| Author | Message | ||
     Not_purple_s2 |
I've searched Badweb and learned that the paint and paint codes of the early S2's have become obsolete and unattainable. My question: Has anyone been able to mimic Parkway Blue? I'm sure a skilled and experienced painter could get real close if he tried. | ||
| Court |
>>>S2's have become obsolete and unattainable. That is an inaccurate statement. Paint codes, I believe, are posted here. In addition, all parts are still available through Buell. Court | ||
| Doncasto |
Sir Court, Does that "parts are still available" also include wide hard bag lids? I emailed the folks in East Troy about this and did not receive a reply . . . Don | ||
| 99cyclone |
You are correct, the Sikkens bases used to mix the colors for the early Buells ARE obsolete and unattainable. I went through this in great detail this spring while repainting my High Voltage Yellow '96 S1. The colors used were Sikkens Autobase basecoats. Several years ago Sikkens discontinued this line of paints. There is no cross reference to their current line of paints. This is a fact, and I received the same answer from several Sikkens dealers. What I did was match the required color visually using paint chips. You may have to do the same. Find an old Sikkens dealer that still has the Autobase paint chips, then match each component color to a modern equivalent, mix, spray, and enjoy. Another route would be to have a color match done through scanning. This may work with the Parkway Blue, but it wasn't an option for me with the HV Yellow (basecoat is sprayed with a House of Kolor Neon before clear). | ||
| Bluzm2 |
99 is right. I went through the same thing last year and detailed my finding in the KV. The Sikkens paints were reformulated in the late 90's. The changeover was to reduce VOC's to meet the new EPA regs. There is no cross from an old paint code to a new one. I talked to an old time service specialist at the national Sikkins office. He remebered specifically the change over and the problems it has caused. If you want to buy it from a stock paint code, you are hosed. Custom mixing or a very close match is your only options. The KV has lots info on paints including the color of base coats, primers, clear coats etc. Some of this should be of help.... Brad | ||
| Not_purple_s2 |
I'm just glad I figure this out before I did something drastic, like paint my bike flat black. I thought of doing that a while back cause there's a chipped and scratched places that bug me. But luckily I didn't. I'll probably take it to a really good custom painter that can color match it. It'll probably be beyond just sticking a sample in a analyzer since it's sort of a flip-flop color. | ||
| Court |
Sit tight. | ||
| Mikej |
Try doing a color match on Pearl Ice White.  | ||
| Sarodude |
FWIW, I tried in vain to get a couple of Sikkens places to recognize Black Sapphire - or even Buell motorcycles. I have a set of touch-up bottles. There are 3 bottles - and I think one of them was just a clearcoat. If it would get us anywhere, I can offer up my set of UNOPENED touch up bottles. -Saro | ||
| Not_purple_s2 |
Yeah... I've been thinking my bike was parkway blue but I guess it's black sapphire. Easy mistake I guess since I've never seen any other S2's except in photos and you can't do the paint justice in a photo. (Message edited by not_purple_s2 on May 30, 2007) |
