Advice on prepping and painting bike frame!
22-02-2010, 05:10 PM
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Advice on prepping and painting bike frame!
can anyone give me some pointers on painting a mountain bike frame! looking at cleaning up/restoring my bike ,and im after some pointers on what paint/primer and clear coat to use please! im after doing the frame in a bright white and dont have access to compressor etc! looking at getting a decent finish with cans hopefully! cheers
22-02-2010, 05:19 PM
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I paint quite a few bike frames!
Easy to do with rattle cans, just take your time! Few light coats of primer, leave over night, then a few light coats of top coat, leave overnight, then a few coats of lacquer. Take your time and keep the coats light to avoid runs.
Surface prep is vital too, luckily I have access to a sand blaster to get the frame back to bare metal first. If you rub it back with wet and dry paper to give the surface a good key for the primer to stick to, then a good wash and rinse with hot soapy water you should be fine
Easy to do with rattle cans, just take your time! Few light coats of primer, leave over night, then a few light coats of top coat, leave overnight, then a few coats of lacquer. Take your time and keep the coats light to avoid runs.
Surface prep is vital too, luckily I have access to a sand blaster to get the frame back to bare metal first. If you rub it back with wet and dry paper to give the surface a good key for the primer to stick to, then a good wash and rinse with hot soapy water you should be fine
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i would say pay and get it powder coated, works alot better on bikes, alot stronger than normal paint.
we get frames powderd for around £25 that includes blasting them and little bit of filling ( you would be suprised how many new frames have filler in them! ) and powderd in any colour.
but if you really wanna do it yourself then linke Rich170 said just go halfrauds and get paint from there.
we get frames powderd for around £25 that includes blasting them and little bit of filling ( you would be suprised how many new frames have filler in them! ) and powderd in any colour.
but if you really wanna do it yourself then linke Rich170 said just go halfrauds and get paint from there.
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