Found some pretty paint at Lowes!

Penguin250 · September 9th, 2011, 06:30 AM

Well, long story short, I've been wanting to do a color-shifting paint job on something, anything really. So we found a can at Lowes that matches the bike decently. Did a test spraying on my helmet, forgot to clear it because I was too excited to remember to do it. It still turned out good so I went ahead and did a few parts on the bike, this time remembering to clear it properly.

Would anyone be recommending a new paint job for the whole bike done this way? I'm loving it, but would like more than my biased opinion.. haha..

dubojr1 · September 9th, 2011, 06:53 AM

How about some with the parts on the bike.

Penguin250 · September 9th, 2011, 07:10 AM

they're still drying, i'll put them on sometime tomorrow after they've fully dried/cured, or later today if i'm not lazy before work

DarC · September 9th, 2011, 10:19 AM

That would look pretty cool, especially if you DiNoc carbon fibered the black plastic panel, undertail, etc.

It's hard to pull off the color shifting paint scheme unless everything sort of melds together but Ford did it.

Penguin250 · September 9th, 2011, 10:40 AM

On bike:

WhiteRice · September 9th, 2011, 10:47 AM

Whoa cool, what kinda of setup do you have?

Honko · September 9th, 2011, 11:10 AM

That's pretty sexy.

blink · September 9th, 2011, 11:15 AM

Thats actually so sick

dubojr1 · September 9th, 2011, 11:33 AM

leed · September 9th, 2011, 11:42 AM

I think it would look better with more of the bike like it, so YES.

SpeedDemon · September 9th, 2011, 03:18 PM

Yeah do more of the bike like this for sure the blue and purple on certain angles doesnt look too great i think with more of the bike done this way it would tie it in a lot better. And like ducducgooseit said colour coordination is key so get rid of the bright green cables lol...this is all IMO of course and also if i were u id get rid of the fender

Mountain Dew · September 9th, 2011, 03:20 PM

****. That's pretty hot. Got the brand/color #?

Chubbs032 · September 9th, 2011, 03:35 PM

how u do daat

Havok · September 9th, 2011, 03:55 PM

That is pretty cool.

Mountain Dew · September 9th, 2011, 05:12 PM

It also seems familiar:

Penguin250 · September 9th, 2011, 10:05 PM

But the green matches all the green LEDs I've tied up all inside of the fairings...

That and blue/blacks blends in, I want my cables to stick out visually. Eventually they'll all be green.. when I find green wraps/shrinkwraps.

http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=463 is the paint in galaxy blue.

miss_syn · September 10th, 2011, 08:34 AM

Seconding with brand of paint. I don't know if it exists but I'd do a red/black colorshift. /drool

Ulivious · September 10th, 2011, 12:58 PM

How expensive was that? I kind of want to do red on the white ninja I have :O

Kurgan · September 10th, 2011, 03:51 PM

The neon green brake lines gotta go man....

Penguin250 · September 10th, 2011, 05:02 PM

I love my brake lines! Thinking about powdercoating the black part on the brake rotors lime green if that's even safe/possible. Wheels will get done lime green too whenever I find out how much it'll be.

The can is ... 14.95? and one can did both brackets, I did layer it on pretty thick.. maybe 3 or 4 coats. It says more coats means more dramatic effect, so.... yea. It could start running expensive when I get around to the whole bike, but I suppose it's cheap when compared to professional jobs?

Speaking of painting, I am gonna have to lightly sand the painted fairings/tank before I prime then paint right?

And Tiffany, I don't think I've ever seen red to black, but they do make red to gold, red to green, and red to blue. You can check out auto paints at tcpglobal.com. That's where I look when I get the urge to want to try to paint our car..

Kurgan · September 10th, 2011, 07:14 PM

You should be sanding ALL the parts you paint, just make sure you get all the sanding dust off the part before painting.

