my new paint...

Myself, I use PJ-1 Epoxy - it sets up harder than normal spray can clears and is about as gas proof as anything that comes with a rattle...

Bought 3 new cans of the stuff today, $7.75 per.

Just in case you go looking for it, here's what the PJ's epoxy clear can looks like:

Looks good. Blue rules!

Looks good for now. 6 months from now after 2 oz of gas spills on it /first drop of brake fluid/first bird crap/first drop of rain/first rays of sun is the question. How's it going to look then? Odds are not real great, but best of luck. At least you can always repaint again and again. I knew a guy back in 1976 that had the best Suzuki 185 dirtbike ever, when I was sitting being a dang idiot on a stock 1976 Yamaha DT175 in the darn boring blue factory paint he had his bike in yellow, then black then ?, then ? ect ect. Definately THE way to go. I'll never forget.

umm not to sure what to take of the last post there?? any idea?

dont worry about Ron,he just cant get it into his head that not everybody is into origional paint.and origional paint doesnt always last longer than a good aftermarket paintjob this bike was repainted in 81-82 with red imron and the red still looks just as good as it did 20 plus years ago,as soon as my 2 current projects are finished i am going to pull this one back out and redo it a differant color,but first i will rinse it off just to show how good a non origional paintjob can holdup compared to a boring ass, looks just like every other bike that rolled off the line that year mkII:sick: stock origional restored bikes are all right for certain models like early z1s,76 ltds(go skipper!;)even the origional paint on 78 a2s looks good,but mkIIs are nothing special,next to a z1 or 77-78kz or 79-80 ltd they are flat out ugly and need a good paintjob to make them look good:sick: that red on red mkII on front page of kz1000 gallery with the red frame looks real good.why?because somebody got rid of the nasty looking stock paint! if you dont like the color other people use on their bikes dont look at them,there is plenty of origional bikes on here go look at them! O.K here it comes!!!!

Post edited by: wireman, at: 2006/07/08 23:28

richie1 wrote:

umm not to sure what to take of the last post there?? any idea?

Well, if I'm reading Ron right, he's commenting that 1) Krylon is *soft* paint and 2) it's about as gas-proof as tapioca.

Even 2 weeks after application, you'll be able to press your thumb into a spot and leave a print. Guaranteed.

Dump a thimbleful of gas on it and let it sit overnight; you'll have a nice little brown stain on it.

Essentially, you're half way to a finished paint job - the color needs some time of protection, and that entails covering the paint with clear to the best of my knowledge...

he goes off no matter what you paint it with,any bike that gets repainted is not as good as an origional 30 year old paintjob.hes a whining sniveling everybody has to be like me or else @(*#*!

Wait 6 months and see what to make out of my post. Is the paint bubbling from any gas spillage? chances 95%. Any bird droppings, brake fluid ect, been on the paint even for 10 min? well, paint is crap, chances 95%. Rain sitting on the paint, not cleaned off whithin 15 minutes? paint is ruined. Sitting in the sun, even for a couple hours a day? paint shot. All or any of these things, in addition to the 2 billion others not mentioned will render the repaint job, well for lack of other words, ready for repaint again. This will go on for eternity. I know I'm a broken record, but why oh why does everyone repaint when it IS going to turn to sheet in less than 6 months is beyond me. I know I vowed to not continue this argument, and I am sorry to discourage, but it's the truth. I've seen it for my entire 47 yrs of age. Look at cars driving down the road. Have you ever seen a 15 yr old car with the rediculous non matched paint, part faded badly, others relatively shiney? Care to guess the ugly bogus, cruddy faded part? aways the repaint from accident repairs. Nothing personal here as your bike looks allright. Just the facts. Everyone can dispute them, nd will but there is no dispute that makes sense really. Repaints will not last. They never have, never will. Don't care if they use that new nuclier seal space age polymer formula from Mars, it aint goint to ever work.

painted 81-82

painted mid 80s,still looking good;)

painted in early 90s with imron manages to slide across water at 140 miles an hour,many differant motors over the years has has alcohal and 114 octane racing fuel spilled on it and still manages to shine:whistle:

Post edited by: wireman, at: 2006/07/09 01:47

my flat black still looks as dull as when i painted it! slopped gas on it many times...still looks flat