paintforcars paint,very nice!

[gashog]

paintforcars.com has some good pricing on paint.
I bought their metallic purple,and unbelievably it matches my factory honda majestic purple paint really well.

I paid $300 for primer and paint,$50 at harbour freight for a spray gun kit,and $38 for a 10 x 10 tent off amazon.com.
This was my first experience spraying paint and I'm pretty happy with the results.
I could have done a better job with some better lighting.

I intend to start body work on my centurion next spring and maybe rent a spray booth,and give the old Buick some fresh paint before I start with the rest of it's restoration.

I only used half a gallon of primer,base,and clear painting my four fenders,four saddlebags,four lids,and other parts.
I also painted both sides of the fenders,and gave three coats of everything,to each surface.

I figure less than $600 to completely shoot the Centurion.
Gallon kits of base coat/clear run about $200 each(2 needed).
Primer runs about $70-$90 per gallon (2 needed).

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[dewbers]

Great looking bike Gas! You are a brave man.... I've got zippo skill in the paint dept. I can wash and wax it, but spray it?? Not a Prayer!

[centurion 455 ragtop]

You did a great job there. Like Steve I would love to know how to paint and do body work, but unfortunately cannot do it.

I did try it ...."once"

Did some small body work and painted my GS way back in 1981 (same GS I still own today) Well let's just say I painted it "Block Away Blue" :laugh: It looked great a block away:eek: I ended up having it re-painted Firethorne Red two years later...by professionals. That was the extent of my attempt to do body work.

Like Clint Eastwood once said, "A mans got to know his limitations" :)

[gashog]

Thanks for the kind words,I had no choice to paint the bike myself.
I don't have $1500 laying around for a paint job.
The hardest part is sanding all those parts,I imagine sanding the centurion will take a while.

If you guys never wet sanded,the clear takes a while to break down,once you get past the clear,you just need to smooth the base color,removing any scratches using 220 then 600 grit paper.

My Centurion has been repainted once I believe,so I'm probably going to use chemical stripper.The bike had some plastic parts that cannot be blasted or stripped chemically,so it was sand,sand,sand.

Even if I did mess the paint job up,it was worth the money for the experience of learning how to spray the paint and use an air gun.My Centurion is quite faded,so I have really nothing to lose but $600.
:beers: