Windscreen Part 3

The windscreen marathon continues... :).  After achieving a really good finish on the windscreen mount I decided I wanted to spray the frame as well.  The finish on the aluminium isn't great and I quite like the idea of having an all black surround.

Not too many pictures for the actual spraying but it is important to apply a decent, suitable undercoat.  I have previously read about etch priming aluminium so thought it prudent to research what base coat should be applied.  I chose the correct and recommended hammerite undercoat for aluminium, it went on fine:

Its fairly cold outside at the moment and the recommended minimum temperature is 5 deg, borderline achievable.  To aid the process I kept the frame warm in the house whilst warming the garage up using a heater.  Its a fine balance between warmth and obviously fumes; even with a mask I didn't want to spent too much time in the garage whilst spraying even with the doors open.

I knew it was going to take a long time for each coat to dry so I knocked up a couple of stands out of some offcut tile edging I had laying around.  Worked well and it meant I could transfer the piece into the dining room whilst drying:

I am surprised I managed to get away with the smell in the house whilst it was drying, luckily my wife was out at work otherwise I don't think she would have been so forgiving :)