Brompton project

[Milkfloat]

I have no real imagination so I totally hate the colour right now. It might turn out to be wonderful though.

 

[tom73]

Well that should bring you back to earth

 

[JhnBssll]

Back to reality

 

[Gunk]

I haven’t got your patience, I would have peeled one off

 

[JhnBssll]

I sprayed the rear triangle and forks this afternoon so everything is yellow now that needed to be yellow I've started masking up the main frame again for the final colour, Oyster White, and once again have run out of blobs So I'm now tracing a fifth A4 sheet of blobs, and will shortly be cutting around them with a craft knife I should get the paint on later today

Until then, here's a sneak peek at the final layer of masking going on...

 

[tom73]

 

[ColinJ]

Well, it's certainly...






... er, distinctive!

 

[JhnBssll]

Minor calamity

The solvent I was using to degrease before paint suddenly started melting the vinyl No idea why now, as I've used it on every coat, and only in a small area by the bottom bracket. I got the paint on quickly and then waited a short time before removing the now blistering blobs

Theres a bit of damage but nothing I cant touch up before laquer - otherwise I'm pretty pleased with how it looks

I'll leave it to harden a bit more before I try and peel.any more off to minimise the damage

 

[JhnBssll]

Just realised this was the area I'd used a different sheet of vinyl, although from the same pack... I wonder if it's slightly thinner or something so more sensitive to the solvent. Who knows

 

[rogerzilla]

Is this Desert Storm camouflage, ready for the forthcoming Iranian conflict? Packs nicely into the back of a white Mercedes W115 when you need to get around a ruined city faster.

 

[JhnBssll]

Words can't describe how satisfying the peeling process is

I was pleased to find the Brompton logo vinyl came away easily too, although it has left a residue behind. No matter as I'll be lightly wet sanding it and cleaning it up before I laquer it up

It's now in the house warming up to try and harden the paint up Hopefully I'll get the forks and swingarm to the same state tomorrow

This project is great fun

 

[ColinJ]

It is growing on me... I was thinking that there were going to be green blobs everywhere!

 

[EltonFrog]

That is completely Radio Rental.

 

[Gunk]

That looks brilliant

 

[Randomnerd]

Excellent