Mr.E · September 11th, 2011, 05:25 AM

Im curious to see your helmet x-)

Penguin250 · September 11th, 2011, 04:16 PM

Just finished clearing the front fender, next piece will probably be the rear plastics. I'll get pics up or the front tomorrow, won't be dry in time to put it back on tonight.

greatwhiteninja · September 11th, 2011, 04:25 PM

pretty sure duplicolor started that stuff like 10yrs ago in a 3 can kit.. i remember painting a atv with that stuff..loL! the main color is the kameleon (green/purple) like pictured, they had a few other color combos , red/blue and ice. called mirage paint. but i think rustoleum makes a version also. http://duplicolor.com/products/mirage/

Penguin250 · September 11th, 2011, 04:31 PM

Yea, I remember it too. They had... silver to green, red to blue and a 3rd color shift. Originally I had want to do a flame job on my white grand marquis in silver to green haha..

Edit: Well, clear is dried to handle so I brought it in for the night.

Mocha Man · September 11th, 2011, 07:37 PM

Dang.... that looks niceeee

Mountain Dew · September 11th, 2011, 08:11 PM

That' still hot.

miss_syn · September 12th, 2011, 05:02 PM

I am overwhelmed by the colors!

Penguin250 · September 13th, 2011, 08:35 PM

Front fairing and rear plastics are sanded gonna try and prime them tomorrow. Side fairings are off and getting duct tape put on in place of the electrical tape I used to secure the wiring of my LEDs. After that I'll sand those as soon as I can get the decals off somehow. Tank is still on the bike, it was too late tonight to try and figure out how to pull it off for the first time. Is it possible to take off the tank with gas still in it? Its only 1/4 tank, so I can just run it dry if I need to.

NikkitaNinja · September 13th, 2011, 09:02 PM

Looks really nice, and coming from a spray paint can too? good coverage, nice work, can wait to see the rest of the bike like this!!

k-os · September 13th, 2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin250

Front fairing and rear plastics are sanded gonna try and prime them tomorrow. Side fairings are off and getting duct tape put on in place of the electrical tape I used to secure the wiring of my LEDs. After that I'll sand those as soon as I can get the decals off somehow. Tank is still on the bike, it was too late tonight to try and figure out how to pull it off for the first time. Is it possible to take off the tank with gas still in it? Its only 1/4 tank, so I can just run it dry if I need to.

Yes you can take the tank off if there's gas in it. I'm not sure how well it will paint though with the gas fumes. Just disconnect the fuel line on the petcock of it. If I remember right there's two bolts in the back. I can't remember what's up front if it just slides in something or if there's bolts up there too.

DarC · September 13th, 2011, 10:12 PM

It just slides up and back once the two lines, two bolts at the rear, and electrical connector for the sender are disconnected. Be sure the place it up on some wood blocks to keep from damaging the petcock.

Penguin250 · September 14th, 2011, 10:27 AM

Well, the rear pieces and the front fairing are drying. I ran out of primer on one side fairing and haven't started sanding the other. Tank is still on the bike and will stay until I get the other pieces put back on and I buy more primer. I'll get pics up tomorrow when the clear finishes its drying time.

headshrink · September 14th, 2011, 05:20 PM

Great idea

Penguin250 · September 14th, 2011, 10:17 PM

Post is getting picture intensive lol..

Parts dried but not on bike yet:

Penguin250 · September 15th, 2011, 12:08 PM

Parts on bike:

Fairing decals finally off..

gonna go out today sometime and get some primer, finish priming them.

Tank: This might be my hang up ..

.. I read the DIY about removing the tank. And I'll read it again just to double check... and I figured it out

Tank is off and decals removed and sanded down waiting on primer.

headshrink · September 15th, 2011, 12:54 PM

That is coming together nicely. Are you planning on a clear-coat?

Removing the tank is easy. Since you have already gotten the front, and tail fairings off, you clearly have the skills to take off the tank. It is just 2 bolts. You just have to take off the hoses, and unplug the fuel gauge sender. A little trick I do, is cut a finger off a rubber glove, and zip-tie it on the fuel hose, so you don't get fuel spilling out. It isn't a biggie if you do, since it isn't a lot, and sometimes it doesn't happen at all, but it is a good precaution.

