remodelin the blasty

[dakine97]

So I my frame got screwed from me ridin wheelies on it and dumping it this summer and I broke the grab bar off again last week. So I picked up another frame and I want to change up my colors me an dad came up with a few color scheme. A black frame with kawi green swinger and a arms. Or red swinger an a arms with black frame. My plastics are gonna be my white rears and my yellow hood possibly painted white I don't know any other ideas if you guys have one throw it at me

 

[JBRoc01blaster]

What color is the frame that your gonna be painting now ? I personally like the orginal silver/metallic color for the frame, and rustoleum makes a nice metallic color thats available in spray cans and its pretty damn close to the original frame color ... I have used it with great results, it goes and stays on nicely and holds up well even after all the abuse from loose stone, branches and debree from trail riding !

 

[JBRoc01blaster]

Regardless of what color you choose, DO NOT get a cheap no name brand of paint or it will show. Spray paint is cheap so just spend the couple extra bucks and buy a quality paint !

 

[dakine97]

The frame is the stock silver but I don't like it I'm painting the whole thing with krylon paint I've had good results with that on other builds

 

[JBRoc01blaster]

That's cool man, to each their own ... And nothing wrong with krylon, they make a quality product as well. Being that I now know you are not a fan of the metallic I would hafto say go with the black and red color scheme, I don't think youll be able to find a green in spray even close to the Kawasaki green. They do however make some nice reds .

 

[dakine97]

lime green would be close enough to it I belive

 

[DeJay1206]

I'm curious as to how well paint will hold up on the frame... I've been contemplating painting my frame vs powdercoating it.

 

[dakine97]

i painted my white frame with krylon and its just now wearing off it was painted 3 years ago

 

[Herpderplol]

My brother painted his frame with the expensive paint from o'reilys and it started wearing off in a month... depends on how and where you ride.

I say black and red stuff. But try to powder coat as much as you can

 

[JBRoc01blaster]

Yeah powder coat is always better but it can get costly. As long as you clean/prep the parts your gonna paint good, use a quality paint and don't over spray, good results can be achieved with spray paint. I even painted my front bumper using rustoleum spray paint and it has held up very well through all the trail riding and brush I ride through. Just remember PREP, THIN COATS, AND SUFFICIENT DRY TIME BETWEEN COATS !

 

[dakine97]

yep if you don't you'll get fisheyes and runs

 

[dakine97]

update I went with just a yellow frame so i would save myself alot of grinding and just left the a arms an swinger blue and im gonna just throw my white plastics back on

 

[Blaaster]

Yeah powder coat is always better but it can get costly. As long as you clean/prep the parts your gonna paint good, use a quality paint and don't over spray, good results can be achieved with spray paint. I even painted my front bumper using rustoleum spray paint and it has held up very well through all the trail riding and brush I ride through. Just remember PREP, THIN COATS, AND SUFFICIENT DRY TIME BETWEEN COATS !

Let me add one thing to this important information.

Rub down well between every coat to provide a key for the next coat.

 

[dakine97]

I got my cousin to do all the prepin I just sanded it