Why do people get hassled for using auto paint or especially spray paint?

[chris200x]

I think you two guys need to get a room!

[Dirtcrasher]

^ Message boards don't represent people in the LEAST and can be a bad way to form an opinion about someone. Mike gives me SCHIT constantly and believe me, he'll do it in person also. It's just him and I have love the guy for both his good and bad qualities which apply to all of us :

I'd LOVE to go again but this hasn't been a good year for me as I am still layed off. T-Fest for me needs to be a 7-10 day trip and I want to be all geared up with an RV and a stop on the 19hr drive when I come again.

It's an awesome time, I've never met a better group of people willing to help you and seeing hundreds of trikes is pretty cool too! Members that you think you may not even want to talk to, end up being great people to hang with! I had an unbelievable time with Garageboy, Eric and his bro and sister and everyone else I never met.

When it rains there, it's tough to recover. The showers and baths are not clean and there is no pressure washer to clean your trike and gear off with either. I had an awesome time until 5 days deep in and the sky opened up. At that point every pair of shoes/boots I had were soaked, my helmet was soaked and my ride wanted to leave on Saturday.

I'm hoping to show up in 2010 with all my trikes and the build I've wanted for a couple of years now......

If this topic continues to debate, I'll delete this post.

[fabiodriven]

You know hoosierdaddy.. why not save yourself all the headaches and just add deepa to your ignore list. It takes two freakin seconds dude. then we all wont have to sit here and read the nonsense.

Hell no! These are my favorite threads!

[fabiodriven]

^ Message boards don't represent people in the LEAST and can be a bad way to form an opinion about someone. Mike gives me SCHIT constantly and believe me, he'll do it in person also. It's just him and I have love the guy for both his good and bad qualities which apply to all of us :

I'd LOVE to go again but this hasn't been a good year for me as I am still layed off. T-Fest for me needs to be a 7-10 day trip and I want to be all geared up with an RV and a stop on the 19hr drive when I come again.

It's an awesome time, I've never met a better group of people willing to help you and seeing hundreds of trikes is pretty cool too! Members that you think you may not even want to talk to, end up being great people to hang with! I had an unbelievable time with Garageboy, Eric and his bro and sister and everyone else I never met.

When it rains there, it's tough to recover. The showers and baths are not clean and there is no pressure washer to clean your trike and gear off with either. I had an awesome time until 5 days deep in and the sky opened up. At that point every pair of shoes/boots I had were soaked, my helmet was soaked and my ride wanted to leave on Saturday.

I'm hoping to show up in 2010 with all my trikes and the build I've wanted for a couple of years now......

If this topic continues to debate, I'll delete this post.

Steve, if you wanna set something up for TF 2010 for sure, count me in. I'm the same as you, I'd have to have all my ducks in a row for a trip like that. I've seriously been considering throwing the Tecate on the trailer and just scooting down there, but it would definately be roughing it (I've had my share in the army). I'd definately be up for renting a nice RV or something along those lines so at the end of the day you could have a shower, sit down, have a nice bite, and maybe even watch a movie or something. I run out of gas way to easy these days.

But seriously, if you're interested for 2010, count me in.

[Hoosier_Daddy]

OK, guys, I'll hold you to it. 2010 it is. See you there!!

[Dirtcrasher]

^ Yes, I'm really sorry that I can't be there this year. But, I went last year and that helped me understand what it will take to go there again and enjoy it.....

I'm very thankful of the person that took me last year. Unfortunately he didn't settle a financial obligation with a family member of mine and I had to him from my life. Which is too bad, I'm PISSED to get F'D indirectly but also very sad to lose a fellow triker over something he could have made good on by now....... HI BRETT

So, this year I was on my own and it just can't happen. I hope you guys have a rain free weekend and I hope to be squared away next year enough to enjoy it

Anyhow, back to your Rustoleum posting PEASANT

[KASEY]

properly prepped paint,,,, problem?

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Anyhow, back to your Rustoleum posting PEASANT

That litterally made me lol.

[Hoosier_Daddy]

properly prepped paint,,,, problem?

And...... that is beautiful!!!

[oscarmayer]

Whoever told you that you can't touch up PC is wrong. PC is still paint. You can touch it up. I've used automotive touch up paint on it. You don't have to apply a spot of touch up as powder. If you match the colors up you can't even tell.

