Lets Get This Bugger Painted!

Right then, here we go.
Time to get the tuned Zip painted.
Out to the workshop at 7:30 this morning. Bloody nippy so back inside for a sweatshirt.

Started the day looking like this:

The usual scratches in the usual places, couple of cracks, and a small piece missing out the bottom near the front wheel.

45 minutes later:

Got a spare front mudgaurd so will paint that then put it on after. As anyone knows the screws are normally siezed on these things.



HoHum,
rub rub rub,
sand sand sand,
plastic weld that bit,
bit of filler on there,
sand sand sand,
PRIME


Found the new decals, won't use all of them but hey,


Now waiting for the primer to go off fully, so had some 'lunch', nice sausage butty and posted this.
Bit more later.................

 

2nd and 3rd coats of primer on.

Had a little mishap; the screw fitting on the paint bowl for the spray gun snapped, had to run next door and nick the neighbours

 

First top coat
I'll let these cure for an hour, then put the other bikes away for the night.
Carry on tomorrow.

 

Looking mighty fine ! I am the worlds worst paint jobber..... Will you come and do mine ?

 

Got 2nd and 3rd trop coats on now, laquered.
In between all the painting, nearly finished stripping the landing and stairs for re-decorating and cooked the dinner for the next two days. Nice Brisket joint.

 

Takin' care of business. That's a man's job. That's why we get 'special attention' from the missus. And rightly so. Good on ya !

 

NOT MARRIED. NO KIDS.
Never will be. Do it for my benefit, that and the fact that it looked shite and needed doing.

 

Oops - my bad. Thought you were cooking for several.
But if you're doing all that, and cooking too ) you're still taking care of business. With or without recompense...
By the way - I was married once - and I'm with you - never doing that again !
I shit you not.

 

I've seen both my sisters get married and divorced, both very ugly affairs, my best mate, same, and I'm godfather to both his kids, they've had to sell, or lost to repossession, all their houses and had to either start again or rent instead with no hope or very little hope of ever owning property again, and lose thousands of pounds in the process. My parents argued like hell when i was a kid, although never divorced, and now i have to leave the room if couples start shouting at each other.
There is me and my dog, this is my house, paid for in 10 years instead of 25, I have nothing on finance, and two credit cards with very little outstanding on them.
If I were to "take up" with a woman now, she would have to have no debts, no kids, or at least very grown up and independant ones who lived elsewhere, and would agree to a pre-nup where she gets nothing but what she came with if we divorce.
I've been single so long now I doubt if i could stand having someone else here on a permanent basis, and it certainly pisses the dog off with someone taking up his side of the bed.
I have a female friend, we're fairly close, can talk to each other about practically anything, known each other for 30 years now, and for the last 10 years we've been living the "Friends with Benefits" life. Pissed ourselves laughing when we saw the film, because it was us down to a tee. It suits us both down to the ground, and to be honest, I'd recommend it to anyone.

 

ive had a few wives...none mine ..

 

Just put the decals on the seat panels and belly pan and laquered over them, looking nice.
No pics though!

I'll keep you all in suspenders now until the body is back on the bike

 

You?........sleep?.........of a night time? HAHAHA ROFLMAO

 

Front mudguards on, replaced the three retaining bolts with hex headed ones and nyloc nuts, so much easier to get off in the future, stripped the forks out, cleaned them off on the wire wheel and now hanging in the garage after being sprayed, also sprayed the inner plastics, footboard, knee board, rear mudgaurd etc, seat panels are in position, made be go hmmmmmm.............maybe the decals are a little too big..............photos later.............maybe...........