Delboy's Garage, Simple Skills, "Rattle can paint" . 

Thanks for covering bike.. I was thinking overspray.. GREAT INFO !!

Another master class in the simple stuff. I'm amazed how much clearer you can explain the basics than anyone else I've found. Thanks Del you legend!

You have taught me so much. You are my absolute favorite. I owe 90% or my modification and repair to your videos. Thank you so much. You are the BEST!

A really informative video. Thanks for posting.

I really appreciate how you explained this so well. I learned a lot! Thanks.

So much knowledge in these videos! Much appreciated.

Wonderful clarity of instruction, thank you SO much!

Hi guys, great vid as usual. A little tip for ya. Try standing your cans in warm water for ten minutes before using them. It boosts the pressure slightly and thins the paint making it atomise and flow a touch better. Keep up the good work peeps.

Once again a very well made video, thanks a lot. Take care.

Thanks del for that,, it certainly helps 😊 it's been something that I have struggled with in the past.

Love this series! keep up the great work mate.

Excellent simple skills video!

much thanks for tutorial, getting ready to paint expensive after market fender. I especially like the tip on buying cheap paint and practicing hand eye coordination I feel confident in takin on job myself

Just found this video and page. We're doing a bike build at home as a 'dad' project. That includes doing the basic painting ourselves. Thanks. Very helpful.

Love your personality and attention to detail

I used to work at an auto parts store at one point. The best part was that some of the rattlecans would be on clearance for a nickel a can due to them being a discontinued color. So I managed to get 15 cans of Duplicolor for less than $1.00! I've got enough paint to do 5 or more motorcycles, including the frames. So for everyone out there always ask your local parts houses if they have any clearance paint. Sometimes they do when their resupply truck comes in.

I thought I'd learnt everything from you in terms of painting based on all of the project videos I've watched, but it seems you proved me wrong! Great video cheers Del&Penny!

You are the Best Man!

Really helpful explanations - thanks :) rattle can practice happening

Thank you both. Great filming and great explanation. With practice and preparation this excellent video has given me the confidence to re spray my Vespa. The myth that you can’t achieve a lovely finish with a rattle can has been laid to rest. Cheers!

Good video, very informative and entertaining and also great camera work!

Thanks D&P. Great video.

Interesting as always

Really well put together video fella. nicely done.

So it looks like it is all in the preparation of the work that will deliver the best results.

Hi Del and Penny, Greetings from Sydney, Australia 🖐 As usual, excellent video. Very informative and practical advice. Keep up the good work. 👏👏👏

facebooked and twitted! thanks Del and Penny

A great insight Del. Great tips, and information . Cheers Pete.

My friend rattled can a 1957 Chevy and it looks like it was painted by a professional. It has a nice glossy white and cherry red.

2021 172K subscribers, a bit more than the 50.000 mentioned in the end titles... and well deserved, thank You for your videos!

Great simple skills video over due really. Excellent explanation. .... Hi Penny! :)

Great videos.

brilliant you genius !!

Hi Del thanks mate for getting back to me my main concern was how they would react when the exhaust got hot and who would thought cola and silver paper thanks mate much appprieciated Bob,

I'm on a constant learning curve. Good to have you back filming Penny x ;-)At RIAT with my camera this week :-)Martin / Wiltshire

Hi Del/Penny another good vid, keep em coming

Great video. Ive been rattle canning for nye on 55 years. And i might add , doing it wrong. Thanks.

Very close on the aerosol contents, but there is no compressed air in a rattle paint can. The propellant is a typically a hydrocarbon. Usually a combination of propane and butane or iso-butane. It mixes with the solvent and paint as a single phase liquid (solids do settle, hence needing to shake) and the gas that boils off is the gaseous phase of the propellant. Since the propellant is dissolved in with the paint and solvent, when you spray it, the liquid propellant boils when it hits atmospheric pressure and helps break up the paint to give a nice fine mist. Because the propellant is constantly boiling off when the pressure drops inside the can, it boils some of it off as a gas and fills the headspace, equalizing the pressure inside the can. Compressed air as a propellant in an aerosol does not perform well. A compressed air propellant spray is more wet (larger droplet size) since it is only pushing it out of the can and not boiling off when sprayed. Also, as the product is used up in the can, the headspace increases and the can pressure lowers (P1)(V1)=(P2)(V2), so it starts high and drops off during use. Not consistent.