I did a DIY a while back for a simple, but very functional and secure, tank holder. You will need to keep the tank suspended, because of the petcock underneath. Most people just balance it on 2x4s, tire, etc. But an hour of building will give you an awesome platform for many projects to come. If you are interested, it is right here: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70006

DarC · September 15th, 2011, 01:11 PM

I would def recommend a color sand, more clear, wet sand and buff, but otherwise it looks great!

Penguin250 · September 15th, 2011, 05:41 PM

Yea I got the tank off, have it sitting on a laundry basket so it's up and not sitting on the petcock. Its sanded and have decals off and ready to be primed when the weather cooperates.

Did the color really end up looking that rough?

I wet sanded the primer flat, color sanded and 3 heavy coats of clear .. I didn't wet sand the clear, should I go ahead and do that, or?

I haven't gotten to buff any of it yet, we don't have any good paint polish in the house. Was going to go get some when the whole thing was done and buff and wax it then.

DarC · September 15th, 2011, 06:39 PM

It could be the camera but if you did the other stuff a decent final wet sand and polish would have it show worthy. I really do like how it looks now, the color shift hides imperfections well. Good job thus far, I can't wait to see the rest

September 9th, 2011, 06:30 AM	#1
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Found some pretty paint at Lowes! Well, long story short, I've been wanting to do a color-shifting paint job on something, anything really. So we found a can at Lowes that matches the bike decently. Did a test spraying on my helmet, forgot to clear it because I was too excited to remember to do it. It still turned out good so I went ahead and did a few parts on the bike, this time remembering to clear it properly. Would anyone be recommending a new paint job for the whole bike done this way? I'm loving it, but would like more than my biased opinion.. haha..

September 9th, 2011, 06:53 AM	#2
dubojr1 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jason Location: Jacksonville, Florida Join Date: May 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 Ninja 250R SE, 07 Honda CRF230F, 06 Honda CRF150F Posts: A lot.	How about some with the parts on the bike. __________________________________________________ 09 250R SE: Paying it forward one post at a time! Don't forget to add yourself to our Member Map

September 9th, 2011, 10:19 AM	#4
DarC DUCEATR Name: Dan Location: El Paso, Texas Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): RVT1000R Posts: 628	That would look pretty cool, especially if you DiNoc carbon fibered the black plastic panel, undertail, etc. It's hard to pull off the color shifting paint scheme unless everything sort of melds together but Ford did it. __________________________________________________ 2001 SP1 RC51- #62 -Akrapovic Ti, PCIII, Colin Edward's first baby tooth, Honda Racing sticker, some Japanese doods best attempt at Engrish scribbled on my engine block, little touch of soul.

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September 9th, 2011, 11:33 AM	#9
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September 9th, 2011, 07:10 AM	#3
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	they're still drying, i'll put them on sometime tomorrow after they've fully dried/cured, or later today if i'm not lazy before work

September 9th, 2011, 10:40 AM	#5
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	On bike:

September 9th, 2011, 10:47 AM	#6
WhiteRice Kamikaze Squirrel Name: Zach Location: NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250r Posts: 300	Whoa cool, what kinda of setup do you have?

September 9th, 2011, 11:10 AM	#7
Honko ninjette.org sage Name: Hyon Location: Northern Virginia Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Green SE Posts: 574	That's pretty sexy.

September 9th, 2011, 11:42 AM	#10
leed ninjette.org sage Name: David Location: Loves Park, IL Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): Time will tell Posts: 969	I think it would look better with more of the bike like it, so YES.

September 9th, 2011, 03:18 PM	#11
SpeedDemon ninjette.org member Name: Jon Location: Brampton Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250 Posts: 190	Yeah do more of the bike like this for sure the blue and purple on certain angles doesnt look too great i think with more of the bike done this way it would tie it in a lot better. And like ducducgooseit said colour coordination is key so get rid of the bright green cables lol...this is all IMO of course and also if i were u id get rid of the fender __________________________________________________ Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly

September 9th, 2011, 03:20 PM	#12
Mountain Dew Ambrosia. Name: Jaymie Location: Oahu, Hawaii Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 1974 Honda CB550K0 W.I.P. Posts: A lot.	****. That's pretty hot. Got the brand/color #? __________________________________________________ Life's better on the Mountain.