I have parts on my R that were PC'd 3-4 years ago that still look great with not a hint of chipping that have never been touched up. Try it for yourself. Rattle can one hub and PC the other one and see how they hold up. Maybe I'll do that next dune season. I have an extra set of R hubs in the garage.

did not know you could. good info!!!!

[ebecme01]

It all depends on the trike guys. If you buy a trike that was spray painted top to bottom, it was probably cheap. If the previous owner paid to have every part powder coated, you wont be able to get him to sell it reasonably. In a way, I'm glad for the can nots in the trike world, thats how i get stuff cheap. I have a all original klt160 and bought it as an extra for $80, the wheels were starting to rust and YES I spray painted them. The bike isnt worth the work or money to PC them. But if I had a 85R, I would spend some cash making it sweet. Anyone ever done a patch job on their car and bought the little can of paint to match it up? I sure have. I dont happen to have a paint booth, and a whole car paint job is 2-4K done right. I agree that prep is important, and I recommend people to not spray a fuel tank or plastics but if you do its cool too, Im just happy to see another 3 wheeler when I show up at the trails.

[Bryan Raffa]

the bottom of my MX bike is riddled with chips in the PC ,, I have layed for hours with a model paint brush .. and PJ1 touching it up..

[Frankencelery]

Ok, so some good points have been made about using paint. I use a spray can when I have to, but mostly I try to avoid painting at all, because i know that spray paint is ultimately disappointing. So my question is this: is it reasonable for a DIY'er to do their own powder coating? Does anybody here do it? I know you can use a regular oven (not the one you cook food in...c'mon) to cure the paint, and Harbor Freight has a powder coating gun for $70, which I'm sure is for very small projects. Is this a possible alternative to spending big bucks to send parts off to a pro?

[racerxxx]

Ok, so some good points have been made about using paint. I use a spray can when I have to, but mostly I try to avoid painting at all, because i know that spray paint is ultimately disappointing. So my question is this: is it reasonable for a DIY'er to do their own powder coating? Does anybody here do it? I know you can use a regular oven (not the one you cook food in...c'mon) to cure the paint, and Harbor Freight has a powder coating gun for $70, which I'm sure is for very small projects. Is this a possible alternative to spending big bucks to send parts off to a pro?

Franken,

http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/s...967#post752967

Then click the link in my post and you can see some of the stuff I did with my Eastwood gun and a regular oven, some guys even use toaster ovens for the real small parts. Dirtcrasher, Honda250SX, and I'm sure a few others or more do it as well. It's a very addicting hobby, when I first got it a few months ago, I was powdering everthing in sight just to learn. Research it to learn and once again PREP is key. The best part is you can get in relatively low budget, and get quality results. I'm no pro at it but my results have been way above my expectations and I'm really impressed by it. Dirtcrasher in this thread gives a breakdown on his investment.

[Gag_Halfront]

Incestuous? LOL!

I painted the frame on my t3 with a . It looks pretty decent and yes. I took everything apart and painted the individual pieces separately. It won't hold up, but it looks OK for now. The guy before me painted the plastics and tank. I _HATE_ painted plastics. It looks like crap, it's chipping, the paint on the tank is bubbling.... It's junk. The current build with the spray painted frame is my "phase one" build. "Phase two" will include powder coat and brand new plastics. Phase two will require some saving so in the mean time, a decent quality paint job just to make it last a season will have to do.

The wheels on my 70 are getting paint from a but for a completely different reason. My 70 is a ghetto piece of trash. I bought it for a hand full of loose change. There's nothing nice about it. I didn't even prep the wheels. I wiped them with my hand to get the thickest dirt off and sprayed 'em. I may end up doing the whole bike that way just for the hell of it.

The Tecate will end up powder coated when I save up the money. The 70 never will. Different bikes, different purposes, different approaches. The T3 is an expensive investment. It's job is to go fast and look good. The 70 is a pile of parts that basically fit together. Its job is to get ridden in the dark by drunk men 150 pounds to big for it and probably get crashed a lot. Maybe some day I'll decide to make the 70 look good too. When that day comes, we'll think about a quality finish.