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@5115_Pete
Just wanted to add a comment about my experience as a whole.
Some of y'all will say "way to ruin a factory paintjob" and you ain't wrong there. If you look at my Volume, you could tell I don't care about my bike looking charming.
Although I've been building bikes and projects for a while, never painted them. This was more like filling up my time during furlough, trying out something new, and see what could come up with. And it definitely lived up to my expectations!
Sanding was very time consuming, but I went through all CCR albums in the time and spent a nice time outside. The first scratches were not easy, tearing into a fresh factory paint, but overall was a cool daytime activity. I definitely recommend investing time to get a proper smooth finish. Maybe I didn't even need to sand with a grade 60 paper, I reckon it would've been enough to just go 240-400-800 and a bit of 1200.
Thinking about the design is a bit overwhelming as so many cool things you could do. I wish I considered the masking difficulty a bit more at the beginning though. Like simple transitions, or proper stickers as masking. Next time!
Spray.bike is ridiculously easy to use and I'm very happy with the finish so far. Feels vivid, smooth and durable. Sprayed in a relatively protected corner next to a shed, and I didn't make any mess at all, plus the wind wasn't disturbing either. Even for £20 you can get pretty dope finish with spray.bike, plus like £5 in sanding paper/protection/cleaning stuff.
Definitely worth the time and money put in, at least for the fun factor. Can recommend!