Paint for the aluminum pieces

I want to paint the brackets on the bike. I don't have access to a paint gun, and everyone around here wants to charge an arm and a leg for 30 min worth of work. Is there a good rattle can paint I can get that will last? I have already sanded all the oxidation and old paint off the pieces. I would also like to get rid of the chrome fenders (Never been a fan of the chrome).

 

search will help...but self-etch primer and any rattle brand will work...try to stay all same brand.

 

Do you have a Harbor Freight store anywhere near you? If not, check them out online. They sell small paint guns for less than $10. If you have a compressor and a pressure regulator, you can ditch the rattle cans.

I had painted with rattle cans in the past. And even tho it was "supposed" to have been a good quality paint, it just didn't last very long. Not only that, the quality of the spray just can't compare to that of a gun.

 

Use self-etching primer on the aluminum parts and use a good quality auto touch up paint. You can clear coat your job to make it more durable.
I just painted my tank with a rattle can, pix in my gallery.

 

I've never heard of Harbor Freight before. I don't have an air compressor. I can't really have alot of big shop tools. I get transferred bases about every 3 years. I am headed to Germany in August. I am going tomorrow to get some self etching primer. Thanks for the help guys. Will post pics when I'm finished.

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/r ... res.taf#SC

Cheap prices on cheap (but serviceable) tools. Lots of great stuff that you either can't find elsewhere, or can't find elsewhere that you can afford.

I'm about to move. When I do I'll finally have a garage. When that happens I'll be shopping there quite often.

 

I've used catalyst activated Alsacorp SpeedClear (in a special type of rattle can) to good effect over Krylon Gloss Black and Silver colors. Great fan coverage and a bit pricey but it sure beats having to redo the paint job later.

 

My two cents. worth on two subjects: Painting brackets and other "bits" that aren't actually 'bodywork' per se: PJ1 markets epoxy "frame paint" in spray cans that works very well and is tough as nails once fully cured out. For anything that will be getting heat of any sort, I use Duplicolor engine enamel. Harbor Freight: Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I wanted one of those shorty rolling shop stools. Looked at them at Harbor, they were wobbly, the stanchion just plugs into a tube butt-welded to a plate on the bottom of the seat and again at the bottom plate. So I doubled back to Sears, and the Craftsman version uses CAST pieces top and bottom and doesn't wobble at all---FOR EXACTLY THE SAME PRICE. This is not to say you can't find some good stuff at Harbor, I have; but sometimes you can get a much higher quality example of the same item elsewhere for the same price.

 

You have a Harbor Freight in Columbia S.C, it's on St. Andrews just off I 26 west toward Asheville, N C. it's about 1 mile on right in small strip mall on right. " GO ARMY "