Rattle Can Paint

[Rfriend1975]

Morning all

My bike is in needs some small areas of paint touching up. I think it can be a rattle can job rather than professional spray job.

Can anyone recommend a rattle can paint supplier please?

It's for my Dave Yates viewtopic.php?f=6&t=412925

Many thanks!

 

[FluffyChicken]

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Why not give Dave Yates a bell and ask what might be best ?

 

[Danthefestaman]

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If you know the colour code and automotive paint supplier can mix you a can. They may even match it for you depends how helpful they are. I'm not sure how bike manufacturers pick colours but they may just use the standard RAL colours.

 

[Rfriend1975]

Thanks for the replies.

I have emailed DY. Let's see what he says.

The paint has a little 'sparkle' in it so may not be a standard RAL colour. But I will be choosing the closest RAL if I have to.

The areas of touch up aren't particularly visible but I'd like to get it as good as possible.

 

[M-Power]

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Used some Wilko Hammerlite to do a stem this WE. Aweful aweful stuff and £13 too. Now have to strip it, prep and start again with auto paint. I was just trying to avoid a hike miles to Halfords, a long SD - Q, etc and getting some. :facepalm:

 

[Teggers]

Tried using various paints in the past for other projects and to be perfectly honest the best paint I found for doing most jobs is a manufacturer paint from a car dealer. It tends to be much much better quality than the rattle can you get from Halfords. After a couple of tried with their paint matching service for Nissans Sapphire Blue and Mitsubishi's Queens Silver, I wont use them again as both times the colours were nowhere near the car colour even accounting for fade over time.

 

[Retro Spud]

Proper 2k paint is as hardwearing as it come and the coverage is viewtopic.php?f=23&t=409971&p=3040558#p3038955

 

[Rfriend1975]

So Dave Yates came back to me. They didn’t do codes in those days so it is fluorescent orange. Hmm

I’ve looked at the RAL codes and made a decision - RAL 2003 for those interested.

I shall give it a good test spray when it arrives. As I said before it’s only for a few small areas so hopefully it will blend in nicely.

 

[bjellys]

When painting fluorescent colours it is necessary to paint on top of a white white base coat to get correct colour as other colours tend to show through.

 

[Rfriend1975]

Thanks for the tip! Just as well I bought some white primer.