After welding my smashed fairings back together on my Triumph Sprint St 955i I need to spray the damaged areas. The paint code is : BEC 1343 (British racing green) I don't have much experience with matching paint so I would appreciate any advice on where to obtain an aerosol, what is the best brand to get and also what primer and undercoat to use.
John........Hycote do a service for matching colours............their paint is OK for rattle can quality........ .......have a look at their website.........they may even have a BRG can for a car which will match..........I found them quite helpful. Hycote, experts in paint, experts in paint care AL
Thanks for that info' Al Btw have you ever done any plastic welding repairs on fairing panels, a strangely satisfying meditative experience!
You can actually get quite a good finish with aerosols... The two important things are : firstly make sure you do good preparation work - get all the surfaces clean and flat - any imperfaectios will show up afterwards - use good quality primer and base coat. And secondly, put lots and lots and lots of thin coats of top-coat on. Build up the top-coat slowly, and don't be afraid to let it dry and smooth out any imperfections as you go along. As long as the colour match is OK you should be able to get a finish that's as good as thr factory paint - if you are patient...
RS race bike paints do what i can only call is exact matches. I've used them a few times, they use the model and year of the bike and have never failed me yet. Bit pricey, about £15 a can, but can provide all sorts of amounts. Only good though if it's standard coulours though.
I use Jawell for all my base paints and primers etc. They are a lot cheaper than any local paint supplier I have come across. Have you checked to see if a RAL colour will match. RAL Color Chart | www.RALcolor.com
Unfortunately, no British racing green there, will check out their primers and undercoats though. Thanks Red998.
Maybe Jawell could help then, anyone that has a paint spectrum analyser would be able to get a perfect match. If they then give you the formula for the paint system they use you could then go to the cheapest place. I've done that before with an old car colour.
John, look in your local area for automotove paint factors. They can mix a colour for you in an aerosol but also give you the colour combination for undercoat/primer/topcoat as some paints require quite specific colour combos in order for them to be right. Ducati Red being a case of point. Your paint code is the most important as the name means nothing, as to say your BRG might be very different to say a classic Jaguar or Aston BRG. If your paint factors do glasurit paint, then your paint code is as follows: Glasurit line 90 or 55 : CL644977 ( Color-Online ) BEC1343 Spies Hecker also do a formulation for your bike, so I imagine most paint factors will be able to mix it up for you. The spies Hecker paint codes are as follows ( http://www.spieshecker.com/portal/link/colorfinder ) : 200479 786688 The colour passes are shown as a two coat metallic process, so that's two coats of base coat and two coats of lacquer. Hope this helps
Thanks for that info' Sev, very helpful. I understood that the combination of primer and undercoat was important for the finished result, but was uncertain where to get the information.
no problem, glad to be of help. As a general rule of thumb, go on two passes for colour coat and lacquer. Your BRG doesn't have any requirement but for example the Ducati red has a white ground coat, which means that a coat of white paint goes down onto a grey primer before the red and the lacquer, it's that which gives it that vibrancy. But as I say, a decent paint factor will be able to tell you these things as the formulation notes will make him aware of any special conditions. Also most systems are whats known as a wet on wet application, so you might for example lay your colour down, wait the half hour or so to let it flash off, and then apply the lacquer - without letting the colour coat harden or rubbing it down etc, but again, your factor will be able to tell you all these things.
