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 slope
Posted: Apr 15, 2015 at 7:14 Quote
I'm anxious to see how this turns out then.
flag dagzin
Posted: Apr 15, 2015 at 13:16 Quote
Picked this up for my oldest boy, going to be paint this dark blue, white logos and light blue and silver splatts....maybe
photo
flag whitebullit
Posted: Apr 15, 2015 at 15:15 Quote
that kona looks too nice to change up. i dig the green.
flag debonis
Posted: Apr 16, 2015 at 14:48 Quote
Rawed the frame and painted the fork, pedals and seat collar.

Finished it up today.

Finished. D

Finished. D
flag dagzin
Posted: Apr 17, 2015 at 0:35 Quote
debonis wrote:
Rawed the frame and painted the fork, pedals and seat collar.

Finished it up today.

Finished. D

Finished. D

Good job I like that.. Did you lacquer the frame?
flag dagzin
Posted: Apr 17, 2015 at 0:38 Quote
1st coat, 2pk aluminium high build epoxy primer, no need for etch

1st coat 2pk high build aluminium epoxy primer
flag dagzin
Posted: Apr 17, 2015 at 4:38 Quote
2nd coat white, ready for the decals..

2nd coat 2pk acrylic ready for the decals..
flag USMC
Posted: Apr 17, 2015 at 7:40 Quote
Looks really good
flag debonis
Posted: Apr 17, 2015 at 15:00 Quote
dagzin wrote:

Good job I like that.. Did you lacquer the frame?

Thanks. Yea, I used a protective clear coat.
flag dagzin
Posted: Apr 21, 2015 at 1:36 Quote
sanded down, decals on ready for the next coat..

Decals on sanded really for the next coat
flag BenjaminX2
Posted: Apr 21, 2015 at 2:40 Quote
dagzin wrote:
sanded down, decals on ready for the next coat..


Is there something special to decals / stickers, so that they can be clear coated? How well does the paint stick?

Great process bay the way!
flag dagzin
Posted: Apr 21, 2015 at 3:39 Quote
The decals are just off eBay, only cheap.What I wanted is the letters to be white, that's why I painted the frame white first, then got black decals, so I could see what the position was like before the next coat.
As for the paint sticking to it, when I pulled the decals off the paint on top of the decals, some came off, but some stayed on.
Thinking if you was to just lacquer them maybe a light key first with a scotch pad lightly or two coat of lacquer.. But that's only guessing I have to do some tests first..
flag USMC
Posted: Apr 21, 2015 at 6:55 Quote
I cleared over my ebay decals and has held up fine. I wish I could find someone to make me some water transfer decals for the spesh. I think they would look a lot cleaner and hvae less of a build when cleared over.
flag slope
Posted: Apr 21, 2015 at 9:06 Quote
I heard you can get water transfer printer paper and make your own.

 


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