hd hi-lite orange peral? : V-Twin Forum: Harley Davidson Forums

shieldscustoms · 08-25-2008, 03:27 PM

wondering if anyone has a bike this color or pics of one this color? im thinking about painting mine with it, but would like to see it on a bike. apparently there wasnt many of them, cause i cant find any...help would be appreciated..thanks..

kustom_flames · 08-25-2008, 04:02 PM

Not that color...but House of Kolor has several nice orange pearls - including Tangelo Pearl and Sunset Pearl.

They also have a very nice kandy tangerine, as seen in the thumbnail of my bike below.

Not exactly what you were looking for...but just trying to expand your horizons

shieldscustoms · 08-25-2008, 05:10 PM

thanks for the suggestion...i had thought about goin that route before...but i am set on some sort of white for this paintjob...and this hi-lite peral is a white with orange peral.....i saw a bike about 3 years ago and really liked it. but hadnt seen any since and just now had the idea to paint mine like it....

kustom_flames · 08-25-2008, 05:21 PM

Oh, HOK has that too! Actually you could probably get it from PPG. A white basecoat, then a pearl mid-coat, then clear.

I have done the same thing in a white pearl, that then goes blue. It was dry pearl that you mix in with clear.

I know HOK has it - might be easier, and moist definitely more cost effective. If you can get your hands on an HOK color deck, scan thru. You can go to the website, but the color charts are useless on it, but at least you will have the code. You can also order thru TCPglobal.com

Pat

shieldscustoms · 08-25-2008, 06:35 PM

ya i got the paint code from ppg, a tri stage setup....i would just like to see a bike with it on there, the paint chips never do anything justice...like i said i had seen it a few years ago, and liked it. but never thought anything else about it. now im thinking i would like to paint mine with it, but would like to see a bike with it on there again first...

kustom_flames · 08-26-2008, 07:52 AM

Gotcha! It will be very hard to detect the color in a pic...

Here is the white pearl that goes blue - much mroe noticeable in person...

I know it's not what you are looking for, but just wanted to show how difficult it is to actually see it in a pic. Honestly, your best bet would be to buy some and do a spray out on a fender, a piece of sheet metal, etc...

I'm sure it will be very cool, and if you added orange ghost flames or an orange pinstripe, just something orange even a logo, just to bring out some of the orange hue in the paint it would look great.

The tri-stage is simple too - white base, pearl over, clear. I would think it would be a bit similar to the new HD white pearl gold, just going a bit more orange than gold...

Good luck!
Pat

shieldscustoms · 08-26-2008, 03:56 PM

thanks for the suggestions. i think ill just have to bite the bullet and pay the 100 that ppg wants for it, and like you said do some test pannels first. i think i would be happy with it. i like white just for a simple clean look, and addin a hint of orange i think would be just enough to make it cool. thanks again. i like that blue and white you showed me.

kustom_flames · 08-26-2008, 04:20 PM

Is it a dry pearl or is it in the vibrance line?

If it's a dry pearl, all you need is a 1/2 ounce to an ounce...

shieldscustoms · 08-26-2008, 08:12 PM

i told them i was wanting a "harley" color, "hi lite orange" or sumthin like that...and they looked it up, and said i need this tri-stage setup. a pint of white, and a pint of the pearl, for about $50 a piece....

painter jim · 08-26-2008, 10:29 PM

you'll really only need at the most half the amount of pearl mid coat as the white.

shieldscustoms · 08-26-2008, 11:09 PM

ya, i would be fine with a half pint of white, and even less peral, but they wont sell anything less than a pint, unless i jump up to the deltron or global, and it acaully costs a little bit more, for half the amount..so i figure id just get extra...

kustom_flames · 08-26-2008, 11:31 PM

Ok, but you could probably just get a 'shop-line' white for about $15/pint vs, the $50 'harley' white...

I understand what they are doing...but the white is just a basecoat...ask them to try and match it in their shop-line. If you were in MA, I would get it for ya....

shieldscustoms · 08-27-2008, 03:43 PM

ya, thats a good point...a white is a white...just get any white, and get the good peral right...thats prob the way to go..

kustom_flames · 08-27-2008, 03:51 PM

Yup that's what I would do. If you're not going for an EXACT, and I mean side by side comparison, and you want VERY similar, you will still be ok using almost any white...

Once I had to spray an audi spoiler in white pearl, and I thought it could be shot over any white, but it turns out it was a very beige white.

So, if going with 'any' white, for a best result, go more towards and off-white, than a stark (blue) white. Make sense?

I would think by referencing the HD white, they should be able to cross reference a close shade in the shop line.

Good luck!

shieldscustoms · 08-27-2008, 06:00 PM

thanks for the suggestions! i think thats what ill do... i know ill have to do test pannels to find out...but how many coats of pearl you think i should put on? just guessing..