Alright, we've got some catchin up to do....

Howd'y folks! I've let myself get behind on the blog stuff... so were gonna play a little catch up here. From where i left off... I was working on a set of motorcycle parts that were painted black with red inserts by a guy named Phil. The request was something new for me... but I love a new challenge. The stripe was to go around the outside of the red insert leaving a gap in between it and the gold stripe as wide as the stripe itself. Essentially, what is called a floating stripe. It doesn't actually 'contact' or outline the 2 colors. Gold is high contrast to black... and the lines had to be as right on as possible. Each piece got easier and faster. It was a lot of fun and it came out really well for having been pulled free hand with a paint brush. Next up was what is being referred to as 'the golf cart incindent'. The cart was to be painted to match the Ferrari F430 Challenge that i repainted at the end of last year. The cart was pretty well... used, shall we say. I took it petty far apart... fixed lots and lots of golf course damage... primed, preped, painted, wet sanded and buffed (yes the golf cart), and reassembled it. Probably could have been done a bit faster if not for the numerous other things going on here... but still, it turned out flippin awesome. It was an expensive paint job too. Next up was the red Cafe tail I started on a while ago. This guy was super patient, which was awesome. The weather's starting to break here so it needed to be finished so he could get back on his moto and go. I finished up the tail, repainted it red, and wet sanded and buffed it. Then i mounted the upholstery (that i made/stitched) carefully to the newly painted piece. And wa-la. Done. The guy super happy and now he can ride even more stylishly then he did before. Next up is the Cadillac... but that's for the next post...

Mattholumeuwe's Latest Cafe Racer part 2

Yesterday I got Matt's parts blocked and ready for paint. The first stage of color in the paint scheme is a extra sparkly charcoal I made using Black and and Alsa Corp Nevada Silver. After the color was dry enough, I ran a scotch brite thru the parts in 1 direction just before clearing them. The subtle streaking will serve as part of the weave look on that layer of carbon fiber. Hopefully. After the parts dry a couple days I'll re-prep them and begin the next layer of the pattern. Hopefully the next post on these parts will include a step-by-step of the technique I'll be using since I won't be doing it the 'traditional' way.

Mattholumeuwe's Latest Cafe Racer

Yesterday I picked up the parts to the cafe Matt's building. The tank and tail are both made of fiberglass and are in pretty decent shape... just a good going over with a sander and then blocked to see where were at. At this point the pieces are starting to look mighty colorful as we see all the pretty colors they used to be. Then I get to stare at it to look for and take care of as many imperfections as I can before primer. About a million tiny things were addressed... nothing major, just wanted to make it as nice as possible at this stage. Both the tail and the tank were primed and are ready to be blocked/prepped for the initial color. The paint scheme on these parts is still being decided on. I know for sure that I want to incorporate carbon fiber as the dominant paint feature. That being said, the first color will be a charcoaly silver (something tinted to match the lighter weave in carbon fiber) and it will be applied entirely to both pieces then cleared as to lock down the original color from the additional layers it will receive. More on my particular method for doing carbon fiber to come!

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