Painting with touch up paint: How do I get it right?

[Noxious89123]

Ok, well I've got some self-etch primer, silver base colour, candy blue and clear coat.

I was told that the candy needs to be a really thin coat over the base colour but I can't get it to look right. The primer goes on quite thickly and gives a nice even layer, as does th silver base, but the candy is really thin and watery, and I can't get a thin enough layer to make it match the paintwork of my bike. If it's too thick, you can't see the glittery-ness of the silver and the blue looks to dark. It also comes out looking really streaky from the brush strokes.

I thought maybe I could put on a thick layer and then use some T-cut to rub some back off when it has dried, but the paint is water based and just dissolves! I got the paint from RS Bike Paint.
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[Noxious89123]

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Weird, there's usually loads of people around to help late at night
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[binge]

Its brush applied touch up paint. It never looks right unfortunately.




Ben

[Noxious89123]

Gay

Anyone know of any good places that within 30 miles of Leicester that could repair the paint for me?
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[alone]

If you have a spray gun, cut the paint with some medical alcohol and re-spray the section.

My friend did this on my panel after I came off - and it looks good as new, just needs a clear coat applied (same way). He even managed to blend the fresh paint with the rest of the panel.
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Bikes; '06 Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (for sale) - '95 BMW R1100GS

[Noxious89123]

Don't have any spraying equipment, and wouldn't know how to use it to get a good finish

Going to give it another go. If it looks totally crap and sticks out, I'll just take it back to the plastic as it was before i started; It wasn't that noticable, black plastic against blue paintwork.
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[Noxious89123]

Nope, looks totally bollocks.

I was quoted £170 to respray it, and I'd be without a bike for a week, so I'm just going to replace the bloody thing. Should be able to flog the old one on eBay for a fair few quid.
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi