Quote from: maximusotterDang, 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

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:

Har, thats why Im a fan of leaving the original paint with a good sanding and priming.

Clearcoat was recommended as home paint tends to be really brittle and the clear will keep it safe.

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I think I can use a hacksaw and a file fairly well my self

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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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

Quote from: M3ta7h3adniceee 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

Quote from: M3ta7h3adniceee 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.

Quote from: maximusotterHar, thats why Im a fan of leaving the original paint with a good sanding and priming.

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

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.

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.

Quote from: maximusotterIve 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.

Thats that then, I dont want to have to do all this work again

SCHHTOOOP!

The perfect colour would be...


Nato Green.

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.

Since this is turning into a bit of a work log:



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.

hope you taped off the inside of the head and seat tubes. :shock:

Quote from: maximusotterhope you taped off the inside of the hear and seat tubes. :shock:

Course I did!

sh*tty phone pic of the frame after the first light coat or two: