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@Skant
Paint ended up being a long job with a few failed experiments along the way. I was keen to give the painter a chance to try some things he wanted to do, with the brief "white, black and a bit of colour"
He was keen to try out some UV reactive paints so we ordered some pigments that appear white unless in direct sunlight
The problem was that the paint booth is not in direct sunlight so he couldn't see what he was putting down, nor the concentration needed so many a lunchtime was lost on trial and error, spraying, running outside, swearing, sanding, spraying again etc. Also each layer required a white base coat so by the time there we got to applying the final white coat over the masks and all the layers of colour and base there was so much paint on the bike that the mask edges were super deep and some of the colours were bleeding because of the amount of solvent.
Fine by me but Euan wasn't happy to let it go so we flatted it off to start again. The resulting UV reactive "Rat-Rod" effect was amazing. Again I'm shouting "Graphics, clearcoat, Done!"
From there he started fresh with a white base coat, then the fades
At every step along the way "Graphics, clearcoat, Done!"
However I'm so glad I let him do his thing
