Looking for Interceptor Painter in Maryland/PA/VA area

I need a little help. I am looking to have my VF500f and my VF700f painted in original style paint and I am trying to keep the costs down.

Can any one recommend any painters or shops in the Mid-Atlantic (MD, PA, and VA) area?

 

I don't think you will find the cost acceptable from a commercial painter. I had a business custom painting motorcycles in the '80s when I was racing to make a few bucks to help pay the cost of racing. The bulk of the work was preperation, though. If you do all the prep work, run down any decals needed and provide the paint and offer to do the masking, you will get ithe cost down significantly.

I would be interested in talking with you about it. Since it's winter, I will not be able to do any pqainting until it warms up as my garage is not heated. Drop my a note back channel and we can discuss it further as I was thinking about some restoration to my '86.

Gene

 

I would love to learn how to do some painting because my bike is in need of a new look (need to get some plastic replaced) And would love to paint it and make it my own. Are there any guides on here or are their places you can point me towards.

 

The technology has morphed quite a bit since I was real active, but I would like to back into it. The key to getting good results is good preparation and the experience to "read" the paint as you put it on. It's a fine line between orange peal and a run. I used to keep a bright light in my hand while I painted to help see the surface tension of the paint. It's a craft, and like any craft it takes time and experience to get good. It is, however, very gratifying when you get it right.

I used DuPont products, and they published books and notes on how to apply their paint. I used other manufacturers too for really custom colors, pearls, and candy colors. They seemed to work quite like the DuPont paint. When I was painting I used a High Pressure, High Volume (HPHV) gun. About the time I quite, the latest thing was Low Pressure, High Volume (LPHV) systems, but generally to comply with commercial painting EPA requirements. I was watching a TV show on custom hot rod painting and they were they were using water based paint.

The bottom line is if your interested in painting jump in and start painting something, but practice on no-critical things first. If you bike is not looking so good it will probably make it look better, but you will have a hard time getting factory results without the experience, tools, and facilities. A paint booth is a must to eliminate dust in the paint, but you can build a portable one out of 2x4s and clear plastic. A good quality cup gun is equally important.

 

A very good friend of mine paints bike son the side for very resonable prices. His name is John and here is his website:

JZRacecolor

e-mail: jz@jzracecolor.com

Does a great job and doesnt use crap products. He is located a little north of Pheonixville PA.

Tell him Dan sent you

BZ

 

Yup, start reading how do it, you can get some decent guns for under 100 bucks and start trying it out.

Surface prep is key and primer is fun to learn on as if you get a run it sands easily LOL!

The little Yellow bike in my profile was my first full paint job. All done for under 90 bucks . But the old skool Yamaha stickers drove the cost up :-(. Looking cool has its price.

BZ