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Did I mention I don’t like paint...? The metallic Rustoleum I sprayed on there was the right color, but the metallic nature of the paint made it come out very blotchy. Sanded that down and decided to do another roll on coat of filler primer, but that reacted badly with the existing paint peeling it up which basically ruined the finish where I had tried that. Sanded that area back down to bondo.
Did another coat of spray on primer and silver non-metallic paint, which turned out fair, but is much darker than the cap on the can lead me to believe. Plus the wind was blowing in my paint booth (driveway) and I think it got a few small pieces of dust/debris in the wet paint before I carried it back into my paint drying booth (garage). I am going to gently wet sand this coat and try to find some other non-metallic paint that is a lighter silver color, and hopefully call that good enough for now.
I also cut out my lexan side windows, straight edge and utility knife works pretty good for that. I started putting the 3M VHB double sided black tape on the surface of the lexan. This makes the window look blacked out on the edges from the outside, and should have plenty of grip to hold the lexan in place. My only concern is the side windows wanting to peel away where the cap gently curves, but I will have to just wait and see.
Anyway a few pictures of the painted shell.
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