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Midschoolfool:
Cheers dude. I'm kinda all in on this one. By now I would have had it done tbh.
Apparently it's going to be 11 on Friday. I may be able to get the silver base down then. We'll see. The 2k stuff? that needs the weather to be at least 17. So that will have to wait. That said, that doesn't involve any sanding (just cleaning and tacking between the candy and clear) so yeah, getting the foundation down properly is the important part.
Midschoolfool:
The wet sanding on primer has now finished.
Quick clean down.
Welding slag. I don't remove this or small dents.
P1200 wet.
Not sure when I can get the house of kolor down. Weather is simply too cold. Still, the dirty horrible shitty part is done :LolLolLolLol:
Midschoolfool:
Right I have done some videos today. So many people asking me about painting etc. It was spend about two days typing or shoot a couple of vids.
In the first video I go through wet sanding and the treatment of acrylic paint. This is important.
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In that video I wasn't in the best of moods. So there may be a few naughty words.
In video two I go over why you use a tack cloth and how.
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And in video 3 I show the bike now in base coat.
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I emailed the company who I bought the KHE cranks from, and it seems they are breaking the law. They don't stock them, they have them drop shipped and send them on when they arrive. Which is BS, and they have been holding my money for 8 days now.
This is why I do everything myself. Rely on someone else at your peril it seems :rant:
So I bought some mid school Profiles.
They are a bit scabby, but cost ?45. There is a bolt missing, but tbh? if I don't have one of those I can get a pair of TI bolts for ?23. Either way a day's sanding and painting and I have ?150 cranks. Importantly there are no dents or dings. Just battered old finish and rust. This I can live with.
I asked my pal to run me off, and I quote "A couple of the stickers I drew".
:LolLolLolLol:
Frame is now back inside and drying/hardening. As I describe in the video, it did flash off lovely. How? IDK. By miracle perhaps. But I will take one of those :LolLolLolLol:
Midschoolfool:
I think I have finally gotten to the truth of what happened over the Ruben. That "House of Kolor" Shimrin I bought is no such thing. It's not 2k, and as such when I put the candy on it simply melted its way back to the raw steel.
So that's a wrap for now. I don't have the energy or the enthusiasm to even touch it.
Picklez:
Gutting!
I can completely understand your 'walking away'. I had the same with a Beetle once. I always only every painted cars with 2K then one day caved in for a friend who really wanted his bug done cellulose (twot was all 'it's proper old skool that way). As I worked in 2k so much I didn't give the old paint two thoughts, to my failing.
Went cellulose high build primer, but through flatting 'broke through' in a few places. When I laid the first coat on the roof pickled like crazy. I was gutted. Left the workshop for a week. In the end I had to bare metal the whole shell :tickedoff:. Taught me a lesson, 2k all day thereafter.
Good luck sorting it out. Keep the faith, after a good break from it that is :daumenhoch:.
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