spray paint rant/realization

i'm killing myself in prep and sanding for as good a job as possible for rattle cans, but i should have just spent an extra 140 and gotten a professional job by people i trust. i've wasted about two days sanding/priming/painting and i'm just now getting to the color coats. oh well, this cranbrook has already taught me a couple things should i do another motorized bicycle or motorcycle build, and i haven't even gotten the motor kit yet. sigh.

austin

#(#$(###@99!!

the only up side is that i garage my bike so it'll rarely be in rain nor will it get sun damage, so maybe the paint will last a year, i hope.

well this might be the most anal and expensive spray painting ever, but it's starting to look goooood. btw 1500 grit or any sand paper is way too coarse for a color coat. i'm doing 2000 grit on the hard clearcoat layer and it's dulling it a bit, then a med/fine rubbing compound to polish... so far so good. btw i am high off of fumes, it's ok i don't use all of my brain most of the time anyways.

and this grubee kit is utter trash as far as looks/company pride... the tank has dings and the chain guard is crinkled... they are black and my bike (will be) black but the paint is so horrible i stripped all the grubee parts of their paint and am on a primer coat right now. geez, i hope the mechanics don't follow close behind the aesthetics.... disappointed so far, but i haven't installed anything.

i was thinking about using some sort of dampener for the motor and every clamp that could potentially rattle. i heard someone used rubber from an old tire... will that not heat up too much for the motor?

now the red won't wet sand right... it looks nice enough now, i'm done repainting... time to start assembly.