Bike Painting Guides and Pictures of Your Work

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Bike Painting Guides and Pictures of Your Work
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flag mr-bishi
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 at 8:39 Quote
tell me about it. took ages to get my identity symmetrical
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flag mr-bishi
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 at 8:45 Quote
some other bikes and bobs ive done
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flag gus894
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Posted: Aug 30, 2014 at 21:06 Quote
How much would it cost to get a one color paint job?
flag USMC
Posted: Aug 30, 2014 at 22:12 Quote
gus894 wrote:
How much would it cost to get a one color paint job?
Thats a loaded question. That really depends on a number of factors. Your location, What type of paint being used, who is doing the work. Its best to find someone you want to do it or try it yourself. In the first point ask the person you have selected to paint it a price. If you plan on doing it, That depends on what type of paints you are going to use.
flag pimpin-gimp
Posted: Nov 1, 2014 at 0:46 Quote
Finally finished my friends Giant Trance, orange base with black & carbon detailing.

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flag ratcat
Posted: Nov 2, 2014 at 8:18 Quote
This is a bit of a helpful guide for anyone with a component that has a less than healthy paint job.

I got this stem recently for my brothers trail bike, it's a bit nasty paint wise as you can see.
My brother stem before tidying up

To strip it I simply removed the bolts, put in a container with a lid, put a lot of baking powder in and filled with boiling water. I duck-taped the lid on (as this stuff fizzes like hell) and shook for about 5 minutes. Then a wire brush just cleaned it right on off. If I was wanting to strip the anodizing too then I would have added some heavy duty oven cleaner.

After:
My brothers stem with new bolts and stripped of paint
flag ButtersNZ
Posted: Nov 2, 2014 at 10:44 Quote
That's awesome. Good job. It looks like new! Was it a spray can job?
flag pikls94
Posted: Nov 2, 2014 at 11:19 Quote
mr-bishi wrote:
ye, not bad for 4 hours after work. I went for a random pattern design so that I wasn't fighting to get both sides exactly the same. silver first for the writing, white then light blue to black with a blue xirallic over it.
The helmet was a bit more fiddly but I loved the simple design of the cypher, I just don't like red but could use the red in the union jack. also a lot easier to clean with a clear over it.
But its not staying like this. over winter im changing it to purple,white and black

Stickers are poor mans paint!

I beg to differ

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flag ButtersNZ
Posted: Nov 6, 2014 at 1:18 Quote
Resto job nearly complete.

Which rear triangle sticker to finish?

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flag mr-bishi
Posted: Nov 10, 2014 at 16:07 Quote
pikls94 wrote:
mr-bishi wrote:
ye, not bad for 4 hours after work. I went for a random pattern design so that I wasn't fighting to get both sides exactly the same. silver first for the writing, white then light blue to black with a blue xirallic over it.
The helmet was a bit more fiddly but I loved the simple design of the cypher, I just don't like red but could use the red in the union jack. also a lot easier to clean with a clear over it.
But its not staying like this. over winter im changing it to purple,white and black

Stickers are poor mans paint!

I beg to differ



Say that in a couple years time when it shrinks off all the edges, cracks on arkward folds and shines like a brick.
Also the doi of vinyl is terrible, no real reflection at all so ye, stickers are poor mans paint


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flag mr-bishi
Posted: Nov 10, 2014 at 16:29 Quote
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Good luck finding a vinyl with a reflection like this.
flag pikls94
Posted: Nov 10, 2014 at 17:12 Quote
Obviously it's never gonna have the same reflection, its only 1mm thick, but if it shrinks and cracks in just a couple of years, if ever actually, then it's either a bad cheap shitty vinyl or it's a bad cheap shitty install, or both. Not really sure what you mean by doi, and I'm not saying vinyl is better than paint, cause for straight gloss colours paint will win every time, it's just a lot of people think it's shit when I've seen some pretty good results to be honest
flag mr-bishi
Posted: Nov 11, 2014 at 12:19 Quote
doi is distinctness of image i.e. gloss level and paint is measured in microns so thickness has nowt to do with it.
vinyl will always shrink at some point its just the nature of the stuff its just to soft and is so easily effected by heat.. i use it myself for the customers who cant afford everything in paint. 7-10 years max from the expensive stuff depending on enviroments etc. plus its so limited for choice with colours. paint has solids, metallics, pearls, xirallics, flakes, flips and best of all candys

pros of paint - Gloss level, 100,000 + colours and effects, Can paint any shape, Gloss retension, Colour quality, Chroma and depth, Can blend, fade, marbalise with any colour, scratch resistance, chemical resistance

how ever dont get me wrong im not just having a dig at vinyl its fantastic on dificult substrates like anodizing and chrome where paint just wont hack it, you can have multiple images/fonts printed which ensures the same results time after time and is a hell of alot cheaper than airbrushing.

so ye vinyl is fine if you dont have endless funds, difficult surfaces or just not that fussed about the best finish. so just for you i will update my phrase.

vinyl, poor mans paint (except for very few occasions)

thats the best i can do.
flag mr-bishi
Posted: Nov 11, 2014 at 12:31 Quote
ButtersNZ wrote:
Resto job nearly complete.

Which rear triangle sticker to finish?

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i agree with whatisface VFR
also loving the frame props. now thats improvisation for ye.

 


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