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Mikku:
Good work! Like the seat too! :daumenhoch:
Midschoolfool:
Thanks dude. Yeah seat is awesome. It's kevlar too. That said it was the most expensive seat I ever bought but S&M tax I suppose :LolLolLolLol:
"You go on back to her and I go back to........."
Black.
Clear tomorrow :)
Midschoolfool:
Cranks just need the over spray wiping off (it's like static, given Acrylic paint is plastic based)
Tack cloth and clear tomorrow. I also tested the decals. My friend does not use gloss laminates because they are quite expensive. He doesn't print bike decals ever, so yeah. Problem is they are a bit matt, so I wanted to test and see how they would take clear. Note the ink when printed ran, hence why I used these. That is not down to the clear as the ink is actually laminated.
Good, so they take clear coat without melting or peeling. Also note I did not rub them down much, hence why the paper bled. I just wanted to see what would happen on the surface of the decals, before putting them on a fully painted frame before clear and potentially wrecking another week of work and having to start again for a third time :LolLolLolLol:
Those will be cleared on. The rest are gloss, so won't be.
Midschoolfool:
That should have been it for the day. I was all done what I am doing. Then I remembered I didn't clean up after the filing session with JB weld yesterday ffs. So I got up in the loft and hoovered up and had a good tidy.
Then I realised that the M8 axle a guy sent me was there, so I sat down to tinker. Grabbed an M8 bolt, fell right in :( oh god what is this thing?
Figured it was M10. Grabbed my M10 tap and very carefully tried to screw it in. It wouldn't go WTF? is this another destroyed axle? Grabbed the 3/8 axle bolts from my female ODY wheels. Went right in. So, this is a 3/8 Axle, possibly Profile.
Then I remembered how my mate (another engineer) told me off the other night for not being able to locate the correct bolts. Gary is 62, so is very familiar with UNC sizing etc. The answer?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131315447230?var=430616244350
60p each. They are 3/8 24 TPI. Sound familiar? it should. Same as a "10mm" wheel axle.
I've ordered ten. I still need the shoulders of course, and my mate is going to repair the other axle, but this one is in great condition and doesn't need repair so all I need him to do is bash out a couple of shoulders and I am ready to go.
60p each FFS. Just goes to show how Profile take the piss with their ?35 bolts that come with two alu shoulders. Probably cost about 2p for them to put together.
Midschoolfool:
Cranks are done.
And I may have done this also.
I really thought it was just a matter of a small bit of sanding on the stays, a clean tack and paint. But no. I had it clean and ready for paint a total of four times. Then I would notice a patch, touch it and I could feel it :( So four times it was back to sanding, cleaning again and etc.
Wet sand tomorrow with 1200. Then it will once again be ready for base coat :LolLolLolLol:
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