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Touch up pot of Super Candy Red
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:18 pm
Author: mickey marley
I don't suppose anyone has any paint I could use to touch up a couple of scratches on my Z1B body work - Super Candy Red.
I'd happily reimburse for a small amount.
Thanks.
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:31 pm
Author: paul doran
no such thing available I believe
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:34 pm
Author: Jay1969
Paul's right Mickey, it would be much more satisfying
to get it back to it's proper finish by a professional
sprayer, there's Mikey and Flying Tiger (Simon),
member's on here who could help with that. Would be
a good time to have done over winter?
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:39 pm
Author: paul doran
Jay1969 wrote:Paul's right Mickey, it would be much more satisfying
to get it back to it's proper finish by a professional
sprayer, there's Mikey and Flying Tiger (Simon),
member's on here who could help with that. Would be
a good time to have done over winter?
well if Mikey does Your paintwork it will be either highly polished alloy or chrome
Hutchy or Flying Tiger may however do a decent paintjob
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:47 pm
Author: Jay1969
Oops yeah Hutchy. Cheers Paul.
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:51 pm
Author: Z1parR
Cheers Jay
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:51 pm
Author: paul doran
Jay1969 wrote:Oops yeah Hutchy. Cheers Paul.
dont mention it Kay
oh! I meant Jay
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:10 pm
Author: Jay1969
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:48 pm
Author: paul doran
yeah well I still doubt those pictures
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:47 am
Author: Charlie
You can buy touch ups/aerosols and or paint from
http://www.rsbikepaint.com/en-gb/colours.php
They are a 3 stage process for the candy colours
It is not cheap, but it is accurate. I had some candy super red from him for my Z650 to paint a spare side panel.
The thing to be aware of of course, is that although his paint ^^ is very accurate, if yours has faded over the years as some of the Kawasaki paints have - yours may not be.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:22 am
Author: Jay1969
From what I've researched on this subject, none of the candy colours were 'coded'
for the early Z1 903cc series
unfortunately Charlie.
Unless the other chaps know of a now widely agreed 'factory standard' for them?
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:33 am
Author: steve bowdler
Sure someone put a list of paint codes up on this site !
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:39 am
Author: A1John
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:57 am
Author: Jay1969
A1John wrote:http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=219999&highlight=#219999
But the question still remains... are they available in little
pots for scratch repairs? If so, would the one's from RS Bike Paint
that Charlie posted a link to above be the same code(s)?
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:16 pm
Author: Charlie
Jay1969 wrote:A1John wrote:http://z1ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=219999&highlight=#219999
But the question still remains... are they available in little
pots for scratch repairs? If so, would the one's from RS Bike Paint
that Charlie posted a link to above be the same code(s)?
Yes they are available in touch up pots from RS bike paint.
He has somehow managed to match up all the early candies correctly, but whether that came from samples, colour codes or other methods I don't know. If you follow through the model selection guides, it comes up with all the colours used on that particular model and year.
I've had paint from him for my H1F in candy blue, my Z650 in candy super red in touch ups and in aerosols as well as touch ups for my newer ZX10R, Street Triple and Daytona 675 - all the colours were right. There is margin for error on application because you have 2 colours and a lacquer to apply, practice elsewhere to get the balance right first. I would not want to touch in something in the middle of the Zed tank, because even good matches still show, but if it's underneath the tank - it's better than looking at chips I guess.
