Sharpe Unveils Newly Finished Custom-Painted Razor Motorcycle

Las Vegas, NV – Sharpe, a leader in paint spraying equipment for the professional automotive refinish market, announces the pre-unveiling of the newly finished $25,000 Razor Motorcycle – part of the Razor Gun Custom Bike Sweepstakes at www.sharpe1.com.

The Razor Motorcycle’s first public unveiling will be at NACE (www.naceexpo.com), November 6th by the bike’s designer and painter Justin Barnes of JB Grafix. Barnes is one of the most well-known and innovative painters in the U.S.

He has appeared on Discovery Channel’s “American Chopper,” and painted a number of well-known motorcycles such as the POW-MIA bike, the Fire bike, the I-Robot bike, the Comanche, the Snap-On bike and many more.

“Sharpe gave me free reign on the bike design, and really wanted something that would stand out in a crowd,” said Barnes who for all of the bike’s paintwork used Sharpe’s Razor guns.

To learn about the bike and Justin Barnes’ inspiration for the bike and painting techniques, visit www.sharpe1.com.

“I’ve been really happy with the Razor guns. We hadn’t used them before we started working with Sharpe, and I’ve been really impressed. They’re all I’ve been using now on every bike that we do. They spray really well, are easy to maintain. I also found them very easy to get used to. After just a couple of times using them I was really comfortable with the guns.”

Barnes used a new line of paint on the bike introduced recently by PPG. It will likely take anyone who sees the bike straight back to their childhood days.

“We’ve used Hot Wheels™ colors from PPG,” said Barnes. “They’re really vibrant and they stand out a lot. We’ve used them on quite a few bikes now and like the fact that you can add pearls and flakes to the original candy color. They’re pretty easy to manipulate to come up with unique color work.”

For the actual artwork, Barnes took his inspiration from both the bike itself and the fact that it will be given away in a sweepstakes.

“Stack’s Creative Customs built the bike and they did such a great job,” said Barnes. “It has really great lines, which I focused on in the design. I also kept in mind that Sharpe will be giving this bike away, so I didn’t want it to be too theme-oriented. We’ve used a heavy graphic pattern, with traditional style flames and green metal flake. We’ve also used variegated gold leaf, which is treated with heat and acid so you get a marbling effect.”

The Razor Gun Custom Bike Sweepstakes drawing takes place in April 2009 and the winner will be announced later that month. Visit www.sharpe1.com for your chance to win.

Sharpe’s New RAZOR HVLP Metallic Spray Gun Saves Time and Money with Fewer Passes and Less Material

Minneapolis, MN – Sharpe, a leader in paint spraying equipment for the professional automotive refinish market, introduces the newly designed high performance RAZOR HVLP Metallic Spray Gun.

The new RAZOR Metallic HVLP Spray Gun is optimized for metallic and fine metallic paint with a well-defined spray pattern for superior material distribution. The RAZOR Metallic HVLP Spray Gun requires fewer passes, saving on both time and costs, with less wasted material. Its 100% stainless steel fluid passages, needle, and nozzle offer long-term affordability with ultra-long life needle packing. Cleaning is easy thanks to a nickel-plated finish and 23 ounce polished aluminum gravity cup. A 3M™ PPS™ Adapter is included.

“The new RAZOR Spray Guns compete head to head in terms of performance and reliability with Sata, DeVilbiss and Iwata spray guns,” said Ron Graffis, Sharpe manager of sales and marketing.

“To demonstrate the durability and high quality finish these new guns deliver, Sharpe is offering a three year warranty for our made in the USA product,” added Graffis.

Graco, a world leader in fluid handling systems and components, and Sharpe, a part of the Graco company, developed RAZOR Spray Guns. Specific to automotive finishing, Graco has a long history designing and manufacturing finishing equipment that improves productivity, reduces paint usage costs, lowers emissions and provides consistently better finishes for automotive manufacturers the world over. These manufacturers include General Motors, Ford and Toyota, as well as for bus, trucking and airplane manufacturers.

Graco purchased Sharpe in 2003 to enter the North American automotive refinishing market, and brought its strong R&D, engineering and product development expertise to develop new spray guns to bolster Sharpe’s position in the marketplace.

Sharpe and Graco developed RAZOR accessories that enhance the painting experience. The Dryaire™ system removes compressed air humidity, and many air filters and coalescers ensure high quality air. Other accessories include the Digi-tell™ air-adjusting valve, and a full line of hose assemblies, high output connectors, 3M™ PPS™ Adapter for RAZOR, Spray Gun Brush Kit and F2-Disposable In-Line Filters.

Technical Information
• Air Inlet Size: 1/4” npsm (R 1/4 -19)
• Max. Air Inlet Pressure: 29 psi (0.2 MPa, 2.0 bar)
• Air Consumption: 14.4 CFM at 29 psi (2.0 bar)
• Cup Size: 23 oz. (0.68 liter)
• Weight with cup: 1.3 lbs (0.6 kg)
• Pattern Size 14 inches