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Chat => Sports, Hobbies & Motors => Topic started by: funkychicken9000 on June 28, 2006, 01:23:24 AM
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Hmmsk. The time has come to strip off the orrible sparkly black paint on my singlespeed and respray it. Im going to do this myself as I have an aversion to spending money.
Currently, it looks like this:
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/sswhole.jpg)
Plan is to strip off the paint tomorrow, then go down to halfords and buy some primer and auto paint. Just need to decide what colour I want now. Im torn between something really subtle like grey or satin black and yellow.
So anyone got any tips for painting bikes? Or any reccomendations on a colour?
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Sand sand sand. Prime. Sand. Prime. Sand. Color. Color. Clearcoat. Clearcoat. :lol:
I vote for green bean green. Black is good, but looks sh*t on a home job.
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Armstrong Yellow :)
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British Racing Green :mrgreen:
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Hmm, not sure on green.
Is it strictly necessary to clearcoat it? I dont really want it too glossy.
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if your using cans, starts spraying a few cm infront of the object your spraying, same goes for teh end of teh pass, to reduce platter..
you can achieve anycolour you want as long as you prepare well enough :)
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Cools. So what do we reckon?
Grey:
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/grey.jpg)
Green:
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/green.jpg)
Yellow:
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/yellow.jpg)
Or my own personal fave...
BIANCHI CELESTE LOL!11!!:
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/bianchi.jpg)
Ive always thought that the bianchi Nirone has the sexiest paintjob in the entire world. Wonder how hard it would be to do... :?
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Duck Egg Blue, like the best Spitfire underbelly 8)
You could look for a Matt laquer, instead of a gloss one, to dampen down the look of it.
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Yellow mate out of those things, the bianchi colours look like a 1980s bathroom suffering from excessive UV exposure (faded colours).
The grey could be good but I know what bike your basing that on then :) yours and Maxs will be indistinguishable from each others :P
What about a deep blue colour? or a Navy colour even?
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The bianchi colours look like a 1980s bathroom suffering from excessive UV exposure (faded colours).
Burn the heathen.
Yes, I know grey isnt exactly original, but it looks so subtle. I love it. Im thinking of flipping my bars upside down and sawing the drops off, so at least it wouldnt be absolutely identical :D
As for blue, Ive already got a blue bike. Cant have two!
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Just a normal Green... It looked pritty smart in the photoshop :)
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Shocking PINK! :D
TBH I think it would look good as metallic silver-grey ;)
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Yarr.
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/strippedframe.jpg)
Primer goes on tomorrow.
[edit] My lawn mower says "Rear Discharge". arf.
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Oh, check out my fly metalworking skills.
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/dropout.jpg)
I can just hear it now:
"fc9k, wheres your mech hanger gone? Bed me now!"
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Dang, what did you strip it with?
Make sure to remove any derailleur cable guides while youre at it. ;) Leave the eyelets, as a fendered single speed is the bomb in the winter.
EDIT:
Sheeet, looks like you got the shifter bosses as well. :mrgreen:
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Dang, what did you strip it with?
Make sure to remove any derailleur cable guides while youre at it. ;) Leave the eyelets, as a fendered single speed is the bomb in the winter.
Already done good sir! Also cut off and filed down the gear lever mounts, its gonna look crazy tight :D
Paint was taken off with a steel brush and some nasty paint and varnish remover, and a helluva lot of elbow grease! Burns like a bastard when it gets on your skin, and my hairs gone curly on top where flecks of it landed on my bonce. Friendly stuff :shock:
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Har, thats why Im a fan of leaving the original paint with a good sanding and priming. :P
Clearcoat was recommended as home paint tends to be really brittle and the clear will keep it safe. ;)
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"fc9k, wheres your mech hanger gone? Bed me now!"
I think I can use a hacksaw and a file fairly well my self :P
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niceee :) tbh... I quite like the look of plain metal.
Any way you could just polish the metal and just maybe clearcoat it and have done with it? :)
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Shocking PINK! :D
TBH I think it would look good as metallic silver-grey ;)
Just thought but I saw a one with a hammerite bronze finish and it looked the absolute biz :)
niceee :) tbh... I quite like the look of plain metal.
Any way you could just polish the metal and just maybe clearcoat it and have done with it? :)
If you dont varnish it the metallic look doesnt shine properly anyway ;)
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niceee :) tbh... I quite like the look of plain metal.
Any way you could just polish the metal and just maybe clearcoat it and have done with it? :)
Nah, it rusts. While googling for bike painting tips I found a forum post by a guy who did that, it gets little rivers of rust running under the surface. Ive got them on my frame too, although Ive sanded most of them off.
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Har, thats why Im a fan of leaving the original paint with a good sanding and priming. :P
Clearcoat was recommended as home paint tends to be really brittle and the clear will keep it safe. ;)
Yeah, I started off with just sanding and got a great finish, but kidded myself into thinking it would be quicker to strip the lot off :D
As for paint, Ive bought standard halfords automotive primer and a can of smooth yellow hammerite. I looked at clearcoat but thought I already had a can at home. Turns out I dont have much of it left so Ill probably go and buy another can after Ive done the yellow.
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Ive a can of clearcoat in the garage that I never used, as I was waiting for my paint to harden, got impatient and built it up w/o clear. Now Ive got all sorts of nasty nicks and chips. Needs a respray, what a pita that is. :P
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Ive a can of clearcoat in the garage that I never used, as I was waiting for my paint to harden, got impatient and built it up w/o clear. Now Ive got all sorts of nasty nicks and chips. Needs a respray, what a pita that is. :P
Thats that then, I dont want to have to do all this work again :D
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SCHHTOOOP!
The perfect colour would be...
Nato Green.
(http://www.hlj.com/~tanoue/MODEL/images/tam/tam35263-08.jpg)
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I keep toying with the idea of stripping my Kona down and sending it to Argos Racing Cycles for a Snow Camo respray, along with my forks, the fully re-stickered.
But that may have to wait until I get the Haro DHR.
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Since this is turning into a bit of a work log:
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/primedframe.jpg)
All primed up and ready for the colour tomorrow. The flash has oversaturated it, the frame is the same colour as the forks hanging in the top right corner.
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hope you taped off the inside of the head and seat tubes. :shock:
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hope you taped off the inside of the hear and seat tubes. :shock:
Course I did!
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sh*tty phone pic of the frame after the first light coat or two:
(http://www.fc9k.co.uk/images/bike/firstcoat.jpg)
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Finally, I think its all done! Had a massive f**k up the other day with what was supposed to be the final coat, got a couple of runs and tried to sand them off too early, and the new coat started peeling off in sheets. Anyway, an extra couple of days hardening and it was ok. Its not perfect; theres the odd bit of overspray here and there and the forks have a splodge on each side, but Ive spent enough time and money on it!
Tomorrow Ill get it built up and start snapping away 8)
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woot nice one mate :D
If its yellow, chuck some continental training tyres on it, and grab some rollers or a turbo trainer! :D lol. Extremely colour coordinated! :D lol
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Yellow tyres will probably wait until my current ones are knackered, as Im trying not to think about how much Ive spent on this already :shock:
Also trying not to spend £20 on some Campy mirage calis too