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  • Anonymous
    June 19, 2014 at 8:35 pm #46844

    I’m going to be painting a Harley saddle bag this weekend for the local Harley shop. The color looks to me like a candy, sort of a dark brown with a lot of pearl. They are leading me to believe that it’s not a candy and they are supplying the base coat from colorrite. Is it possible that this is a 2 stage color?. I haven’t had much experience with Harley colors.

    cordell
    June 20, 2014 at 3:14 am #46845

    ya i done a few harley bike parts too, and i could see is being a 2 stage but good luck and take some pics and show us when there painted

    Dennis Lambert
    June 21, 2014 at 1:38 am #46850

    It’s a candy color :woohoo: Guess I’ll make a spray card like I do with 3 stage pearls. I’ve sprayed candies before but never had to actually match anything with them. This should be fun. 😆

    Scott Bowden
    June 21, 2014 at 4:48 am #46851

    I get all my bike paint, including Harley, from PPG. Occasionally I mix my own. No need for ColorRite.

    Dennis Lambert
    June 21, 2014 at 7:47 am #46852

    I would feel better if it was ppg but the Harley shop wanted to supply the color. This is the first job I’ve done for them. They said it could lead to a lot more if it looks nice. Not really sure if it will be a good thing or not. :unsure:

    james caruso
    June 21, 2014 at 8:13 am #46853

    well good luck with it. be sure to have something with the original color on it in the booth while you are spraying. cant match a candy without having something for a side by side comparison since every coat gets darker and darker.

    Dennis Lambert
    June 21, 2014 at 3:04 pm #46858

    [quote=”jim c” post=35383]well good luck with it. be sure to have something with the original color on it in the booth while you are spraying. cant match a candy without having something for a side by side comparison since every coat gets darker and darker.[/quote
    Thanks. That’s a problem since all I have is the saddle bag. I left part of it unsanded so I can make a let down test panel with different amounts of candy. Then I’ll sand the rest of it and try to keep my pressure, distance, overlap, the same and hope for the best. 😛

    Dennis Lambert
    June 22, 2014 at 4:20 pm #46863

    I sprayed the saddle bag yesterday. :rock Everything went well. That ColorRite paint did alright. Kinda strange that you add 2k reducer to it . Two coats base, two coats candy produced a really good match. 😛

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