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 debonis
Posted: Mar 20, 2015 at 14:04 Quote
Anyone here tried this stuff before?

Wonder what this would look like.
flag krystiancameron
Posted: Mar 20, 2015 at 15:12 Quote
debonis wrote:
Anyone here tried this stuff before?

Wonder what this would look like.

My friend had the glitter clear coat looked really nice haha
flag jackstack
Posted: Mar 21, 2015 at 2:53 Quote
pimpin-gimp wrote:
jackstack wrote:
Yeah so i was going to do

Primer > Metalic Paint > Metalic Paint > Clear Sparkly Coating > Enamel/Clear coat of some form for protection ( I presume this is the 2k paint stuff )

If you want to do it properly, but can only use rattle cans then I suggest you buy stuff here.

http://specialistpaints.com/

it's not cheap, but it's as good as you're going to get from a can.

Primer http://specialistpaints.com/products/2k-primer-canz

Clear http://specialistpaints.com/products/2k-clear-coat-canz

Metallic http://specialistpaints.com/products/base-metallic-canz

Flake http://specialistpaints.com/products/flakes-canz

Pearls http://specialistpaints.com/products/base-pearl-canz

All good stuff, but yeah, not cheap.


Thank you
flag pimpin-gimp
Posted: Mar 21, 2015 at 3:15 Quote
No problem dude, it's excellent quality kit if you don't have access to a compressor and gun. It also prevents reactions with chemicals that you get when you mix products from different manufacturers.
flag Rambo1501
Posted: Mar 22, 2015 at 17:57 Quote
So what's the difference between regular clear coat (see through paint), and 2k clear coat
flag pimpin-gimp
Posted: Mar 22, 2015 at 23:37 Quote
2k means it's 2 component, one being a hardener. It cures very tough, very quickly. I spray 2 dry coats and a wet coat (.thicker coverage with a wet coat) so 3 coats in about 30mins and you're done. Regular rattle cans would have barely any coverage at that point.
flag Rambo1501
Posted: Mar 23, 2015 at 18:42 Quote
pimpin-gimp wrote:
2k means it's 2 component, one being a hardener. It cures very tough, very quickly. I spray 2 dry coats and a wet coat (.thicker coverage with a wet coat) so 3 coats in about 30mins and you're done. Regular rattle cans would have barely any coverage at that point.

Oh I see. So it's kind of like a epoxy in a sense
flag scottyp
Posted: Mar 30, 2015 at 1:16 Quote
Hey guys I live in Canada (Ontario) and I'm wondering what type of primer, paint and clear coat (spray paint) I should use that will work together for my bike frame .. I would prefer to buy it at Canadian tire of thats an option ! Let me know what you have had success with, thanks !
flag debonis
Posted: Mar 30, 2015 at 1:38 Quote
scottyp wrote:
Hey guys I live in Canada (Ontario) and I'm wondering what type of primer, paint and clear coat (spray paint) I should use that will work together for my bike frame .. I would prefer to buy it at Canadian tire of thats an option ! Let me know what you have had success with, thanks !

Tremclad or Rustoleum are both good brands. Krylon is also a good bet.
flag Youravgcdn
Posted: Mar 30, 2015 at 13:22 Quote
debonis wrote:
scottyp wrote:
Hey guys I live in Canada (Ontario) and I'm wondering what type of primer, paint and clear coat (spray paint) I should use that will work together for my bike frame .. I would prefer to buy it at Canadian tire of thats an option ! Let me know what you have had success with, thanks !

Tremclad or Rustoleum are both good brands. Krylon is also a good bet.

Should I be using automotive paint or just general spray paint ? What type of primer should I use ?
flag debonis
Posted: Mar 30, 2015 at 19:52 Quote
Youravgcdn wrote:
debonis wrote:
scottyp wrote:
Hey guys I live in Canada (Ontario) and I'm wondering what type of primer, paint and clear coat (spray paint) I should use that will work together for my bike frame .. I would prefer to buy it at Canadian tire of thats an option ! Let me know what you have had success with, thanks !

Tremclad or Rustoleum are both good brands. Krylon is also a good bet.

Should I be using automotive paint or just general spray paint ? What type of primer should I use ?

Any grey primer from the above brands. and just regular rattle can. Automotive stuff gets pricy.It's all I've ever used on my frames.
flag Youravgcdn
Posted: Mar 31, 2015 at 21:14 Quote
debonis wrote:
Youravgcdn wrote:
debonis wrote:


Tremclad or Rustoleum are both good brands. Krylon is also a good bet.

Should I be using automotive paint or just general spray paint ? What type of primer should I use ?

Any grey primer from the above brands. and just regular rattle can. Automotive stuff gets pricy.It's all I've ever used on my frames.

What about clear coat ?
flag debonis
Posted: Mar 31, 2015 at 21:43 Quote
Youravgcdn wrote:
debonis wrote:
Youravgcdn wrote:


Should I be using automotive paint or just general spray paint ? What type of primer should I use ?

Any grey primer from the above brands. and just regular rattle can. Automotive stuff gets pricy.It's all I've ever used on my frames.

What about clear coat ?

Same brands. I've always used Tremclad or Rustoleum clear coats.
flag Turbill
O+
Posted: Apr 2, 2015 at 5:32 Quote
Here is The Paint job My buddy did on my 2008 Giant Glory. Hes an automotive painter by trade so the primer, paint, and clear are all automotive (all Adui colors he had laying around from previous jobs) We stayed close to the format of the stock bikes from that time but changed up the color and a few details.
Olde Glory
  Olde Glory
Olde Glory

How do you guys like it?
flag pimpin-gimp
Posted: Apr 2, 2015 at 10:54 Quote
Looks great man, like really modern for what I guess is a 6-8 year old bike.

 


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