Product Review: Duplicolor Spray Paints

I review Duplicolor spray paints that I use for painting bicycles.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• product review
• bicycle
• bike
• motorized
• 2 stroke
• do it yourself
• spray paint
• duplicolor
• dupli-color
• dupli color
• automotive
• how to

[sixdeuce4trey]

whats role does the engine enamel play in ur painting?

[5cud6uddy]

@sixdeuce4trey I think that it is a bit tougher paint than regular rattle can. I have habitually used this paint since I screwed up a gas tank on a Suzuki Savage motorcycle in the mid 90's. Back then I was really using flat black and engine enamel allowed me to do that without having to use a protective clear coat. This particular paint is fuel and heat resistant. I like that regardless of whether I am running an engine on the bike or not.

[rkorson42098]

Nice, i love the dupli color paints. I painted my schwinn cruiser with the blue metal specks. I was looking at this color, wondering how it would look. Looks nice now i gotta do a bike in that color. Lol I'm broke now after using 6 cans of metal specks, and about 6 cans of the clear engine enamel.

[5cud6uddy]

@rkorson42098 heck yeah, that's about $120.00.  Thanks for the compliment. I've discovered that the color of the base coat has a huge effect on how the top coats come out.

[rkorson42098]

@5cud6uddy really the base make that much of a diff.

[5cud6uddy]

@rkorson42098 I do think so. I was using a different paint all together and laid it down over some grey primer. It looked way to bright. Then I put it on a black base and it was darker.

[sdbolt86]

Dude you need to spray a silver coat than the red speck. I did it the other day on a cruiser. It makes the color pop so much more

[5cud6uddy]

@H3llisG0n3xx I don't know. I figure you can.  I was goofing with a can the other day and notices that it seems to have a wide, flat spray pattern. It may be like that so the flakes won't get clogged, so I am not sure how changing the caps would affect the spray.

[rkorson42098]

@5cud6uddy gonna have to experment. i have a couple bikes just waiting