Was able to 'work from home' this afternoon and knock out part of the bezel refinishing. I would have liked to just scrub this bezel and reapply decals, but the cigarette burns weren't coming out - so time to reshoot it with color.
Stripped the decals from the better of the two bezels I had, took it down with 600 grit wetsand, shot it with a automotive basecoat/clearcoat. Had some leftover paint from my former 350Z; the silver was a pretty darn close match for the AB bezel (paint code KY0, 2005 350Z), and luckily for me, had just enough slow reducer/hardener since temps were over 100º this afternoon. New color has metallic flake in it - makes it stand out just a bit - I think it looks sharp, myself.
Would have been nice to shoot this in a booth, but caught the weather at a nice point where crap wasn't flying around in the air to end up in my paint (no haboobs today!). Clear laid down very well, happy to say. I'll let that sit for a couple of days before applying the NOS decals and new monitor screen bezel.
Hope to at least finish the rubber flooring, kick panel, console install and corner metal this weekend. Almost done blasting the coin doors for new paint.
Stripped and sanded:
New color and clear:
Clear laid down nice with the slow reducer; high gloss and no orange peel:
