I've had a featherweight in pieces for close to 2 years. This past December (for my birthday), DH took the paintables to the body shop at the dealership where he works to have it painted and the decals put on. Today, I got her back - sans decals. They said they don't like putting waterslide decals on then clearing over top because the decals can cause the clear to uh... OK, I can't remember exactly what DH said but it sounded like bunk. The end result being that they had to redo everything when it fails. OK, so how are all the places everywhere else doing it?
Back in the day, I painted half a sport bike with a HVLP spray gun and a craptastic air compressor that burped paint in bubbles when it kicked in or out
, so in theory I can do the decals and another few coats of clear but it won't look like the body shop's work - at least not without a lot of sanding to level orange peel! So, do I put the decals on and plead with them to do it anyway or is there an easy way now that it's got base/clear automotive paint on it to protect the decals? The body shop says if I put the decals on while it's still a little wet, they'll "never come off". I don't think it was clear to them that I intend to
use the machine.
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When DH came into the studio with the box, I think I'd given up hope waiting for the wee one. We kept getting told "tomorrow" or "Monday" so many times that I didn't even think the box was my FW. I thought someone sent us something. Her paint color is "Deep Impact Blue" found on some of the newer Ford cars.