shirochanwrx wrote:Looking good. Couple of questions:
What kind of paint are you using? Krylon? Something else? Did you prime the graphite first?
Are you going to sand the edges of your chassis to make it look like carbon again?
Did you use a Dremel to polish that aluminum or something else? What are "never dull hands"?
What kind of durability are you looking for out of your final product? Is this going to be a runner or shelved?
On the chassis I machined sanded the PC-7 after it was all dried and then use some gray primer on it. I had to re do some PC-7 and re-sand it again because it was not "perfect". After the 2nd PC-7 is completely dried I machined sanded it again and then used some wet fine sandpaper to get it all even a smooth.
Then,
- Primer and fine sanding
- black krylon and then wet sanding
- 2 hands of mat black car paint and then some more wet sanding.
- One more hand of mat black and then a mat clear to finish it out.
(I probable did more sanding than what I mentioned above)
I don't think you need to use any expensive paint on it, if you take your time and prime it and wet sand it several times it grabs the finish very well. I am leaving the edges like they are. you can still see some of the layer.
This chassis can take what ever the original new chassis can take it will scratch the same way but I am sure the paint won't fall of. I am not planning on running it now but I will eventually take it to the track.
I use NEVR-DULL on the arms hand worked the heck out of them all over several times and then use a Dremel polishing pad to finish them out.
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