03/20/2026
Once I had the fabrication and bodywork finished on the “Blower Bike” or “Gold Bike” I nicknamed it, and the frame, swingarm, and oil tank were painted House of Kolor Goldmine Pearl Shimrin basecoat with a tint coat of PPG DBC 500 clear slightly tinted with Metalflake brand Aztec Gold Candy Concentrate and cleared with 3 coats of Nason Select Clear.
I turned my focus on the pieces requiring artwork. I sprayed everything with grey Medallion 2K urethane primer, let it sit overnight, dry blocked it, and re-primed it with 2 coats.
The next step is to draw on the parts with an ordinary No.2 pencil what was to be masked off and painted Black basecoat. I took pictures and made templates using artist’s tracing paper with measurements for reference.
Once the Black basecoat designs were sprayed and Candy Tangerine shading added, I striped the edge of the Black with vermilion water-based Cel Vinyl followed by 5 coats of Nason Select Clear Urethane.
After letting it dry overnight, I wet sanded everything flat and re-cleared it with 2 more wet coats of the Nason clear to later be wet sanded with 1000 grit, 1200, 1500, finally 2000 before hand or machine buffing.
The Blue circle on the tank with the skeleton coming out of it is a combination of airbrushing and hand painting done with Cel Vinyl and Liquitex acrylic paints. 😎
