As Dylans paint continues to cure, spent some quality time

on Devins rear triangle. The chainstays are brazed in

and here is a rough fit of the right seatstay. Minimal

bends in the seatstays per Devins request. Just enough

room for the tire to clear the brake pad when removing and

installing the wheel. Hope to have the frame ready for glass bead next Monday.

I applied the final clear coat this morning after a big

learning curve on the decals. What finally worked

was using the clear coat as the fixative instead of the

house brand or the recommended Varathane. After

the paint cures, I will sand with 2000 grit paper and

buff any imperfections out.

But, it's a beautiful day, so were going riding.

All the color is done. next is touch up the paint lines, there was some bleed even though I used the best fine line tape money will buy. Then clearcoat on Monday, apply the decals on Tuesday, then apply two more clear coats next week end.

Enough for today. I'm really liking this color scheme.
Hopefully I can get the white on while Tina is at spin class
tomorrow,then clear on Monday.

And then there was topaz orange. Going to let it cure for a couple of hours and then start masking the lugs and logos. Tina has a girls night tonight, so maybe I can get the powder blue on.

Painting Dylans frame today. I didn't get as early a start as I had wanted to, picking colors can be quite maddening. This is the royal blue for the down tube logo outline, seatstay logos, and down tube demarcation stripes between the white and powder blue. This blue looks lighter than it really is because of the camera flash and it will darken when it is clear coated.

Got Devins front triangle brazed and fitted the chainstays with dropouts.

Here is a possible color scheme for Dylans frame, it's hanging in the rafters and ready to paint. The logo masks are still holding me up. I drove down to the vendor today to see what was going on and they never received my rfq.So I showed them the copy they sent me. They

promised them by this Friday. The seatstays will have the logo in royal blue in a vertical stack.