Pretty Much Done...

So I am pretty much done with the paint, there are some flaws but it works for now. I still need to wet sand and buff it but I am leaving again soon and wanted to get some riding in. I finished spraying last night and reassembled today. Last night my paint booth broke so I sprayed it in the driveway, and had some other complications but I worked through it. I hope you enjoy but I am sure you won't enjoy it as much as I do.

Slinging Flake

So the other day I cut out of work early with the hopes of getting my paint done because Wednesday and Friday of this week I have 24 hour duty at work. Then this weekend I have my in laws coming in town for 2 weeks and I don't want to be working on it the whole time they are here but I also leave the a week after they leave. So I came home set up my home made paint booth, and then was about to get started and my primer failed when I went to clean it off. So I had to run out buy some more primer, re prime it and then I was ready for paint. This was my first time using anything other than a rattle can and I learned a lot while I was doing it. I sprayed the flake on dry using an undercarriage spray gun. It turned out pretty good so far but I am not done, I underestimated how much flake I was going to need and had to order more flake and clear. I also decided to do the fender in black and I might do some flake on it or get some stripping done. So hopefully they get here soon and I can get it all finished up, but in the mean time here are some pics.

Paint Booth

Sweet Vintage Compressor

Spray Gun

Tank With Primer

Silver Base Coat

Roth See-Sic-Blue Trippin Flake

The Trippin Effect

Slowly...

So today it was another nice day and I got one last ride in. Then I ran to Home Depot for a few things and came back to work on the bike some more. I got the tank off and then it took forever to get it ready for primer because the stripe that seperated the colors was raised. I am also still waiting for a few things from TCP Global and my clear coat so I might only get the base coat down this weekend, but I did get my flake and it looks good.