Shade tree body shop

[alke46]

I'm sure you all have heard of the shade tree mechanic, but has anyone heard of the shade tree body shop employee? Had to do some sanding today and reapply more filler so I figured this would be the coolest place to do it.

Warmish temperatures with high humidity so this was the best I could come up with. Just not quite enough air movement though.


[url=https://flic.kr/p/2gVRHX8]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2gVRJN1]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2gVSzJy]

[1978GS750E]

Larry,

You could hang a window fan from a tree branch! LOL (I say this because I do most of my bodywork under my back porch that has a ceiling fan!)

Ron

[BigD_83]

That looks idyllic...last week I'd break into a sweat just looking at my garage

[alke46]

Yep, the very reason I have it outside. Plus the fact that the dust doesn't cover the other bikes in the garage when sanding outdoors.

[alke46]

Here is the finished tank.

https://flic.kr/p/2hfTzUZ

https://flic.kr/p/2hfVgy4

[nvr2old]

That's a really nice shade of blue. I like it.

[BigD_83]

That's a great transformation. Love it! Nicely done.

[storm 64]

Looks great Larry!!!👍 I love the color! 🌞

[salty_monk]

Very nice... what paint did you use? PPG from a gun or rattle with a Y2K over it? I have some I need to get to task with soon...

[Nessism]

IMG_20190914_135520710_HDR by Larry Alkire, on Flickr

[alke46]

That's a really nice shade of blue. I like it.

Thanks Larry. Did you get the PM I sent you? I have more work to do on it but I was pretty stoked with the result so far. The end result should be even nicer, hopefully.

That's a great transformation. Love it! Nicely done.

Thanks BigD. It has been and still is a work in progress.

Looks great Larry!!! I love the color! 

Thanks Norm. Yeah, I love the color also.

Very nice... what paint did you use? PPG from a gun or rattle with a Y2K over it? I have some I need to get to task with soon...

Thanks Dan. I used paint from an automotive paint supplier here in Omaha called RedShaw Paint Supply. It is SEM Factory Pack Automotive Basecoat. Comes in a rattle can at the cost of $27 per can including tax. Yes, Y2K Spraymax over it. Lesson learned, the job would have been faster and better if I would have used a spray gun. My 1st can looked like crap after it dried. The 2nd can helped a lot but not good enough. The 3rd can finally gave me the result I wanted. The 4th can will be used to do the tailpiece of the bike since it has some scratches.

IMG_20190914_135520710_HDR by Larry Alkire, on Flickr

Thanks for fixing the link for me Ed. I don't know why my post of the pic only showed up as a link. That happened twice now. Earlier posting of pics worked the right way but this one did not.

[salty_monk]

I've had luck with rattle can with Y2k before on the skunk, always used Duplicolor underneath as a base. The best paint job I did was with Ed's spray gear on my 750...

[alke46]

Yeah,. I will be using the spray gun when I repaint my Honda Tupperware. Too much to cover by can.