Hello from San Diego California USA!

hi dell ta for the advice i will keep it in mind

thank you!

Well explained Del, you would have made a great manual arts (shop) teacher. Very relieved that Penny is not under the patio!

Nice work mate. Enjoyed that and very useful (currently spraying some fairings) made a bit of a hash of the primer stage which is off to a great start ha

The trick is to make sure you are getting cans with the fan tips. A tool that’s worth every cent / pound is the MIXQUICK that goes on a reciprocal saw. 32:27

WOW…Surprised to see you wearing an ACE CAFE T-shirt. LOL. Terrific job with the video, as usual. But this time the best part for me was seeing Penny Pitstop again. Yha..SHE’s BACK!!

Mate of mine used to spray bikes using cans and won best paint against professionals. As he said its all in the prep

That B Bike Show last year was a knockout mate. Really enjoyed the whole day and never have I seen so many bikes in one place. If I don't make it, have a good one, hopefully see you there.

Thinking of doing my exhaust today! Although I don't have a garage and it is rather cold out, so maybe not the best idea

Excellent. Im a paintsprayer by trade. Industrial but use a couple of devilbiss and Wagner paint guns finishing ones too and the divers airfed mask industrial paint booth . Very informative video for my bikes. Thanks.

Day off with full pay 😀 Got a cup of tea,delboys garage... Chill time 😀🇬🇧

Really enjoy these simple skills vids. Keep em coming! Surprised you never covered the issue of temperature though and when its best to paint.

To get a better finish warm the can in some hot water. It helps the paint flow better. WARNING DO NOT HEAT WITH FLAME!!! Lol! Just use warm water, and let it stand in it till it is warmed up

Nice lil tips there Del. Now maybe the next time I try do a lil spraying i'll get a better finish. Hope to make it to that rally on the 10th. so watch out for some geez saying yeah Del boy lol

Yet another brilliant video delboy, I would like to know if you could do a video for spraying the bike fairings as I did mine a few years ago and had a dreadful time. No videos showing how to spray plastics.

Looking for tips and found ....ahhhhhhhh ok the base is everything . The shine will not matter if theres awful stuff showing through . Prep and prep again . If in doubt ..... any doubt prep yet again . Its worth it honest . To waste paint is expensive when you could have filled that little mark , etc . Go round and around and around . Rattle cans will never give depth to hide issues so prep is everything . High build is the absolute daddy . It hides the small stuff but needs a decent cutting back with 800/1200 grit once done . All the pin holes and poor rubbing back go away with a decent coat . Consider it before spraying a base colour/top coat . The final spray . Dont do as he says whatever you do . A dust coat ..... as it says you dust it on following the lines of the tank first and filling in between but not aiming to cover it all with the first pass . This stops runs and runination of everything upto that point plus gives a layer the paint likes to stick to . Do a few of these until the tanks primer is covered without shades showing through . Then a resonable cost is applied . Not too wet , you are looking to get an all over cover the same depth . Final is a `wet` coat . The wet is the talent . Too much and you get a run , too little and you dont get a flat surface . A run , if its not got a flec in it , can be rubbed back ( 1200 grit wrapping a credit card on the run alone ) . Once the wets done consider a clear coat . If its the right sort of paint ( a base without flec ) you can cut it back to create the best surface possible then a light glassy clear will be the absolute best hard wearing finish possible . A couple of clear then cut it back using 2000 grit lightly followed by t-cut or g3 gives a factory finish . Flec in it then if you get a run its sort of tough shit and start again .

Brilliant video , one of the best yet! I was literally thinking of Petes SprayPainting videos while watching this ; between the both of you , can't go wrong! Do you know anything about the Brushed metal look & the application of a top coat to it? Also want to stripes down the side to cover the isopon bodyfiller that has levelled out the fairing clips i chopped off ; so from what you've stated A basic primer will suffice?

