hondaATCman
06-02-2004, 11:34 PM
Hey, I stripped my '87 250r Quadracer down to the frame a few days ago, sandblasted it and started painting today. I picked up a few cans of the Engine Enamel spray paint today (forgot the brand name, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about) and started painting. The frame is black, motor a ford baby blue, yellow shocks, and a chromed radiator and other parts such as the gear lever, foot pegs, kick starter, etc. It may not sound like a good scheme, but it is awesome. The black accents the blue very well, and the chrome does the same thing for the black, the yellow shocks goes with the plastics and the blue motor goes with the hubs (the quadracers engines came blue stock) I'll get pics tomorrow. Anyway..to the question. How good is this engine enamel paint anyway?? I know it costs 4 bucks a can and I bought over $30 worth with the primer and clear coats but today when I went to set the shocks and motor in the frame to see how it looked the paint pretty easily rubbed away on the frame!! and this was after the paint dried overnight. Now I'm kinda second-guessing myself. If it rubs off that easy, what about the flying rocks and debris when I'm racing? I'm going to follow the instructions and let it cure for 5 days before I start bolting stuff back on and hope that helps. Anyone else have the same experience? BTW, sorry for the long post.