Anyone know where I can buy Hugger Orange spray paint? Website? Local? Anywhere, don't matter.

 

Well i searched long and hard for the site i saw that had stock paint. However...just go to a local paint shop, give them a color code for the paint and they should be able to put the paint into a spray can for about 15-25 bucks a can. Sounds expensive, but that's just how it goes. It's what i did to paint my mirrors/accent parts.

 

what r u painting with it spray can paint will not hold up in the sun

 

I was gonna say, you can buy a HVLP (high volume low pressure) spray gun at walmart even for like 30 bucks. If you were to use that and spray regular automotive single stage through it, it would be better than spray bomb.

 

I have seen Chevy orange but never Hugger

 

Does Dupli-Color have anything?

 

Im probably going to paint my bike hugger orange, well just the frame. I think ill do the fairing a nice gloss black.

 

I'm not sure about bike plastic, but I know an adhesion promoter is necessary on a lot of plastics as well.

 

Ok, here we go Tony!!! HA HA, just kidding... you arent that far off.
Tony is right that you can get a regular spray set up for not much money... you can get an HVLP gun from Harbor Freight for around $15, and most people have air hoses already, if not, theres another $15. And you can do like he said and make a temp spray booth out of pvc pipe and plastic sheeting, and just use a box fan or 2 for your ventilation, and just put furnace filters over the fans to filter the air.

As for adding flex additive to your paint.. dont waste your money. They do work good, but only for a short time. Eventually the flex additive will cure out with the rest of the paint and it will be as if it were never in there to begin with. The better way to go about it is to remember that the thinner the paint buildup is, the more flexible it will be. If you put layer after layer after layer on, the paint will build up a pretty think mil thickness and thus become more brittle and less flexible.

And Tony... I painted my car in the garage with plastic hanging from the ceiling and the door closed down on some fans, so like you said, you just need to keep the dust under control and thats all that matters.

Good luck on your bike!

 

Just keep the paint as thin as possible, I know thats not much of a help, but thats really the best thing you can do... once it spider cracks, it needs stripped, or if you just sand it a little and respray it, they will show back up later.

Adhesion promoter is a great idea, or you can use an epoxy primer with the catalyst that is intended for plastic parts and that will bite in real good.

 

Chevy engine orange from Seymour is about the closest thing to Hugger I have seen. You can get that from pretty much any paint jobber in your area.