Pearlescent paint ..

[A100man]

Hi all

I have an FZ750 which has what I would call pearlescent white paint on the tank and fairing. My usual paint guy said he can't make a touch up for the tank chips and gave me some flat off-white that I will likely use on the basis that it is probably better than leaving it out to the elements.

On the fairing tough I am looking to buy some new panels that will require paint from scratch and I'm wondering how I might get an approximate match - sounds like it might involve several stages which will be easy to mess up.

Any ideas out there ? Other than 'take it to dream machine'. the bike didn't cost much so I'm only tidying it up a bit really.

Cheers

[bamt]

If you aren't worried about it being original, then why not paint the tank and fairings with a simpler non-pearlescent paint? That way they'll match, probably cheaper doing both than getting fancy paint on the fairing and getting touch up paint will be easy.

[lihp]

Unless you are an exceptionally good painter, you probably won't get a match on that DIY.

Even for the pro's a match will be difficult as the effect is created not only in the paints used, but in the layering of them and conditions that they are done in.
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[bladerunner]

shockingly I've found halfrauds a good place for white pearl match on older yams and kwaks but you do need to either be doing a stone chip touch up or a full single part respray....you do need to buy at least 1/4 litre for the sub £30 mark tho they have the paint codes and the mix ratio pretty right to be fair.....as much as i hate to admit it, so long as the guy behind the counter knows what hes doing it works well!
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