I've got some updates on my Centurion Elite paint project, After letting the paint dry for a week, I was finally able to do a bit of wet sanding today. I did a better job than I have before in the initial paint step, but I still had a bit of orange peel texture and a couple of runs. Here are some before and after pictures.
Chain stay before:
Chain stay after:
Top tube before:
Top tube after:
Paint run before:
Paint run after:
For most of the frame, I started with 1500 grit, followed by 2000 and 3000. For the paint runs, I went down to 600 to get the blob out, then 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 and 3000. I could probably get this even more perfect looking, but I've got limited quantities of patience, so for today at least I'm going to leave it at this.
Here's a glamor shot of the frame basking in the sunlight.
Hopefully, I'll be able to finish putting it back together by the end of the week and do some actual riding.