First attempt at a spray-paint job

[koleah]

Mask everything off


Set it up on a stand


First coat of primer


A coat of the multi-textured paint


Touching up the spots on the major parts


Forgot that I should probably do the barrel too, mask that off


Shot of primer for the barrel end






Let everything dry overnight.

Come back the next morning and realize that i probably should have sanded everything first because after all that, the paint still scrapes right off with my fingernail.

[WickedKlown2]

You might also want to mask off the top of the rail where it meets the body and also mask off the bottom of the body where it meets the rail so you won't mess with the tolerances between the two (esp. since you are using primer and thick multi-textured paint) ...

Other than that cant wait to see it fully assembled

WK2

[Newt]

You may also find that paint doesn't stick well to anodized surfaces.

[luke]

Come back the next morning and realize that i probably should have sanded everything first because after all that, the paint still scrapes right off with my fingernail

I didn't see this before. It may help some, but like I said it wont last.

Why not just have it podwercoated?

[koleah]

Eh, I gave up. I scraped all the paint and primer off and sanded the whole thing. Its now somewhat assembled and hanging outside with the first new coat of primer on it.

Why not just have it podwercoated?

Cuz I had this stuff sitting around forever and finally have time to do it. Plus I'm afraid of the cost of powdercoating, although I have no idea what it actually would be.

[theGOLDENchild]

Perhaps Duplicolor engine paint would hold up ok? I had to remove some before and it held up surprisingly well to a wire wheel. Thought I'd throw out another suggestion.

[Ando]

That DW carbon fiber grip comes apart.

Just saying.

[Spider-TW]

If you paint a camo pattern, scratch patches in the paint don't make much difference. On a pretty paint job, they look a lot worse. They used to recommend zinc chromate primer for aluminum, they must have something better now.

[OPBN]

I just removed what I assume was appliance paint from an SS body that I just bought. Took almost 12 hours of it sitting in paint stripper to come off. Tough stuff, but you are pretty limited in the colors available.

[Newt]

Aircraft stripper will remove any paint I've seen. I've killed Duracoat in seconds with it. Takes a few minutes if the Duracoat has had a year or three to cure though.

[Hobbez]

Self-etching automtive primer will adhere to an annodized or a chromed surface. Follow that up with dozen or more super thin coats of you color, then a good clear top-coat. If you know anyone who paints cars, especially someone who does rims, use what they use.