I know this is a car forum, but I have a road bike that I have recently acquired and everything about it is perfect, except for the paint, but thats mostly because it was built in 1989 .

Here is my dilemma, the bike has a bunch of scratches and missing paint so I figured I would repaint it. But I have some questions. Obviously its a bike so I will use sand paper to clean off all of the residual paint. However, after this part is done, I assume I would just go over the entire bike with soap and water to clean up any remaining dust/paint particles right?

After this, I realize I will need a primer preferably one that won't affect the overall outcome of the color, I was thinking of painting my bike white if that matters in the choice of primer. I read that I am supposed to apply around 2 to 3 coats of primer then wet sand the primer to help smooth it out. After that apply around 4 to 5 coats of the actual paint, and wet sand that. Then apply 3 to 4 coats of lacquer to give it that nice glossy finish.

Can anyone give me any tips as far as what spray cans to use or what company to purchase paint from if that makes a difference? I have a spray gun, but I am waiting on a larger compressor and I was thinking of painting around the middle of March, I live in Arizona so by then its around 60's 70's as far as temps and I would be paining in my garage with a fan blowing to help circulate the air, as well as wearing a protective mask. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated.

I'm sorry this is kinda off topic, but I figured this would be the best forum for this question.

If any mods feel it appropriate to move this thread to somewhere where more help would be contributed, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for all help.