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1Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Painting engine cases Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:15 pm

bigjeff

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I'm sure this has been raised before but can't find any definitive answers - I'm looking to re-paint the parts of my K75 engine that left the factory black - DIY, in the garage, with "rattle cans" - any suggestions?

    

2Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:35 pm

Two Wheels Better

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I just had a look at the forum search engine, typed in 'engine painting' and got a load of options. I admit I looked no further for the details but there's something contained herein the forum. Perhaps our mate Charlie99 has a suggestion. Besides his love of silver he may know a thing or two about paint adhering to the ally cases.


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3Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:12 pm

duck

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Ceramic of course. Cool

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86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
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4Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:28 pm

MartinW

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Rustoleum Canyon Black is a pretty good match.
Regards Martin.


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5Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:55 pm

bigjeff

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Thanks Guys
Ceramic looks great, but i'm looking for a DIY (cheap) option - am I right thinking that Rustoleum is marketed as Hammerite in the UK?

    

6Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Painting engine cases Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:49 pm

RT

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I used a spray on Ceramic coating on my 85 100 with great effect. It was slightly shiny, hid a couple of minor oil leaks from my eyesight. That was the only problem, and as far as I'm aware the cases still look good a few years on.
Rattle tin from one of those auto super stores. And if I could do it, anyone can.
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7Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:09 am

Dai

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PJ1 or similar and follow the instructions CAREFULLY, otherwise it will peel off. Not Hammershite - the current formula won't last four minutes.


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8Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:22 am

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Sweated this one through as well here (https://www.k100-forum.com/t14843-back-to-black). Started out using Bobcat paint, I now see they call it 'Charcoal' I thought it was good old black, have been using it on other things for a while but it didn't look right so went to a Tramclad satin black and got this.

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   To shiny/to black?  Did not like this but kept going. When I got to the painting of the rest of the main body of the bike I painted a piece of cardboard Bobcat black, set it on the bike and it blended in nicely with the plastic and paint around the crank cover if not the frame so went for it.

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   This is the Bobcat paint with a clearcoat, the sump is still black, am going to leave it that way to help diapate heat, not looking stock but I think it looks good. I touched up my Bobcat with this paint a while ago and it covers well and is tough, it is a buck and a half more than the Duplicolor but OEM stuff generally had more quality.
   Color is a tricky thing for these old eyes, here is the valve cover painted Bobcat on the shop woodstove which is for sure black.

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9Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:27 am

indian036

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RT wrote:I used a spray on Ceramic coating on my 85 100 with great effect. It was slightly shiny, hid a couple of minor oil leaks from my eyesight. That was the only problem, and as far as I'm aware the cases still look good a few years on.
Rattle tin from one of those auto super stores. And if I could do it, anyone can.
RT
and as far as I'm aware the cases still look good a few years on.  As far as I'm aware too, and I have that bike. Smile

Bill


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1985 K100RT  VIN 0028991  My original Very Happy ROB the Red Old Bike   (Historic rego)
1985 K100RT  VIN 0029036  BOB the Blue Old Bike  (Historic rego)
1990 K100LT  VIN 0190452  Work in progress
1984 K100RT  VIN 0023022  Work needing lots of progress

1986 K100RT  VIN 0090542  Work needing lots and lots of progress
1993 K1100LT  VIN 0183046  Work in progress
1993 K75S  VIN 0213045  Tom the Triple (now on Historic rego too.)
    

10Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:56 am

philbuck

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bigjeff wrote:Thanks Guys
Ceramic looks great, but i'm looking for a DIY (cheap) option - am I right thinking that Rustoleum is marketed as Hammerite in the UK?
I'm pretty sure that Rustoleum is a completely different product to Hammerite Jeff

    

11Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:04 am

Dai

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Yup - different paints.


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12Back to top Go down   Painting engine cases Empty Re: Painting engine cases Wed May 01, 2019 12:38 pm

glennpm

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I've had great success with Rustoleum semi-glass black.

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