some quick help! paint brush (foam or bristle)

Hi all...

i have some free time later today and want to start
repainting a project bike...

i had wanted to use a brush of sorts (rather than a "spray"; as i want to avoid extra work by "taping" over parts not to be painted), but the shop relaly only had "spray" cans available...

so...

this is my plan, spray some paint into a cup, then use it from there...

but the question is this....

what is the best type of brush for this job?

i have a few "foam" ones here at home and available, but no "bristle" type brushes...

would the foam ones be OK?

or should i take the time and go pick up some bristle types...?

thanks...

- prime

No offense, but painting a bike with any kind of "brush" is going to look horrible. May as well break out the latex wall paint and use a roller!:sick: :sick:
Just my .02

Draco wrote:

No offense, but painting a bike with any kind of "brush" is going to look horrible. May as well break out the latex wall paint and use a roller!:sick: :sick:
Just my .02

I'll see your two cents, and raise you a nickel.
Primemover, don't be lazy. Newspaper and masking tape aren't that hard to work with, and whatever you are painting will look 1000 times better. There's nothing worse than looking down at your bike and seeing THAT PLACE where you took a shortcut last year, and now realize how tacky it looks.

I agree. It took me over a month of prepping, sanding, painting, curing, etc. for the rattle can job on my bike. IMO I think it turned out pretty damn good for my first attempt. Take the time to do it right, you'll be glad you did!



Post edited by: Draco, at: 2007/02/22 13:14

offense!

none taken!!

a friend of mine recently painted his project bike (with black flat rustulium! with a brush)...

looked ok, so figured i'd take the easy way out too....

though with GLOSS and not Rustulium....

ok...

ok...

thanks for the advice...

and yes...

i WAS looking for the easy way out!!



thanks for setting me straight!!!

good thing i DID buy the cans of spray though...

boy...

tough crowd!

While we are ripping you a new one, that idea of spraying paint into a cup and then using a brush is a bad one, too. I think you'd wind up with a big mess and a lousy job. You might get a little high though...:whistle:

Nevco48 wrote:

While we are ripping you a new one, that idea of spraying paint into a cup and then using a brush is a bad one, too. I think you'd wind up with a big mess and a lousy job. You might get a little high though...:whistle:

i've done this touching up hard to see frame areas....but nothing else!!

:blink: I think I just heard RonKZ650's heart stop...:dry:

Draco wrote:

No offense, but painting a bike with any kind of "brush" is going to look horrible. May as well break out the latex wall paint and use a roller!:sick: :sick:
Just my .02

What's wrong with a roller???

www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

I am going to do this on my $100 750 LTD. HA!

I agree. Please do not use a brush. At least use a rattle can.