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Getting to the final throes of frame painting, and encountering some issues. Principally my own over-enthusiasm, but I am at least learning through my mistakes. Flatting back the lacquer that I foolishly sprayed on - albeit a light misting coat - is the next stage so that the Montana Gold gold chrome I'm planning will actually adhere to the frame and not just slide off, like so .
Vinyl is incoming, so I did some practice on an old frame and it doesn't look half bad. It's a lot less forgiving than the spray.bike stuff; a bummer they don't do metallics yet. I wonder if I might be worth sticking a coat of primer on then spraying the gold over..
Trick is to go verrrry easy with the coats; first one should be no more than a wee tickle of paint over the top, let dry for 5 mins or so. I have a feeling my environment was maybe a bit too warm, circa 21deg.
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