Luminous Blue

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Re: Luminous Blue

19 Feb 2015 06:22

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Lacquer colors and clear are still available at PPG stores in Michigan, and probably in some other states.

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77 KZ 1325 Turbo Dragbike project
79 CBX Pro Stock projects (2)
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Re: Luminous Blue

19 Feb 2015 06:48

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Grumpy Ole Artist wrote: My buddy big Mike has a sweet newer 900 Kaw cruiser that is a VERY pretty metallic Blue....Guess I will just hafta pick something I like off the shelf...I figure a full museum quality restoration isn't in the cards anyway...(I DO really like that 77 Blue....)Thanx to our ever-lovin EPA for doing away with my old friend Laquer...this new urethane crap is NASTY stuff to spray, and prices have gone through the roof!! Thanx anyway, guys!

Like you say, not a perfect resto, but close. You need to be a chemist / scientist with a 10 year degree nowadays!
To understand all the products available.
But you can spend 2-3 days looking at this site. They have every thing ever made it seems.
We are spraying a 33 Willys A/A nostalgia gasser with the new Camaro snyergy green, paint cost $200 compared to $600 name brand paint. Sorry for the tangent but take a look at some blue.
www.tcpglobal.com/Search.html?query=blue+colors .

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Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
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Re: Luminous Blue

19 Feb 2015 06:52 - 19 Feb 2015 06:54

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That '77 blue (Metallic Regal Blue) took 4 different applications to achieve: Special Silver Basecoat; Flake Silver Basecoat; Brigade Blue; and Clear Topcoat. It was the only KZ650 with that many painting steps. Ed

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Re: Luminous Blue

20 Feb 2015 12:43

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Did not know that...Thanx again Ed, you are a fountain of truth! lOL! In case this comes up again: A fellow member of a KZ specific FB group was kind enough to grab a buddy's original 78 Blue side cover ,take a trip to Sherwin-Williams in his town & scan it for me...They came up with this color formula...He said that the sample is almost perfect in the sun! Thanx all ! am checking that TCP site!

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Former rides...1976 CB360T, 1985 Shadow 700, 1985 GPZ750Turbo

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Re: Luminous Blue

20 Feb 2015 18:31

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You can do a google search on that BMW color and look at it in pictures and videos. Looks real close for sure to the original Kawasaki.

321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.

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Re: Luminous Blue

20 Feb 2015 20:27

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GOA... does Sherwin-Williams offer automotive paint? I do see marine and other protective coatings...

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83' KZ750-F1 LTD [clymers] (Kay)
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Re: Luminous Blue

23 Feb 2015 07:32

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Seymore, I thought they just did house paint, but apparently, one can get car paint there also..

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Re: Luminous Blue

23 Feb 2015 09:14 - 23 Feb 2015 09:18

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1980 Gpz550 D1, 1981 GPz550 D1. 1982 GPz750R1. 1983 z1000R R2. all four aces

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Re: Luminous Blue

23 Feb 2015 09:32

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5500 internal server error doH! I wanted to upload more, take my word for it, it looked nice when done.

Peugot metallic blue base and 2k clear. Loved the brutish charm of that old GSX1100 ET.

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Re: Luminous Blue

23 Feb 2015 09:52 - 23 Feb 2015 10:40

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This one I used about 20 coats of clear over the space of a couple of months... no low bake oven so needed to let it harden fully before the next course.

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The bike was quite a hooligan bike, hence the pointy tail

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Sorry for the Suzuki indulgence - It had to go for more additions to the kawasaki fleet.

1980 Gpz550 D1, 1981 GPz550 D1. 1982 GPz750R1. 1983 z1000R R2. all four aces

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