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Offline PitterB4

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I may buy a squid bike....
« Reply #45 on: September 13, 2007, 03:02:51 PM »
Nicely done, boss!

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I may buy a squid bike....
« Reply #46 on: September 13, 2007, 03:57:36 PM »
Thank Ya!  We were pretty happy about it.  It sold within a week of us posting it, and the only hassle has been that we're storing it til he comes up with the money.  

All in all, we managed to make about $1300- $1400 on it, I haven't tallied the receipts.  

More importantly, I learned a lot!

I learned that it's not necessarily the bike for me, if it's the only bike in the stable, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun.   And I learned that while I may spray base again, never again with the clear.  OMG that was painful!   I also learned that no matter how well you mask everything off, and use a "HVLP" (high volume low pressure) spray gun,... you -will- get overspray on everything.  The inside of my shed is pink.

I also learned a lot about removing orange peel and otherwise cleaning up and making paint look better.  I will post a tutorial on that as soon as I get the pics off the camera, and have time to do the write up.   I used Dita for that one.
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