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@Brommers
I've started spraying the frame and forks now. The first thing to do was to tape the forks so that only the top 6 inches or so of the fork blades would be sprayed, and then I stuffed folded newspaper down the headtube, seattube and in the bottom bracket. I've used a isocyanate-free 2-pack etch primer which I've used many times in the past. It's supposed to be a high build primer, although I've never found it goes on that thickly, but in order to ensure that the lugwork wasn't lost underneath a deep coat of primer I added more thinner than I normally do. I think I maybe went a bit overboard with the thinner, as the primer was much harder to spray than previously, with a distinct tendency to run and sag. Of course, it could simply be that I'm out of practice as it's a while since I've done any spraying. But apart from a few sags and runs it went reasonably well, apart from the moment when I got the airline to my respirator wrapped round the industrial vacuum cleaner I hadn't bothered to move...
Here's what it looks like now:
I'm hoping to put the basecoat on this evening some time.