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Right or Wrong - I am painting my sled! (FINISHED)

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scooter1

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Posting some pictures to show the start of the project. I now have a total of 31 hours in wet sanding, arms are shot. This is an 06 Apex RTX, which was black with candy apple red. I will be painting nose cone and lower plastic bottoms white and the rest of the sled will be yami blue. I am going to leave the tunnel black at this time. I will have to see how it looks when everything else is done. Photos show what I am painting white and the unpainted items will be blue.

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Lots of members painting their sleds, here is mine.
 

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Very nice. One thing tho, if you are painting them exhaust tips white, they'll show the exhaust and may not look well at all stained black from the exhaust? Maybe add some turn downs to them?

Looks awesome tho. Nice job.

-Vince
 
oops! forgot to take pictures of the a arms. after about 4 hours of sanding on them i took them to a buddy and had them bead blasted. hey nos that blue sure does look nice. just couldn't look at the shitty color of the rtx anymore. gotta get back to blue. winters not to far off. everything is getting painted 17 of sept.
 
painting sled?

Here's some pics of my '06. Sounds like you are going about it the right way. I took a long time sanding my sled as well, but I left some of the rough sand scratches in the plastic when I started priming to give more to "bite" to. I used House of Kolor products, along with their epoxy primer, which has excelent build to fill any remaining sand scratches.
Pm me if you need any help!
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ahh, the good old days, figuring out how to get all those parts in the paint room hooked to something. sometimes it takes longer than painting them.
 
Yeah, that part sucked. I did it it January, just before a huge snow. I did it in my garage at home because it's easier to heat than my shop. The late nights working on it was nice to be close to a place to crash when I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore. I just got the last few pieces put back together when the guys showed up for the first ride of the year! I didn't even have 2 hours to spare...
So if taking a fresh paint job out into the cold is any test, it passed just fine.
 
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Yeah, that part sucked. I did it it January, just before a huge snow. I did it in my garage at home because it's easier to heat than my shop. The late nights working on it was nice to be close to a place to crash when I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore. I just got the last few pieces put back together when the guys showed up for the first ride of the year! I didn't even have 2 hours to spare...
So if taking a fresh paint job out into the cold is any test, it passed just fine.
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looks great ya did a fantastic job :Rockon:
 
Should look awsome..



We didnt do the side and lower panels of my sled..

but i think the finished product speaks for itself..
 

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thats a cool color, i really like it. hey nate! that was one of my biggest worries scratches showing on them soft plastic sides. well it's time to load the pieces and head to the paint shop. gonna see how it turns out in about 3 hours.
 
I just left the paint shop, where Scott had his pieces painted. They look great!! I can hardly wait to see it all together.. How long did everyone let their pieces cure before puting the sled back together? His were baked at 150 F for 30 minutes.

Looking forward to seeing this thing put back together.
 
I just let my pieces set at room temp for about a day before I put too much of it together.
Let us see how they came out!
Did you wind up taking any of the texture off?
 
OK the painting is done. turned out great. not going to post any pictures until sled is completely done. that way i can give u the before and after. i used the paint mix of 1995 corvette. just a little darker blue than yami. but its got a ton of pearl in it. gonna be about 2 weeks before its done. its gotta be done in 2 weeks, bow season opens oct. 1st here and nothing will get done after that.
 
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