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Old 07-07-15 | 07:31 PM
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Bikes: Centurion Ironman - Cannondale Six13 - Cannondale CAAD4

Originally Posted by mudvaynedude122
That looks like excellent work Ayers. What method did you use for the license plates?
I shot them in white and did a full cure, then coated with black and exposed the white areas with a pencil eraser before curing the black. The trick to the pencil eraser is to use a heat gun to freeze the powder once you've got it wiped perfectly. Just enough heat to freeze the powder from smudging but no where near curing. The cure comes when you're finished.

Originally Posted by Lascauxcaveman
@Ayers. Do you restore a lot of CT-70s, or are you just doing the same one over and over again?
For a while I was doing one a week or so. I had the powder manufacturer make the powder to match factory Honda candy paint. It wasn't cheap to have the powder formulated but it paid off in the long haul. A lot of guys wanted correct restoration with the durability of powdercoat instead of paint. I finally quit doing them due to shipping hassles. It's nerve wracking to package and ship them cross country back to the customer. Plus long distance business over emails and text messages is not my thing. Now I focus on motorcycle restorations in my shop and I hope to not coat any more Trail 70s as long as I live.
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