(P) Wax on, wax off - love it! See you on Sunday :)

I guess your Kawasaki is safe from overspray, but it makes me a bit nervous with that nice red tank sitting there.

you can buy loads of different types of nibs/nozzles for spray cans. from fat caps to skinny caps.

just wanted to say , I got rattle cans made up at our local motor factors. they have a huge book showing many manufacturer's colours. These cans were about £7 each but the nozzles can be taken apart and also they spray an oval similar to a spray gun. We went for metallic followed by an off the shelf lacquer. That way we built a few coats of lacquer and then cut them back, result was amazing. But remembered to wipe the nozzle every so often as this stopped spitting. Love your vids and now subscribed.

Hi Del, another fascinating video, very helpful. It was a real treat to meet you and and the lovely Penny at Harley on Sunday. Thanks for the advise on my up and coming Harley purchase. The Sportster was definitely too small. I will be trying a Dyna this week. The other consideration was an Indian Scout. Any thoughts would be welcome. Thanks again, Lee

Nice one Del & great to see & hear Penny again. I'm saving all these s.s videos, as they are great for reference when working with my boy. I'm using the old rattle cans myself just now, painting my bobber project. Been wet sanding using 1200 between each coat, primer and all. Cheers for explaining the block sanding technique though, makes sense if you think about it. Have you ever used one of the clip on handle things with the rattle cans? Liking the progress on this mate, look forward to seeing your mate do his magic. Cheers again, Ride safe, Al.

Ok, you have a new subscriber. Cheers

hi Del i use a hairdryer in between coats and you dont get no runs and it bakes it on, keep up the good work.

Great simple skills! I admire your knowledge of all things you show us. But if you're looking for more veiwers and a video that's easy to watch, then I think a short and compact video is the way forward! Lovely t-shirt by the way! Have you ever been there? Ride safe

You just keep getting better, But I am still not confident to try spraying myself yet. Stay well.

I used alot of rattle cans on bmx frames when I was younger and the amount of cans I knackered up by not turning upside down and spraying after use like you just shown me is a real bummer so thanks Del! I was given a tip about rattle cans and that was to put them in warm water before I used them? Not sure if its a pro or con Del? Hats off to Penny on the camera too! Great video thank you see you next time! Aiden

will penny b doing a simple skills "long wood short wood" lmao brilliant haha :D

Hi guys. Well, every day is a school day after all. If I want to paint some plastic panels, do I have to sand and prime before painting? It seems like a lot of effort for just a bit of paint

tongue tied even before the paint fumes lol

I painted my 01 Fazer 600 a couple years back with rattle cans. I did sand the paint back to get a glass finish. But I do find the clear paint in a rattle can " used Motip'' to soft and it scratches to easily. For the clear I always go to the paint shop to get me 2k clear in a rattle can. Expensive but durable. Pic's of the bike are on my FB. chears

Im a rattle can pro i paint all my stuff with rattle can i just did my harley with krylon 2 coats then wet sanded then did third coat wet sand and i get a clear in a rattle can that has a hardner that is in the can ,you take this red piece from the cap and its fits on the nipple on bottom of can and you smack it on the bench and it breaks open the harder inside the can shake for a few minutes and its good for 24 hrs its called k2 . my buddies dont believe me when they see my work that its spray bomb but the most important part is wet sand between coats and it will be as smooth as glass if you dont then it will be all orange peel looking so take the time to wet sand and it will look great

Another great demystification buddy. I really need to get to grips with paint work, I've been guilty of some proper travesties over the years. See you Sunday :)

my bandit is so greatful for the attention you have taught me to give it. looking to take it up a level and give the engine a paint over the next 2 weeks. what paint would you use for this? thanks Colin

A Brookside reference! Proper old school

Hi any tips on how to prep and paint a Memphis shades fairing with rattle cans?

