I also did not follow the conventional way of doing this, very few steps were taken....
prepped all the parts, filled in all the dings and dents, cracks and so on with some bondo
applied a few coats of primer, fixed up a few obvious areas that still
looked bad with some glazing putty (I think that is what it was)
used a pad to scuff everything up a bit, then used some 1000 grit paper for a final sand, wiped everything with a rag
applied the paint, one coat but heavy, ran out of paint, lol
purchased another can of paint, waited about 3 days, back to the booth,
painted the tank first, then the rest of the unpainted parts, and a 2nd
coat on the parts done first
as parts were being sprayed and other parts drying, it was time to clear coat the dried parts
all the parts were in the booth and I started applying the clear to the
parts that were painted first as they were the driest, the last part to
get clear was the tank.
everything was left in the booth over night, it was a Friday so no one
was in the next day, around noon Saturday me and my son went to get the
parts, everything was dry and brought home, put in the garage and off to
Cuba I went....
fast forward 4 days I am back, I put the parts on the bike, add the decals, and applied a coat of wax to all the parts.....
Done deal.....and it looks OK
as I said, not the conventional way of doing things, but she sure does look pretty....
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Monday 15 June 2015
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