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@dooks
i'm kind of wishing i'd just got mine done by armourtex now.
i'm currently into week three of the paint-it-yourself process (with a couple of weeks of riding it stripped back to the primer). did three coats of white plasticote last night and sanded them back this morning. if the weather's good tomorrow morning i'll do another two or three then sand and clear coat it. it's been impossible to get two clear dry days in a weekend for AGES. i'm at the stage now where i've committed and am bikeless until it's finished. fucking annoying. every day i have to get the fucking tube and watch as yet more rain ruins another potential evening's spraying.
on the plus side it's quite a satisfying job (when you're able to actually work on it) and looks great already.
top tip: do not sand a bike back to the white basecoat and THEN dismantle it and take off the very dirty chain. it took me the best part of a day to get the oil stains off it after that.