Rattle can recommendation

[Tc]

What’s a durable rattle can paint for frames?

 

[xtaffa]

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Good point yes that probably would be helpful.

Unless I'm going for a very specific colour I tend to go for value for money here so for plain colours I use 151 paint (which was used on this one), my local pound shop stocks it in a reasonable range of colours.

Other than that I can get Silverhook paints from a local market which cost me £5 for 3 big cans, although there is a caveat with the Silverhook metallics as the red is more like magenta, I like the colour but the guy I get it from will only get it in as a special order as he gets so many complaints about the colour.

Both of these are very cheap but give very good coverage and most importantly are consistent between cans and batches.

For primers I use Silverhook or even the stuff from the pound shop

One caveat with pound shop paint is the gloss white from poundland which does not like lacquer over the top as it cracks and crazes so I avoid this but the black, silver and primer are fine.

For metallic white I use the one from Paint factory and I get this in bulk from ebay. This must have white primer underneath but you can get some very interesting effects by having a light dusting of this metallic white over different base colours.

For coloured lacquers I use Canbrush, it is a bugger to put on a frame and must be built up from thin coats but is worth the effort

The Paint factory coloured lacquer goes on well but the colours dont match the can, the blue is actually mint green and I thought I'd give it a try as it';s stocked locally but it meant I had to start again using Canbrush with my French bike which almost ended up Italian because of it.

Pictures below of the various paints mentioned above

For specific colours if pushed I go to Halfords but I have a good car paints mixer nearby who will mix cans for me so I much prefer to use him.

Part of pretty definitive thread in the resto tips sticky

 

[Joe_Rides]

Montana paint (graffiti paint) always gets great reviews.

Check out the finish on this car here, using the Montana White range;

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/214644/mazda-suntop-swap-neon-pink

 

[konacarl]

Montana Gold is really good as it manages to maintain pressure in the can until the end and there's a ton of colours, Spray.Bike is another that goes on really well (almost like a powder coat) although the Spray.bike lacquer is really potent stuff especially on decals. Others I've tried tend to lose some pressure and start to get messy and the paint starts to come out a lot less even.

 

[rmwesley]

Another vote for Montana Gold. Just finished a frame and the finish came out very well. I did three coats of acid etch primer [Upol no. 8], three coats of Montana Primer, three coats of Montana colour, three coats of Montana varnish.

 

[Betsy]

A graff artist friend of mine buys a lot of Montana, they gave him this Lo-Fi cardboard boombox and asked him to paint it up as part of a pro-mo, he couldn't be arsed so gave it to my kid instead..


..pretty cool!

 

[Tootyred]

I worry more about the clear over the top. Always use u-pol, seems to build well, stay on well and buff out well.

But spraying is all about prep and cleanliness imho.

 

[klasse]

Cool thread. Suggestions for REMOVING a rattle can paint job on some cranks? thx I didn't want to start a new thread for this.