Well the Red Wings won, Got out for a ride today and painted my lowers on the bike...its a good day. Hope it turns out nice. Took my time read all your advise (except the guys who say don't paint, powder coat HaHa)
Let me know what you think.

 

gun job or spray bomb?? I decided today that fighting the powder coat setup isn't worth the trouble, so I'm sanding everything I've already done and attempting to fix it with spray bomb.. they look pretty good man.

BM

 

Yeah I just spray bombed em with Rust Oleum Black Enamel. Gonna let it dry for a couple days, do you think I should (A) wet sand it and clear coat it... or option (B) polish wheel, to shine it more and get rid of the spray can feel.

 

Just letting em dry now..........

 

I picked up some metal etching primer and some Krylon Gloss Black and after I shoot 3 coats of primer and 3-4 coats of black, I'll wet sand with 2k grit and then I'll use a wool pad and rubbing compound followed by a foam pad with mirror glaze and then wax.

I'll use a 3m wool pad and foam pad and rubbing compound and a Meguiars mirror glaze #7 and Nxt Gen 2.0 wax

It's a painful process to get a good outcome, but it's worth not dropping the serious cash on new parts

 

So wet sand but no more paint or clear coat. Ill pick up some sand paper tomorrow and try it out.

 

I put 3 coats of rustoleum gloss black on one of the cow bells this afternoon. I'm going to let it hang in the spare bedroom and dry completely and tomorrow afternoon I'll check out the condition. looking at my spray job, it's dam near as smooth as my powder turned out... I'm going to go with a wet sand with 2000 grit. Then i'm going to put my 2" velcro pad on my corded (1500rpm) drill and use 3m rubbing compound on a hard foam (or wool if needed) and then meguairs #7 mirror glaze on soft foam. Last, I'll finish up with swirl X on a microfiber towel or some blue coral scratch stuff my dad gave me, and lastly I'll toss on the NXT gen 2.0 wax. I know that's a TON of work, but I'm looking at the fact that I could've spent $500+ (what i was quoted for all my parts) on a professional powder job... on top of that, I can say... I did it myself... when it's finally all over...

 

oh.. and either use 50/50 rubbing alcohol and water or drop some dawn in the water.. that'll help keep the part smooth and keep the particles flowing away from the fresh surface...

 

Done, I think it looks damn good for the first thing I've painted.

 

don't look too bad. Anything is an improvement over the stock ones!!