Plasma Blue touch up paint? : Kawasaki ZX Forums: Kawasaki Ninja Forum

ninja5000 · 11-16-2009, 07:14 PM

Does anyone know if I can get the '06 Plasma Blue 636 touch up paint?
Or, can I find a way to match up small scuffs for this color?
Thanks!

**Shifty1** · 11-16-2009, 07:41 PM

colorrite.com

ninja5000 · 11-16-2009, 08:08 PM

For the fast response!

Flyingwarrior · 11-16-2009, 09:34 PM

shifty is all over these posts tonight

for a great forum leader

kaoss_11 · 11-17-2009, 11:06 AM

how good is the touch up

bcroninuk · 11-17-2009, 02:01 PM

I would not even bother, as it will just look crap to be honest. I tried it and it just looked awful. It would look better now (as it is) rather than after. If you want it done properly, get it resprayed (which may cost a bit as the whole panel may need to be done).

**Shifty1** · 11-17-2009, 02:13 PM

There is actually a way to use the pen and get a damn near perfect finish, but explaining the process doesn't quite do it justice. Basically, you use the pen to build up and fill in the scratch, then you light sand the new paint down to the surface of the old. Then you have to blend in the clear. You can do it all, if you know what you're doing, and only have to spray about a 4" area of clear and you'd never know the scratch was there in the first place. They do it in high-end car dealerships all the time. I learned how to do it from a service tech at a Mercedes dealership while he was filling in the rock chips in the hood of my Mom's car.

Deweezel · 11-20-2009, 12:33 PM

The guy I bought my bike from said the candy plasma is a two part color, you have to put the base color on first and then the top coat then the clear.

silverbullet2005 · 11-20-2009, 08:34 PM

buy the paint then put it in an airbrush and touch it up that way so you don't see any brush marks etc.

driftdevil · 11-23-2009, 11:30 AM

It's not going to look good unless you have it resprayed due to it being the 06 flat plasma like what i have. You have to have it matched due to the paint having some flat in it. And whatever you do don't put clear over it or it will stick out like a sore thumb. If it bugs you like it did me just find a new panel from an 06 and replace it.

la_kawi · 11-24-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kaoss_11

how good is the touch up

I just received a couple Color Rite pens in the mail last week to do some touch up on the fairing and frame from rock nicks.

IMO, the results were pretty awesome and the color match is right on point.

Color Rite 2008 636 paint Colors

kaoss_11 · 11-24-2009, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by la_kawi

I just received a couple Color Rite pens in the mail last week to do some touch up on the fairing and frame from rock nicks.

IMO, the results were pretty awesome and the color match is right on point.

Color Rite 2008 636 paint Colors

can you show us

la_kawi · 11-24-2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kaoss_11

can you show us

I'll see about taking a pic tomorrow. I still have to apply another coat to completely fill in the nicks, but the immediate objective was to have them completely unnoticeable unless you have grill pressed up against it.

That was accomplished.

Pathos · 12-01-2009, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bcroninuk

I would not even bother, as it will just look crap to be honest. I tried it and it just looked awful. It would look better now (as it is) rather than after. If you want it done properly, get it resprayed (which may cost a bit as the whole panel may need to be done).

Be wary about getting a front panel resprayed. I did and the painter did a fantastic job and it cost about 50% of a new panel stickers and all.

but
a) he used a white base coat
b) its no where near as strong as the original paint.

Over time it has chipped like crazy and the spots are all bright white rather than the original black undercoat so show even worse. So sometime I'm probably going to buy a new panel any way.

-05 Candy Plasma Blue zx-6r btw