Third Top Coat & Pedal Cable Tidying

I applied the 3rd top coat of red today. I’m thinking about the possibility of a fourth, but I’m not entirely sure yet. I will see what it looks like tomorrow when it’s dried.

Yesterday’s coat looked pretty good, but still a little patchy, todays seems pretty much perfect. I’ve used a foam roller again and gone over it with a brush to remove the orange peel effect. The brush creates a far more reflective finish than the roller.

I finished off the cable tidying of the pedals today. Since the pedals will be inside the cockpit and won’t be seen the look isn’t massively important. But I did want it to be completely secure.

I took off the original insulation tape, and re-did it. I put a few more layers on and made the covering thicker. This will prevent any possibility of cross-talk between the cables.  I insulated each individual wire first, and then insulated two together, and then all 4 (all clutch wires) into one group.  There were a few wires that are usually quite far apart in the pedal housing, so I insulated those as well.  After I finished insulating the wires themselves, I wanted to secure them to the aluminium to prevent them moving.  On the back of the pedal mount, there are two grooves, so I put the wire through those and used insulating tape to secure them. Then I put the cables tidily on the base of the aluminum and taped them down.

Insulating tape is ok for a short time, but long term it’s not strong enough to keep them in place. So I used duck tape which is far stronger and sticker. I put this over the black insulating tape and now its absolutely solid.