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paint!
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:50 pm
Author: dynodave
Can anybody recommend any painters in the midlands area that can paint a Z1b in the correct shade with the correct stripes and make a good job without breaking the bank?
Cheers
Dave
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:03 pm
Author: malmojoe
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:21 pm
Author: oldtimer
This guy from Derby is doing mine, should get it back later this week
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111249371775? ... 1423.l2661
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:28 pm
Author: Z1parR
That's the guy i've just been looking on ebay for you .
Glyn's suggestion about getting new from Z1ent is also well viable , but you'll have to add 20% on this side of the water
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:34 pm
Author: dynodave
The Derby guy looks interesting!
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:43 pm
Author: oldtimer
dynodave wrote:The Derby guy looks interesting!
He has done a bike for a Z1OC member before, it is on the e bay page as the blue moriwaki set. I shall have my set back this week so will post pictures, I am having candy tone green with painted on stripes.
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:07 pm
Author: freddyz1r
Hi oldtimer, i would like to see the finished article if possible and what your opinion is. This chaps only down in ilkeston( just down road from me).
Cheers freddy
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:08 pm
Author: oldtimer
No problem freddy, I was going to post pictures anyway.
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:20 pm
Author: z1bman
it is what it is. a cheap & a reasonable job i wouldn't be happy with the z1a or z1b paint job if it where mine. for someone to advertise on e bay for work cannot be that good. if the work was that good he wouldn't need to advertise. i think Simon ( flying tiger ) has only been doing bike paintwork for a couple of years & has an exceptional reputation & does a fantastic job as many guys on here will agree
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:26 pm
Author: oldtimer
z1bman wrote:it is what it is. a cheap & a reasonable job i wouldn't be happy with the z1a or z1b paint job if it where mine. for someone to advertise on e bay for work cannot be that good. if the work was that good he wouldn't need to advertise. i think Simon ( flying tiger ) has only been doing bike paintwork for a couple of years & has an exceptional reputation & does a fantastic job as many guys on here will agree
When I went to see the guy he was saying he gets a lot of work off the ebay advert, he hasn't got round to launching his website yet, he also paints for RWHS and some other shops, he had a lot of orders to get through when I was there, I wouldn't knock the guy until I have actually seen the finished article, who knows, it might be cheap and good, the others might be expensive!
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:19 am
Author: jimmock
I'd say you are better going to someone who has been recommended.
You don't know how "good" a painter is until he has made a complete cnut of your bike or car!!
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:44 am
Author: oldzed
Its not how nice the paint looks today.
Its how well it lasts.
Most of the labour in paint is in the prep work.
That's the bit you cannot see.
I paint my own bikes.
I can get a decent finish but I know it wont last as long as a pro job.
You cannot use quality paints and still do a cheap job.
I use a £40 a gallon clear coat. It looks fine for a year or 2 but it never
gets as hard or scratch resistant as the better brands.
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:51 am
Author: ZedHead
Hutch or Flying Tiger everytime
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:28 am
Author: dynodave
who's Hutch?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:43 pm
Author: Rodders5019
oldtimer wrote:z1bman wrote:it is what it is. a cheap & a reasonable job i wouldn't be happy with the z1a or z1b paint job if it where mine. for someone to advertise on e bay for work cannot be that good. if the work was that good he wouldn't need to advertise. i think Simon ( flying tiger ) has only been doing bike paintwork for a couple of years & has an exceptional reputation & does a fantastic job as many guys on here will agree
When I went to see the guy he was saying he gets a lot of work off the ebay advert, he hasn't got round to launching his website yet, he also paints for RWHS and some other shops, he had a lot of orders to get through when I was there, I wouldn't knock the guy until I have actually seen the finished article, who knows, it might be cheap and good, the others might be expensive!
The A4 I have just bought from RWHS was sprayed for them I think by the guy off e-bay and the stripes on the tail are not very good at all. The lines are a bit wavey . They have two painters on there web site Dream Machine & Trade Paint
