Most of the panels didn't need much work, just a light sand to get rid of any rough over spray. The side covers and rear fairing however did need a lot of work to get them nice and smooth. Using 800 and 600 grit sand paper I basically just concentrated on the areas that needed smoothing over until I could run my finger over and not feel the scratch. This took about 2 hours to get all the panels done, but it was well worth it.
After the panels were sanded they were hit with another coat of primer and then lightly sanded again. This was done to try and get as good a finish as possible.
Once the panels where wiped clean the painting begun. Since I did all the prep work it was Dad who ended up spraying the panels (which is fine by me since he as a lot of experience doing this). Two coats of black where applied and then two coats of clear on top of that. The clear coat was a bit strange in that we didn't thin it out as well as we should have first pass and ended up getting a spiderweb effect. But thinning it out further eliminated this.... to be honest it was kinda cool.
But anyway thats all their is to it, the panels are now painted. All thats left is to strip the tank and then prep and paint it... oh yeah and the mudguard, also need to paint the mudguard.
Until next time.
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