Current Projects chat and miscellany

Fuck. I just picked up an old steel frame of mine from the local sandblaster. Some slight rustpitting, but nothing serious. Take it home, do some minor filling with chemical metal, sand, dust it off, wipe it with acetone. Thought I'd just start out by spraying the fork using some Hammerite Direct-to-metal primer-paint-and-topcoat-thing. Weather's nice and warm. Humidity is fine. Shake the can like a maniac and start spraying. Paint runs everywhere. It's milk-like and runny as fuck. And a single can costs £15! Was so looking forward to putting it all together tonight...

Thin layers is the key. When i sprayed mine, i did ~15 layers, each one, pretty much the minimum you can spray. Also, you want to make sure the surface isn't completely smooth, else paint is never going to stick... and wire wool every few layers.