[Flyin_Ryan]

Well over the summer I decided to remove the stickers and shoot some paint on my hood. It was my first attempt so tell me what you think.

 

[Flange]

Looks like you did a heck of a job!

 

[Alaskangold]

You did that yourself huh?? Damn fine job if I do say so myself!

 

[bigwilly]

Lookin good. Is that an 01 or 02 XC SP?

 

[Flyin_Ryan]

that would be an 01

 

[RMK-KING]

very awsome!! looks good for being the first time..

 

[Polaris-Man]

Beauty, I never would have guessed that was the first time you did it. Looks awesome.

 

[erick]

Sweet hood. I will have to do some more custom work on my sled sometime this winter.

 

[MegaMan]

Nicely done!

 

[OSCEOLACABIN]

Nice flames. Any pointers? I'm about to shoot a flame pattern on my son's Polaris. Type of paint/masking/etc...

 

[Xc Special]

Very,Very,Nice ,
You may have just found a good side job,

 

[dgerlach55033]

looks awesome, i can paint a little and was going to do mine, what kind of paint did you use and did you use a flex additive????[]
oh, one more thing, what prep work did you do to the hood before paint??

 

[gussys]

dido on the what type of paint and did you use a flex additive im doin the same thing to our loner sled

 

[Flyin_Ryan]

Well, i took the cheap way out. All it is, is a Dupont Nason Single-Stage urethane which was still $30 a pint not including the catalyst and reducer. I did not use any flex additive. And as far as the pattern, well I didn't use one, i just laid down masking tape on the hood, then drew the flames on the tape with a pencil then carefully cut them out with a razor blade, and after that i ran 1/8" fine line tape along all the edges because paint will bleed through the masking tape. Then all i did was scotch-brite the existing paint then wiped it down with dx-330 then used a tack cloth to clean off any other stuff left over. It was about 20 hours of prep work and 20 minutes of spraying the paint.

 

[Alaskan ExciterII]

looks good man!

 

[88400]

Sweet paintjob, i really like the flames and color combo![]

 

[bigwilly]

Where did you get the silver hood? Looks awesome. Was it off a Classic?

 

[Flyin_Ryan]

I believe it was going to be for a classic but there were no stickers on it when i got it. The stickers i mentioned i took off were the ones i had kofstad signs make me.

 

[2000TCMC]

Cool hood, I need to a custom paint job to finish off my TCat just might try it myself first worst case I screw it up and the paint shop has to fix it.

 

[Tfin70]

Very nice indeed. Got to love the custom look!