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  • T99Ford
    XSive Maximus
    • May 2008
    • 678
    • Bozeman,MT

    #16
    Nice job, Fred, and props on the pinstriping! Did you do it by hand with a brush, did you mask, or did you use a wheel? It turned out nice.

    You could wet sand the orange peel to 2000 grit and buff it after that and make it really shine. It looks really good, though. I like
    Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

    Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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    • CA
      XStremely XSive
      • Feb 2009
      • 267
      • Nashville, TN

      #17
      love the orange. I learned to drive shift on a orange 70's triumph spitfire. It will always have a special place in my heart.

      Just not on my xs!
      1979 XS1100SF (4-1 Kerker, XS Pods, 145 mains, 45 pilots, drag bars, blacked out)

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      • fredintoon
        Master of XSology
        • Mar 2004
        • 6795
        • Saskatoon SK

        #18
        Originally posted by T99Ford
        Nice job, Fred, and props on the pinstriping! Did you do it by hand with a brush, did you mask, or did you use a wheel? It turned out nice.

        You could wet sand the orange peel to 2000 grit and buff it after that and make it really shine. It looks really good, though. I like
        Hi T99,
        nah, good ol' striping tape.
        I just might wait for a month and take the power buffer and white lightnin' to it.
        Fred Hill, S'toon
        XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
        "The Flying Pumpkin"

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        • bikerphil
          Master of XSology
          • Jan 2008
          • 8629
          • South Flori-DUH

          #19
          Fred, what did you use for clearcoat? I have a tank on the back burner I'm meaning to do.
          2H7 (79) owned since '89
          3H3 owned since '06

          "If it ain't broke, modify it"

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          • fredintoon
            Master of XSology
            • Mar 2004
            • 6795
            • Saskatoon SK

            #20
            Originally posted by bikerphil
            Fred, what did you use for clearcoat? I have a tank on the back burner I'm meaning to do.
            Hi Phil,
            I used the dregs of paint I had left over from previous jobs for the clearcoat:-
            8 parts DuPont 7500S urethane clearcoat, 2 parts ProForm PF593 hardener and 1 part T8022S medium reducer.
            sprayed at 55psi with a detailing gun.
            The colour itself is 2nd dimension Tangier Orange acrylic enamel that I had to buy a new pint can of. It's mixed 8/4/1 with the same left over reducer and hardener.
            Fred Hill, S'toon
            XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
            "The Flying Pumpkin"

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            • jomur
              XSive
              • May 2010
              • 21
              • Colorado

              #21
              Nice looking bike....Cudos!

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              • bikerphil
                Master of XSology
                • Jan 2008
                • 8629
                • South Flori-DUH

                #22
                Fred, thanks for the formula, maybe I'll do it your way. That's gotta be more fuel proof than the 2 part spray can clearcoat. Cheaper too, I'm sure.
                2H7 (79) owned since '89
                3H3 owned since '06

                "If it ain't broke, modify it"

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                • fredintoon
                  Master of XSology
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 6795
                  • Saskatoon SK

                  #23
                  Originally posted by bikerphil
                  Fred, thanks for the formula, maybe I'll do it your way. That's gotta be more fuel proof than the 2 part spray can clearcoat. Cheaper too, I'm sure.
                  Hi Phil,
                  the 8/2/1 ratio is the one recommended on the clearcoat can.
                  The clearcoat's component mix is not optimum, I used mis-matched part-cans that were left over from previous projects.
                  If you are buying new, get the hardener and reducer that is specified on the clearcoat can.
                  As to cheaper, I dunno. Clearcoat, along with primer, hardener and reducer, cost less than the colour and your colourman can usually recommend a hardener and reducer that'll do both. But my Tangier Orange colour cost $60 a pint while I've heard that a pint of pearlized metallic can go as high as $500.
                  Fred Hill, S'toon
                  XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                  "The Flying Pumpkin"

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