bodywork painting??

[hmpmark]

Can anyone suggest a good painter for race bodywork in the NW suburbs/Chicago area??

[Chef]

somebody call craig shock fuh dis guy......

he'll be on soon..... in wisconsin tho....

[EX#996]

somebody call craig shock fuh dis guy......

he'll be on soon..... in wisconsin tho....


 

Craig lives in Illinois.

I live in Wisconsin.  I could try my hand at Krylon and we could see how it looks!   ;)

Dawn  

[roadracer797]

Thanks Ike
Hey I am going to do a weird paint job on my bike this year and yes I will do others also just e-mail me and we will work it out. I won't do gold though the most bs paint to do-right Ike ;D
Craig

[fourandsix]

Can anyone suggest a good painter for race bodywork in the NW suburbs/Chicago area??

Call Fastlane 847-626-1701 ask for Denny , he is in Skokie

[DanO966]

Call Mike up at MasterCraft in Wauconda.  He's awesome!!  Great work.  847-487-8787

[motomadness]

Craig,

Please check your e-mail.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Why spend alot of cash on a paint job on a RACEBIKE? $100 is plenty.  ;D I used rattle cans to paint mine and it came out quite well.

[Nate R]

Rob, do you have pics of your bodywork anywhere?

Also, did you use a clear coat spray as well?


I'll be painting my bike all yellow, and probably with a clearcoat. (Easy w/ no # plates, and sponsor colors will show up well.)

[motomadness]

There are differnt schools of thought as to why a paint should look good - make your sponsors look good, make our series look good to the spectators and lastly, make yourself look good (for the photos).  If you can do this consistently with the rattle can, excellent, if not, consider your paint as an investment.  You can look professional long before you actually are a professional.  If you plan to race over the next few years, you should sprive to bike your sponsorship base, so you drive down your personal cost and look better both on and off the track.

I agree, don't go with an expensive paint job.  So keep the scheme simple.  Use sponsor sticker colors to "dress-up" your scheme.  Believe me, rattle can is inexpensive, but it is still very hard to match the quality you can get from a good professional paint job.  

Maybe what we need to do is form a local racing group whereby we can maximize our purchasing muscle buying equipment we use as racers.  Including paint guns, tools, machining/welding equipment.  This would definitely make it cheap for all of us.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Rob, do you have pics of your bodywork anywhere?

Also, did you use a clear coat spray as well?


I'll be painting my bike all yellow, and probably with a clearcoat. (Easy w/ no # plates, and sponsor colors will show up well.)

YEp I used clear spray.

HEres teh best pic of my bike


It was a fast job though. THere are spots that are so so, but you'll never notice it while its on teh track.

[Nate R]

That looks pretty good! What brand of clear did you use?

Thanx for the info, Rob.