September 9th, 2011, 03:35 PM	#13
Chubbs032 ninjette.org member Name: Chris Location: LA Join Date: Dec 2009 Motorcycle(s): 250r Posts: 199	how u do daat

September 9th, 2011, 03:55 PM	#14
Havok Internet Slut Name: Jeff Location: L.A. Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 04 FZ1, 07 FZ6 Posts: A lot.	That is pretty cool.

September 9th, 2011, 05:12 PM	#15
Mountain Dew Ambrosia. Name: Jaymie Location: Oahu, Hawaii Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 1974 Honda CB550K0 W.I.P. Posts: A lot.	It also seems familiar: __________________________________________________ Life's better on the Mountain.

September 9th, 2011, 10:05 PM	#16
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	But the green matches all the green LEDs I've tied up all inside of the fairings... That and blue/blacks blends in, I want my cables to stick out visually. Eventually they'll all be green.. when I find green wraps/shrinkwraps. http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=463 is the paint in galaxy blue.

September 10th, 2011, 08:34 AM	#17
miss_syn my hair matches my bike Name: Tiffany Location: Greater Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Red 250r Posts: 411	Seconding with brand of paint. I don't know if it exists but I'd do a red/black colorshift. /drool

September 10th, 2011, 12:58 PM	#18
Ulivious ninjette.org member Name: Kyle Location: Fayetteville Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250R SE(Black on white w/ Red trim) Posts: 24	How expensive was that? I kind of want to do red on the white ninja I have :O

September 10th, 2011, 03:51 PM	#19
Kurgan ninjette.org guru Name: Kurgan Location: Texas Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): '09 Ninja 250R Posts: 260	The neon green brake lines gotta go man....

September 10th, 2011, 05:02 PM	#20
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	I love my brake lines! Thinking about powdercoating the black part on the brake rotors lime green if that's even safe/possible. Wheels will get done lime green too whenever I find out how much it'll be. The can is ... 14.95? and one can did both brackets, I did layer it on pretty thick.. maybe 3 or 4 coats. It says more coats means more dramatic effect, so.... yea. It could start running expensive when I get around to the whole bike, but I suppose it's cheap when compared to professional jobs? Speaking of painting, I am gonna have to lightly sand the painted fairings/tank before I prime then paint right? And Tiffany, I don't think I've ever seen red to black, but they do make red to gold, red to green, and red to blue. You can check out auto paints at tcpglobal.com. That's where I look when I get the urge to want to try to paint our car..

September 10th, 2011, 07:14 PM	#21
Kurgan ninjette.org guru Name: Kurgan Location: Texas Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): '09 Ninja 250R Posts: 260	You should be sanding ALL the parts you paint, just make sure you get all the sanding dust off the part before painting.

September 11th, 2011, 05:25 AM	#22
Mr.E That rider dude. Name: Eric Location: Orlando, Fl. Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250 SE. Posts: A lot.	Im curious to see your helmet x-)

September 11th, 2011, 04:16 PM	#23
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Just finished clearing the front fender, next piece will probably be the rear plastics. I'll get pics up or the front tomorrow, won't be dry in time to put it back on tonight.

September 11th, 2011, 04:25 PM	#24
greatwhiteninja Ridin Dirty Name: Ed Location: Delaware Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 white se 250r , 2008 zx6R Posts: 921	pretty sure duplicolor started that stuff like 10yrs ago in a 3 can kit.. i remember painting a atv with that stuff..loL! the main color is the kameleon (green/purple) like pictured, they had a few other color combos , red/blue and ice. called mirage paint. but i think rustoleum makes a version also. http://duplicolor.com/products/mirage/ __________________________________________________ #1

September 11th, 2011, 04:31 PM	#25
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Yea, I remember it too. They had... silver to green, red to blue and a 3rd color shift. Originally I had want to do a flame job on my white grand marquis in silver to green haha.. Edit: Well, clear is dried to handle so I brought it in for the night. __________________________________________________ Current Project: Repainting '10 to Galaxy Blue color shift. Next Project: Roaring Toyz Lowering Links for the '11 SE. Last futzed with by Penguin250; September 11th, 2011 at 06:04 PM. Reason: Pics!

