What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Fri May 03, 2013 6:19 pm

Wow! Beautiful!!!! I love the color, as well. Is the bike that green disaster you showed me last summer?

Okay - I'll break out the HVLP gun and try it on the frame. That will probably be next week. I have a bicycle road race this weekend....

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sat May 04, 2013 1:49 am

Good luck with the road race. My knee is starting to hurt just thinking about it..

The green bike is a bit further back in the queue. This one is a very sad bike that had been in a very wet shed in London for most of its life. Engine was full of water and the bottom of the tank had rusted right out. Strangely the rest of the tinwork survived but I had to get a replacement tank and side panels, which were missing.

CB77 straight out of the car by graham.curtis, on Flickr

The 'green' bike will be red (its original color) when I get to it.

Have fun with the HVLP gun. I have three, so that I can keep each to a particular type of paint and the ideal settings for that paint.

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sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sun May 05, 2013 5:21 pm

Ooo. It hurts looking at that, Graham. However - I know it's in good hands!!!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sun May 05, 2013 5:25 pm

The road race was hard. 20 miles of climbing INTO a 25MPH wind! I finished, actually pretty well, too.

Here's what I've been up to. The starter is on the engine. I put the drive side cover on to "have a look", and then did the same with the carbs (they need cleaning). I'm ready reassemble the kick start innards into the drive side cover. They've been cleaned up. The kick start gear is pretty worn, the threads for the kick starter are, but the starter was holding tightly and I'll go with the gear for now.

The tank is in etch primer (under that rattle can red paint it was a White Hawk tank - too bad I had to strip it). I'm going to get the HVLP gun out tomorrow and try some spraying (of objects than Superhawk!) with it to get a feel for it.

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:11 pm

I spent some time in an automotive paint supply retail establishment today to learn about my HVLP spray gun. When I was told I "had" to shoot the automotive laquer from it in a spray booth, personal flags went up, and I started asking questions. I got around to telling them that I had been using Duplicolor on several frame parts and the engine so far, and I was told I'd made a "huge mistake", because gas and lubricants "will attack that **** and it will come right off". I didn't feel like arguing (and I'm a woman, what do I know anyway - been down that path too many times, so I just don't go there). But, I didn't believe the fella that I was getting the "advice" from about the Duplicolor.

What is the general consensus here about Duplicolor?

Hahnda · Post by **Hahnda** » Wed May 08, 2013 7:46 am

I have found that the Duplicolor engine paint will become fuel resistant after a couple of heat cycles of the engine or if it has a really long time to dry and cure. Long time being months. Freshly painted parts are not resistant to fuel and the paint will wipe right off if you spill any on it.

Using any rattle can paint on the gas tank can be a bit of a problem. I have done it though but I also knew that it could be ruined at any time by a few drips of gas. But if you do paint it yourself its not much of a problem to touch it up again if you do get a few drips in the paint.

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:16 am

Hahnda, thank you! I'll be painting the tank with automotive laquer, then - or have someone do it for me. I don't need the paint to come off with a few drips of gas, because that scenario is going to happen - it's not if, it's when.