I painted my canopy parts before I assembled it. The idea was that painting it after the plexiglass was installed would create a lot of masking issues. I also kind of liked the idea of the rivets showing a contrasting color to the color of the frame.
Problem is....when doing it this way the riveting causes enough vibration and various other violence that the paint can't hold on and chips away in places. This is unacceptable from an aesthetic point of view. At least for me. And yes, I wash primed and urethane primed prior to paint. However, I did use PPG auto paint. Maybe that was the problem. I dunno.
So, I bead blasted all the loose paint off and will now reprime and repaint with Aero SW. So much for best laid plans!
If you decide to paint after assembling the canopy. Buy 1000 shares of 3M. This process takes a lot of taping. Ugh!
Problem is....when doing it this way the riveting causes enough vibration and various other violence that the paint can't hold on and chips away in places. This is unacceptable from an aesthetic point of view. At least for me. And yes, I wash primed and urethane primed prior to paint. However, I did use PPG auto paint. Maybe that was the problem. I dunno.
So, I bead blasted all the loose paint off and will now reprime and repaint with Aero SW. So much for best laid plans!
If you decide to paint after assembling the canopy. Buy 1000 shares of 3M. This process takes a lot of taping. Ugh!