39 Hawthorne Twin Bar

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Took about 15min this morning, before it gets hot ( 110 @ 4pm yesterday), getting the fenders ready for color....

 

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One more step on the fenders this morning. The one thing about Lacquer is that it's a thin paint and very easy to sand thru...With the stripes on the the fenders, I just need to knock the edges down a little bit. I hate any ridges on stripes in a paint job. Even sanding with 2000grit paper & soapy water to knock them down, I sanded thru the white (just slightly) and had to do a little touch up. Then, clear coated them. It brings out the silver & the white and allows me to smooth all the ridges before color. There is nothing like touching a paint job and not feeling any edges on the stripes.

 

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Well, Monday the final paint is going on and should be completed by Tuesday at the latest.. .depends on the temps on Monday.. The quandary I'm having is do I show the pieces after being painted, or show everything once the bike is put together...not sure what I'm going to do...

To be continued.................

 

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2 hrs well spent this morning....all I can say is WOW! Another satisfied customer....

 

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Well, the picture above was a slight tease, so I'll add 1 more for a taste of how it turned out....
Hmmmmm, I can't tell if the stripes are dark and the paint is lite, or if the stripes are lite and the paint is dark.....

 

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Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug.... I was baking all the parts today (outside in Cali in the summer). Everything was hanging, except the fenders....probably the wind..




The fenders were on top of the rack above. I went to the grocery store, and when I got back, the fenders were on the ground..
Oh well, minor set back. About 6 more hours of work to repaint them over the next few days, no big deal..
They will be hung from now on.....
Already started.

 

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As I always say on here, without my glasses, I cannot read, it looks like ants. I should also not paint without them either..The color I'm using is Fire Red Pearl..I used a lot of it to do test painting, so, after a few coats on the bike, I didn't have enough in the can for the final coat. OK, have another in the cabinet. Mix it, spray it. Well.............

Hmmmmm. Let me look at the can of paint.

Apparently, Fire Red & Firethorne Red are 2 different colors (forgot I had that color), and the latter is not translucent, more purple.
Sooooooooo, take 2 this morning.






Another day in my life. Enjoy your day...

 

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Project will start back up tomorrow...ran out of this paint to redo the frame.....


And....................then there is this....................
New Glasses

 

[the tinker]

I like it, "painting by the pool."

 

[WetDogGraphix]

I like it, "painting by the pool."

Yes sir...right now it's 106 @ 545 pm PST......