I have reread this thread a couple of times since joining site and , if I understood correctly, the paint on a 73 dt3 is a three part process to get the green correct. Let’s face it, my painting skills are not that great. Looks like the Amazon green met from duplicolor May be the way to go. Looks like the aerosol cans are only 8 ounces, how many would I need for tank, oil tank, headlight and headlight mounts? The other question is stripes. It appears the white stripe and Yamaha letters are both decals not painted, is this correct? Thanks

Probably 3 of the 8ox cans should do it,. as for the decals, I clear coat over them.

I'm getting ready to paint the head on my RT1B and I remember at least one entry where someone had a good paint match. This is the silver/gray for the head and needs to be the high temp. Any help would be great. Looking for as close to original as I can get. I've seen some amazing efforts on painted parts on this thread...just amazing!

Pedalcrazy . The heads were never painted originally . If you want to get back close to
original finish , have the head vapour blasted .

Thanks Mark, so I will probably need 6? LOL I’m trying not to go to far down this rabbit hole. Just want to get all sheet metal the same color. A lot of other things are popping up. Need to start a new thread so I can get some help!

Like Swoop56 said they weren't painted, but depending on budget and time painting may be quicker. Not sure cost of vapor blasting.
I use VHT paint # SP127 universal aluminum.

I also am probably going to use the DE 1615 for my fenders, for any of you who have. How long did you wait after spraying the silver before you applied the Spray Max 2K clear coat?

Thanks
Jim

about 15 min.

Start spraying 3 clear light coats, about 15-20 min apart @ about 80deg, depending on outside temp. On the 4th coat little heavy last coat heavy. Each coat becomes more sticky so in theory the last will be really tacky so less chance of runs.
This method has worked very well for me.

Please note I'm not a professional painter. I have learned this by time and lots of mistakes.

Thank you mdscott for the reply and tips.

Jim

Thanks much Mark and Swoop...yes originality is where I'm headed so no paint then...