Blue SL 350

Link to the engine rebuild thread on Hondatwins.net: http://www.hondatwins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=18706

$Pats takes some time to finish the Honda insurance job in the spray booth. It\'s amazing how the color matching is much more of an art than science - even with their computer. Kat looks at it and modified the formula until the gold color is a perfect match - then she sprays it on.$

The fun part begins!

After priming, the base silver is sprayed on

The silver will form the base for the candy color

Parts looking good in silver

Kat starts with Cany Apple Red

It takes a few coats to get the correct candy red color

The tank is loooking great!

After three coats, Kat declares the final level of candy color is applied

I bought a kit of Topaz Orange, but after spraying the candy red, it was very apparent that my pint kit of orange would not be nearly enough to do a complete set of parts. So we made an on-the-fly decision to paint the other bike Cany Apple Sapphire blue - a 71 SL 350 color.

Kat went into the paint room and concocted the candy blue from her cauldron and sprayed on three coats

Looks really, really nice - I like it better than the Topaz Orange!

Next two coats of clear

The candy red is amazing!

The side covers look great

The blue looks beatiful!

Headlight bucket in blue

Parts baking under the UV lamp - early morning sun relfecting on the tank

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Using some soapy water and emery cloth, I cut the aluminum cover down smooth to clean up the very rough surface

I move on to 400 grit wet sandpaper

The I use 800 to get it smooth

1200 grit and some aluminum polish applied with a scotch-brite pad gets it very smooth and almost polished

Final polish with a rag and aluminum polish gives it a nice shine, followed by carnauba wax

Looks better than it did!

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