The Chopper Compendium

After 14 hrs sanding I got it ready to take a tack cloth to it and put in the final coat of primer. I am very happy with the results so far! If I can get in full coverage of primer not have to spot shoot or sand any big runs out! I can be putting color on after sanding with 400 grit tomorrow!

Last coat of primer for the frame and forks went well. If I get 3 hrs sleep get up do it again i might be able to sand 400 grit and get color on her tomorrow?

Got the frame and forks sanded with 400 grit just to make scratchs for the base to stick. Hit with tack cloth and it is about to get real here with color!

She is black! Next step no turning back!?

It has a color?

THAT is really gonna POP in the sunlight.

you're doing a great job, loving it!

Thanks!

Figured out how to take pictures to show the Flake?

That is one outstanding piece of work. The basic frame sculpting really starts to show now that you've got color on it. I hate to think of how many hours you've got into this project but like most of us know it's all a labor of love for the craft and you're certainly a craftsman.

gww25 wrote:That is one outstanding piece of work. The basic frame sculpting really starts to show now that you've got color on it. I hate to think of how many hours you've got into this project but like most of us know it's all a labor of love for the craft and you're certainly a craftsman.

+10

Huge thumbs up man.

Thanks Friends!

Only because of having friends like you guys!

I am pretty damn happy to say the least! Especially never shooting base clear or flake? And to do it on tubes not a flat surface?

Some fork pictures out in the sun? Well a overcast rainy day here? Can not take the frame down by my self will have to find some help for that.

I knew you wouldn't have a problem with the flake . looks nice

real nice color...bet youre jonesin to start putting it back together.

YA! will be so happy to ride her and not worry about rusting away!

Still 2 weeks out at least to do the other 2 shoots?

and Thanks!

Customize IT wrote:
Still 2 weeks out at least to do the other 2 shoots?

You mean more coats of clear??

You have seriously raised the bar here. Looks sooo good.

No going to quit these parts could keep clear coating but they do not need it.

Shoot 1 is the tins:

Tank, battery box, head light, tail light, fender
These parts will get the flake treatment and also a silver lace with white for the name on the tank and some sort of striping.
The prep for this shoot will be just as labor intensive if not more because the tins make the bike. These got to be glass with many many many coats of clear and taping.

Shoot 2 is all the small parts like mounts spacers handlebars shifter handle brake rods linkage stuff like that all blue flake but so small and so many angles need room to get around them.
This shoot will be just make the parts in color.

There is not enough room in there to do it all at once so everything needed seperated in how and what level it needed done.

The paint guy here in Dayton who sells to all the big paint guys in town said he had never seen a frame or tubes flaked only tins. Warned me then said is was cool when I would not waver. You know I went in they kind of overlooked me and was apprehisive at first until I showed him pictures of my builds and bikes and I said I liked doing the things not many will not do. It will be what it is whatever it ends up being.

After the pictures they were throwing free supplies in cups, sticks, that kind of stuff going out their way hooking me up!