I like to use the "trigger" plastic snap on thing for a rattle can, I find personally this gives a person even more touch and control rather than depressing the push down nozzle manually........ also you have to be careful when spraying up side down to clear the nozzle, if you do it too many times for too long you'll lose the propellant near the end of the can, i.e.: you'll have paint left but no propellant to push it out.

I'm thinking of changing the color of my bike to Matt black would I have to sand it down to bear metal/plastic or after sanding can I just put a good primer on and crack on,thanks Del in advance

Runs and dust getting in the paint is the worst. Damp towels help keep dust away. To stop runs I start with a very light coat that doesn't fully cover everything and wait 10 mins before I can do a full coat. Another trick is to turn the nozzle to the side at the end of each swipe.

How close should you be to the work when you are spraying it? anyone know? Thank you

Sorta on the rattle can topic "HemiStorm RC" on you tube does wonders with rattle cans .

I can paint great with a can of paint, at first, it was hard but after a few years of sandblasting and industrial painting spray can simple

Or give it to a pro. Used one to do my tank charged me £120 . When it was done it was completely and utterly flawless with a gloss so deep you could dive in.By the time you add up the cost of the sprays, blocks fillers and god knows what else not to mention the time its worth the money.

Awesome video my friend. You're exactly right with your analogy. One request though, you hold the camera and put the girl on the screen 😜 Btw, If you need a California license plate for your collection let me know and I will hook you up with one 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

Hi del can you help me, what do recommend for cleaning chrome and protecting the chrome on the exhaust system and, chrome spoked wheels and I have noticed the odd small spot of rust so would appreciate your advice mate what you can use to clean and protect the chrome thanks from Bob

Another informative video. Do you have any that deal with maybe putting a larger gastank on a sportster?

you really deserve more viewers. just got my mc endorsement last nov cant wait to get my first bike its killin me lol

fantastic news about rattle cans! i did my pushbike and was very pleased with the results. what's the best bike for a first time enthusiast do you reckon, 125, or does it not matter?

She's awesome!! HAHA!

Brilliant video !!! What products and procedure would you use to achieve a matt finish (not matt wrap)? Keep them vids coming, inspirational and helpful stuff...

PS I seriously hope that Penny also wears a mask. We don't any harm to happen to the Miss. Do we? lol

ironic you put this up Del .. I have paint ( plastidip) arriving in a couple of days ..gonna paint my Bandit 1200

I wonder why every time I see you with a rattle can, I start shaking my cell phone.

hi dell and penny good to see the build. coming along and you are making good use of some of the music i sent you. so i have a question for you dell. as you know i have my katana 1100 sitting in the garage still not ready for the road. i panted with cans. now here my question...? what type of clear coat do i use so the color paint will not come off when exposed to things like petrol. . i was thinking of using k2.. is that the right way to go..?

3 P's of painting - Practice, Preparation, Patience.... Practice the technique, Prepare the job AND your materials, Patience to wait the appropriate amount of time between coats AND not try to do it all in one coat.

Paint with a paintbrush out of a can in your garage... enamel paints are self leveling. No breathing spray can aerosols, no over spray, no airgun setup or booth necessary, work at your own pace, paint as little or as much as you want in a session and put then put the lid back on the can. Clean your brushes or thin the paint with acetone. Dry in your oven for an hour at 200 F, let cool, and it will be dry enough to handle and no longer sticky. Let sit for a week before you apply a second coat or install the part. Enamel from a can is old school tough as nails, the only thing tougher is epoxy paints which require mixing. Guys are funny, they'll pick up a high amp welder or grinder and throw molten lead, fumes, and sparks all over the place without a second thought, but they are absolutely mortified of a paint brush. "You'll get paint streaks", they cry, "that's not the professional way to do it like I see in the auto body shops!" I'm looking at dozens of parts I painted last month as well as a boat trailer frame, and I can't find a single paint streak anywhere. I'm not using any particular technique.

I always warm the paint in bowl of hot water but not sure it makes a difference

No captions?

I hope the camera lady was wearing a mask.

I very much enjoy your vids but please improve the audio quality a little?