Stripes on tremclad

[machinest]

I am attempting a tremclad paint job on my bike and would like to put some stripes on ,thinking of putting them on (with spray-bomb) after sanding the final coat but before the polishing ,any problems with this idea or should it work? First time doing any sort of serious paint other than filling stone chips.

[briyenkieth]

I'm no painter but in my experience it's easiest to do your lighter color first then mask off your graphic of choice and go.

[rudy]

I painted my mini-chopper with tremclad. Laid down the black base coat and let it set up for a few days. Taped things off real good, shot a coat of white & let dry. Then airbrushed the flames in the white part. Turned out quite well. A few coats of clear and a little sanding and this is how it turned out.

Edit: Just noticed that the camera has done some wonky things with the flame colours. They looked a lot better in reality.







I sold it before I could do the final sand and polish. At that time I thought 2 bikes was 1 too many....... That was back in the days when I was young and stupid. Now I'm contemplating bike #7!!