Surprise Projekt initiated

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Qdude -- Thanks for sharing your experience, much appreciated.                Bill

Bill     :bow2:

I discovered, while wet sanding, how the paint will look when I get the clear coat sprayed. I am looking forward to finishing. (See what I did there? That was a homonym cum double entendre... :cowpoop:)

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I am now building my second air scrubber. The first one was a cardboard mock-up that worked. I went and got some ply wood, re-designed it and am now taking a break while waiting for the great stuff to expand/dry.

I found an "activated carbon impregnated furnace filter" that claimed to absorb fuel, paint, bleach and exhaust fumes. I built a box around a 15 inch fan that I broke apart and shrouded with cardboard. There is a cheap fiberglass filter medium pre-filter before the fan. Then there is some filter floss before the carbon filter.

I shortened the box to four feet tall so that I may use it as a tall work bench (using a table top 'cap' type insert) when I am not painting. There will be storage space inside it for the paint guns as well. I am considering adding legs so that I may tip it on its side and use it as a painting table (having the inlet then on top instead of on the side near the floor, exhausting laterally instead of upward).

I have "great stuff" and "gorilla glue" all over my hands... I have learned a new tenacity...

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The skin on hy hands actually formed the words "f*ck you" to me today as some of the skin began bleeding. Oh well, nothing a couple extra beers wont sort out.

Everything is color sprayed. I am a little beered up, or at least I hope it was the beer and not the paint fumes bypassing my respirator. I am waiting for the paint to harden. Then I will see if there are any flubs to be sanded flat or re-done. Then it is off to the clear coat. I offered to help a friend moove after work tomorrow or I would do it then. I expect to be finished soon.

The air scrubber works rather well. It was not %100, but the roomies appreciate it just the same.

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No Re-dos needed !!

I will need to wait 'til Saturday night to lightly sand some rough spots.
Sunday after work will be the first batch of clear coat. Monday will be the remainder, if I can wait that long.

Then I will need to determine if any fine sanding will be needed. Perhaps just the tank?

Pics to come...

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Booyah MutherF*ckuhrz I am drunk,... No less than 13 PBR's thank you aaaand you're welcome...

And I have clear coated all of the 14 parts of the bike and am now DONE with the painting.

The air scrubber kept my finicky roommate just this side of mental to the amusement of all others. I would be happy to share all that I learned.

The clear coat brought out the blue and red tint, metal flake and Dark Blue Pearl of the paint and I could not be happier, really. I took the trial by fire road and learned quite a lot, f*cked up as I went. To the point that if given the chance I would change a lot of what I did. Hind sight you fickle b*tch. The results exeeded my expectations, beer goggles notwithstanding (cool roommates gave me rave reviews),...

I bumped into the main fairing with my shoulder three times in the same spot (no I didn't learn, thank you very much) so there are some sweatshirt fibers that will need some attention. I picked up and dropped the gas cap that now needs work. There is also a small run on the side of the tank that may be underneath the foam knee pad that I am not particularly worried about. Hence a passing grade.

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Look how the sun brings out the details.

See if you can pick out the most important tin in the last picture... :drool:

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4 to 6 hours (stated curing time) is too long for me to handle, time for a bicycle ride to work out some of this beer...

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Started the reassembly and discovered that the bracket that holds the main fairing is torqued out of position. I need to either hammer it into shape, or give up and find another.

Dr. Duck lent me a RS mount to compare, but it does not fit. The key ignition gets in the way. It allowed me to align the mount holes for the fairing correctly, but the positioning is a little off. The holes for the side supports and the alignment of the apertures for the engind were both about a half inch forward of where they should be. I am about to go out and start hammering just because.

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I was able to beat the brace into passable shape. I believe that it is "off" just a little bit. I will have to see once I get it together wether I can live with it or not.

The radiator cover got bedliner treated. I was not going to spend the time needed to prep the lattice werll enough to keep it from chipping, exposing the lighter colored primer.