Another Suzuki paint job post, in case you want to skip it...
Last night, I put on the One Shot paint pinstripes. I cheated though, I didn't really stripe it freehand like a real striper though, I taped everything off and painted inside the lines.
And tonight, I intended to put clearcoat over everything. But before I did that, I decided that I should check to make certain the clearcoat wouldn't soften the 24 hour old pinstripe paint.
Which it of course, does. The clearcoat wrinkles the One Shot pinstripe paint in a second. Luckily for me, I discovered this on some of the leftover masking tape from last night...
So, I didn't put clearcoat on tonight. I'm going to see if tomorrow night I get the same bad reaction. If I do, I suspect I will have to remove the red stripes with thinner, clearcoat everything and then re-pinstripe everything after the clearcoat sits 2 days and I decide if it needs buffed out.
I really wasn't trying to get all fancy with this, I just wanted an attractive paint job. But I also can't bring myself to do a 2nd rate job on something that will make the bike look decent and presentable.
What a bundle of work! I also bought the license plates today and found out there is a safety inspection required and I have a 14 day temp tag to use to get the job done. So I guess I better get busy! Or busier...
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