I masked the panels, painted the orange, then masked the orange and painted the blue. I did a little sanding where the orange meets the blue, and elsewhere to tidy up. I then mounted the decals and cleared the whole frame sans openings. There are little world champion stripe decals supplied by JR Restore where the orange meets the blue. Like on the bike originally, the decals are raised a bit but I didn't want to put the requisite coats of clear on to "bury" them. I've had the bike since new (1973) and have repainted it 4x. I used 2 layers of clear contact paper, which has a slightly matte finish, to protect the right chain stay.