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Old 10-13-10, 10:29 PM
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dwnhill
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Painting a bike

I'm considering painting my bike, as I've recently seen pictures of a bad-ass paint scheme that involves 2 colors I want to do with a few differences.

How much work is involved in painting a bike? Is it best to use a spray gun if I can get my hands on one? How hard are they to use and do a good job?

Have I missed any steps below?

Take off everything I don't want painted
Sand bike
Primer bike
Mask off area for different colors
Spray first color
Spray second color
Peel off masking tape
Clear coat
Wet sand
Re-fit everything I took off
Finished?

I haven't 100% decided if I'll be going ahead with it yet, as I have no actual painting experience, but how many hours would I be looking at to prep/paint the bike?

I've attached the photos of the design I want to follow but would be using different colors.
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