mykznme wrote:
sorry for the delayed reply but my mother had my camera on her vacation.
That's okay - *never* mess with a Mom on vacation - I'd rather hop the fence at a zoo and kick a sleeping tiger in the a$$...
i opened a new thread so i wasnt hijacking the other.
the stripe is platikote chameleon (blue-green) and all the other paints are duplicolor.
a few months of wear on the paint just goes to show you how well rattlecan holds up.you can see the two spots where its chipped....
That's *waaay* okay.
Severely impressed I remain.
Most of the people I know that have the Huevos to even *try* a job like that the rattlecan route don't have the touch to pull it off. Huevos and *touch* are generally mutually exclusive items.
Bleeds are an eternal problem with rattlecans - the paint is thinned way too far. You did good.
Though I'm usually not a brand-snob, I like to stick with 3M line masks, and I have a soft drafting eraser I use on paint-line edges.
Chips are why I've developed a nose for the aroma of epoxy clears.
...i had a couple of people ask me why i put the money into a pro paintjob for a 30yr old motorcycle so i guess it isnt too bad.
No it's not - it's a *lot* better than not_that_bad. You've got every reason to be proud of the job and all you put into it.
The biggest thrill we get is asking people not to slobber too much on the results - and it's twice as sweet when they're leaving nose-prints in it and still haven't a clue as to how it's done.
All the thought, all the prep, all the fumes, all the pushing your luck trying to lay it out *just* this side of running into a puddle on the floor...
...is worth it for results like that.
Especially when you luck out and the local gnat decides to cut you some slack and not go for a hike on it 30 seconds after you lay the last shot...
Excellent job, and let no one tell you otherwise...