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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