My method was:
- wet sand everything with about 200 grit paper (any coarser and you'll
mar the surface irrepairably)
- I got a clear plastic bumper primer (for flexible parts) and primed
the whole canopy, let it dry overnight and wet sanded @ 200 again
- Each paint coat:
+ mask anything
+ clear prime
+ wait ~5 minutes (primer instructions say less
than 10 min)
+ spray the colour
+ wait ~5 minutes and remove masking
+ wait overnight for coat to dry
- Before final clear coat, wet sand 400 and 600
- I even clear-primed before the final clear coat.
The main trick seems to be a good 'rough up' of the surface befor priming/painting, and priming using a flexible (e.g. plastic primer). I havent 'dinged' the canopy yet so its hard to say how well the paint will hold. I have noticed cracks/tears in the paint around the mount points --- BUT I know that the mount points were not ideally positioned since I had to pull on the canopy to tighten the rear screws... this is fixed now so I'll see if the paint cracking stops...
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