Paint that I've used so far include the following... FRAME: POR-15. You have to brush it on but it supposed to be "hammer tough". My father turned me on to it a few years back when he started restoring cars. It's incredibly durable paint but VERY runny. It flows and eliminates brush marks but it's very easy to get drips. It's also about the glossiest black you will ever find! I bought a six pack of tiny cans off of Amazon. This paint is so adhesive and strong that it's hard to open a can more than twice before the lid is damn near welded on. The little cans make me feel better about wasting the small amount left in a can I've openned a few times and can no longer get open. :)
ENGINE: PJ1 Engine and Case paint. All I did was spray a ton of degreaser all over her, let it sit for a few minutes, and hose it off. I used a degreaser I found in the auto area of walmart. I think it was $5 for a gallon. It seemed to work really well. I did the 'degrease and hose off' about 5 times. The paint is a Satin Black and is known on a lot of forums to be a very close match for stock engine paints. It's an Epoxy paint intended to be used on engine blocks. I think it was about $17 for one can, which was plenty. BODY: I used basic krylon spray paint. My first attempt was a yellow color that just didn't have the 'retro' flavor I wanted, so I switched to 'Red Pepper', which is a non-metallic red but has a hint of orange to it. If you are in to old cars then you probably know the color 'hugger orange'. This color isn't nearly as orange as that, but for some reason it reminds me of it. CLEAR COAT: Spraymax 2k. I know normal spray paint is not chemical resistance enough AND it's never as hard as a 2 part paint. But a couple of coats of the 2k clear coat and it's now impervious! This stuff isn't cheap at $20 a can, but well worth it. There is a plunger in the bottom of the can that releases the hardner into the paint. From there you have 24 hours to use it before it's done. It's supposed to be the same clear you can use in a sprayer on real cars, but comes in a handy spray can. Will you get orange peel? Yeah, a little. But if you wet sand the base color, wet sand the clear, and then buff it out it will come out pretty darn good. Better than the average rattle can job? MUCH better! As good as a professional auto body job? No, but pretty close. I think if I spent more time wet sanding the base coat and clear coat, and if my buffing skills were better, then I think I could get a professional finish... but I'm not there yet. :) DECALS: Ebay! This guy in Canada makes them. My bike is a 1983, but I went with the 1984 decals as I wanted the silver colored wings instead of the red/orange. I didn't go with the 1985 because I wanted the script 'Nighthawk' writing instead of the block letters. This is the exact set I bought: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-Honda-650-Nighthawk-Reproduction-Decal-Set-550/312485725309?hash=item48c199c47d:g:J-8AAOSw1~JZOo7q They seem like high quality decals. I put them on before clearcoating. I went to put the new acid battery in her last night and a funny thing happened... The battery that came out was an acid battery but had the positive terminal on the inside of the battery compartment (acid overflow tube has to be on the outside). The new battery, when the acid overflow is on the outside, has the negative terminal on the inside of the battery compartment! Now I have to redo a couple of ground wires. Also, I tried to wire up my new signals and found that I now have an issue with my turn signal relay. They all worked before I took the bike apart but now they don't. Key on = front running lights on. Signal switch turned to right = right front goes out, nothing on the rear. Signal switch turned left = left goes out, nothing on the rear. *A <https://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-Honda-650-Nighthawk-Reproduction-Decal-Set-550/312485725309?hash=item48c199c47d:g:J-8AAOSw1~JZOo7q>nyone know how to diagnose a signal relay on an '83 CB650SC? *It's possible I just have a bad ground somewhere and the relay is fine... fingers crossed! On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 5:17:57 PM UTC-4, Holger Selover-Stephan wrote: > > Looks great, Donny. What paint did you use for the frame, engine and tank? > I am currently painting the tank as well. Where did you get the Honda > decal? > > Holger > > > On Oct 3, 2019, at 12:39 PM, Donny Ravioli <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Forgive me, I've been on many forums but never a google group before. > The format seems a little different. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nighthawk_lovers/e45ea68e-ccd1-42c2-bc8c-239402fa33ad%40googlegroups.com.