September 11th, 2011, 07:37 PM	#26
Mocha Man Blue Shell magnet Name: Nolan Location: Northwest Washington Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 1997 Ninja 250 Posts: 816	Dang.... that looks niceeee

September 11th, 2011, 08:11 PM	#27
Mountain Dew Ambrosia. Name: Jaymie Location: Oahu, Hawaii Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 1974 Honda CB550K0 W.I.P. Posts: A lot.	That' still hot. __________________________________________________ Life's better on the Mountain.

September 12th, 2011, 05:02 PM	#28
miss_syn my hair matches my bike Name: Tiffany Location: Greater Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Red 250r Posts: 411	I am overwhelmed by the colors!

September 13th, 2011, 08:35 PM	#29
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Front fairing and rear plastics are sanded gonna try and prime them tomorrow. Side fairings are off and getting duct tape put on in place of the electrical tape I used to secure the wiring of my LEDs. After that I'll sand those as soon as I can get the decals off somehow. Tank is still on the bike, it was too late tonight to try and figure out how to pull it off for the first time. Is it possible to take off the tank with gas still in it? Its only 1/4 tank, so I can just run it dry if I need to. __________________________________________________ Current Project: Repainting '10 to Galaxy Blue color shift. Next Project: Roaring Toyz Lowering Links for the '11 SE.

September 13th, 2011, 09:02 PM	#30
NikkitaNinja ninjette.org guru Name: Tyler Location: Milwaukee, WI Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250 Nikkita - 2003 Buell XB9R Posts: 274	Looks really nice, and coming from a spray paint can too? good coverage, nice work, can wait to see the rest of the bike like this!!

September 13th, 2011, 10:12 PM	#32
DarC DUCEATR Name: Dan Location: El Paso, Texas Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): RVT1000R Posts: 628	It just slides up and back once the two lines, two bolts at the rear, and electrical connector for the sender are disconnected. Be sure the place it up on some wood blocks to keep from damaging the petcock. __________________________________________________ 2001 SP1 RC51- #62 -Akrapovic Ti, PCIII, Colin Edward's first baby tooth, Honda Racing sticker, some Japanese doods best attempt at Engrish scribbled on my engine block, little touch of soul.

September 14th, 2011, 10:27 AM	#33
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Well, the rear pieces and the front fairing are drying. I ran out of primer on one side fairing and haven't started sanding the other. Tank is still on the bike and will stay until I get the other pieces put back on and I buy more primer. I'll get pics up tomorrow when the clear finishes its drying time. __________________________________________________ Current Project: Repainting '10 to Galaxy Blue color shift. Next Project: Roaring Toyz Lowering Links for the '11 SE.

September 14th, 2011, 05:20 PM	#34
headshrink ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Bob Location: CA Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250r, '14 CBR500r Posts: A lot.	Great idea __________________________________________________ Honda Interceptor VFR800 DLX (2014, 8th gen) Honda CBR500r (2014) - FOR SALE Kawi Ninja 250r (2008) - Restored and passed-down within family, only to be abandoned

September 14th, 2011, 10:17 PM	#35
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Post is getting picture intensive lol.. Parts dried but not on bike yet: __________________________________________________ Current Project: Repainting '10 to Galaxy Blue color shift. Next Project: Roaring Toyz Lowering Links for the '11 SE.

September 15th, 2011, 12:08 PM	#36
Penguin250 ninjette.org member Name: Walt Location: South Carolina Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 White Ninja 250R, 2010 Galaxy Blue Colorshift Ninja 250R Posts: 60	Parts on bike: Fairing decals finally off.. gonna go out today sometime and get some primer, finish priming them. Tank: This might be my hang up .. .. I read the DIY about removing the tank. And I'll read it again just to double check... and I figured it out Tank is off and decals removed and sanded down waiting on primer. __________________________________________________ Current Project: Repainting '10 to Galaxy Blue color shift. Next Project: Roaring Toyz Lowering Links for the '11 SE.