal or plastic, suitably repaired and primed, then prepared for painting.

He wanted a light red candy, so after formulating some suitable paint, I made a start.

Firstly everything received a few coats of a high metallic pinky coloured base.





Then it was on with the candy, basically a translucent red that allows some of the sparkle from the underlying layer to show though.



After 3 coats of candy I was happy with the colour so applied 2 coats of clear





The tank on the left here has been sat bleaching in the California sun for about 50 years



The next job is to add the stripes. He does have some stickers, similar to the picture below, but he wants me to paint them on. Only three colours to mask & paint

 

[Steven000]

Very cool projects Andy

 

[yak face]

Beautiful work andy , the subaru looks fantastic in the iconic blue

 

[Tim Marlow]

Love the Honda. I had its baby brother CB550 four in metallic bronze for a couple of years.

 

[Andy T]

Thanks gents.

Blue is definitely my favourite colour for these Tony. My mate is building a 22B replica (2 door, wide body) and has had me paint it dark grey. It really should have been blue!

Tim - he's got a couple of these, along with lots of other classic bikes. This particular one he's been trying to restore himself for 15 years he said, but now that he's retired he's realising he'll never have the time to finish them all so is bringing them to me.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Bikers are almost as bad as guitarists. One isn’t enough…..that 750 is lovely though, just what a real bike should look like…won’t stop well in the wet though….

 

[JayCee]

Very nice work, Andy. I have just caught up on the whole thread.
John.