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That was fucking nuts.. Such control.

Just got this lot for £32 posted from Vulpine, ordered Thu, arrived this morning. Properly sized too; caps all M, most of my Rapha L ones are for peanut heads.

Someone with paint and a grudge against Limoges just there. French chopper pilot not a fan either..

No worries; I'm glad folk are getting some useful info. We can compare notes when you start your totally successful lacquer plan..

From my dabblings with the fluoro it does seem thicker than the regular stuff; might just be an optical illusion or a result of my first spraying attempts. Ditto for the Whitechapel (plain white).

Ha! I did lacquer, yes, with varying degrees of success. The bars, seat clamp and stem I tested on worked after a bit of tweaking, but mainly swearing. The spray.bike lacquer is a totally different beast from the powdercoat as you'd expect. You need to go very easy as my first attempt resulted in a lot of dripping (fnarr) and some colour run from the paint itself; this was probably because I didn't allow enough time between powdercoating for it to properly dry - 90 mins nowhere near enough. This was on the stem which had a lot of nooks and crannies obvs, but the frame itself went pretty well. A gentle misting initially - use a lot less than you think you'll need - then give it an hour or so to dry, then another v. gentle coat. If you fuck up - which you most likely will - you can sand it back but beware of removing some of your powdercoat. This did happen; I just gave the affected spots another wee blast of powdercoat.

I think once the decals are sprayed I think I'm gonna clear coat it with this:

http://www.specialistpaints.com/products/2k-clear-coat-canz

I'd advise donning a full respirator and not doing it in your kitchen..

Yup, good practice. I actually switched the nozzles from the Battersea (petrol blue) to the Gray's Inn as the latter was my base colour and was more used. A thorough agitation before spraying (at least 3 continuous minutes) is needed, as well as after 20 or so squirts.

Like @bikes_knob said, I didn't use a primer; just sanded down the layer of factory clear coat with 240 grit sandpaper, then used a finer grade - 400 I think - to do decals. Then I just sprayed over with spray.bike. I certainly noticed a difference when atmospheric conditions were taken into account; in my warm kitchen the paint went on a little drier than in an infinitely more ventilated and cooler garage. Check also you're not doing one or more of these things:

1. Spraying at a distance. I was typically spraying between 6 and 12 cm which was enough to coat the frame but not too far away that the paint was drying in the air before hitting the surface.
   
2. Spraying too heavily. My first coat was a very gentle misting that merely covered the existing flatted factory paint. Left that to dry and added another judicious coat. I still had 1/3 of the can left after doing F&F.
   
3. Not moving the can during spraying. You should be aiming to move your arm in a gentle sweeping motion, using short sprays in one direction as you go.
   
4. Sanding too vigorously. In error, I put a layer of lacquer on to transport the frame and when it came to flatting I took that off as well as some of the original paint. Once you're at the clear coating stage you won't need to sand back the frame unless you've really laid the paint on thick; welds, any horizontal surfaces where gravity has taken its course and paint will naturally land on this first.
   

Sorry, nothing much to report, two holidays in a month + new job + TdF means progress has stalled somewhat. On a parts-gathering mission now.

Fortuitously, I have a large in the Lion of Flanders one, few seasons old but in v. Good nick, looking to swap for a medium. Am in Edinburgh, so would have to be posted if that suits you?

Nice one @CogSucker No shortage of photographers on here when it comes to shooting the nuptials..

Yup, might be a goer. Made a bit of a fuck-up with the DT spraying, tape wasn't perfect around the bosses so some over-sprayed where I didn't want it to. Flatting that layer back now and respraying DT.

For those of you thinking of painting with Montana Gold, here's some forks and other bits sprayed with gold chrome. Important to flat any paint you have underneath and go easy with first coat, but works a treat. Full project here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/287444/

Some front end action, flatted before spraying but a tricky old taping job around the bosses. Planning on masking HT then will paint spray.bike Whitechapel with the logo.

It begins again.. Been away on holidays and not got vinyl done yet but pressing ahead with the Montana Gold gold chrome. Here are the forks; gonna paint HT and some of TT/DT so the front end will look golden. Masked with [green] Gorilla Tape then given two coats.

Derelict Rothesay Academy, Isle of Bute.

Rothesay, Isle of Bute.

My in-laws live in the next town along. Always makes me chuckle; it's been the "anal Capital of Scotland" for 5 years or so..

Poundland 1 - Iceland 2.

Hope I sneak under the deadline here with my take on "Wish You Were Here." Just spent a week on the Isle of Bute which used to be a popular away-day destination for ordinary Glasgow folk, not to mention an island awash with tobacco/sugar/slave-trade grand mansions. You can still scribble "WYWH" on the reverse of a saucy postcard, and drink in one of the many hostelries, but it's lost some of its Victorian-era sheen and has suffered due to its proximity to the mainland. Here's a dropped '99 in the shallows of Ettrick Bay.

#Pink_Floyd

Something troubling just crossed my mind; I didn't even want a referendum on EU membership. I love voting; a shaky "X" in an inkjet-printed box is one of the rare times when you feel innately connected to effecting change through democracy, or that satisfies a pure, human desire to be small yet mighty. Whilst acknowledging an In-Out vote was part of Tory Dave's platform for being re-elected as PM, I do fear that it has seen an ugly, mistruth-ridden campaign reveal something even more insidious and rotten about how we view "the other" in our sceptered isle. We're no longer able to command an empire based on exploiting largely brown people; the village green where once echoed the thwack of leather on willow is history - it's some German discount supermarket. Ergo, a leave vote cast as an "anti-establishment" statement or a desire for getting "our" country back depresses me not just for its short-sightedness but more for what it says about us - and it IS us - that some of us do not seem to care about "the other." Realistically, the Gove-Johnson-Farage "anti-establishment" triumvirate represents a Marxist freedom fightin' troop about as accurately as a child's drawing of a potato is likely to resemble a Dali meisterwerk. I hope to wake up tomorrow being completely wrong on all the above points and able to enjoy another smashing day on the frankly tremendous Isle of Bute. Night night.

Getting quite nervous watching the results dribble in. Who the fuck would vote "leave" as an anti-establishment statement? Gove-Boris-Farage is hardly a cadre of Marxist freedom fighters you dicks.

Nice work chief. #4 does it for me.

From a special needs disco I shot on Thursday night. Flashed, 1/2 second exposure, camera jiggled about to get light streams.

Think I'm gonna skip the glitter; planning on a coat of primer plus two coats of Montana Gold so glitter might be overkill. Any pics of your glitter calamity?