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How to paint a bike

After painting a couple of bikes, i decided id post the steps :) hope this helps. Post your ride after you paint it :)

28 Comments

  • + 1
 I live in canada Razz so its always cold
unless u do this mid summer
then shorten it by like a day
if its 25 degrees it shuld take 12 hours to dry or so
  • + 1
 thanks, I tried using rustolium and their was a defect with the paint colors i was using and i wasted 100 bucks on their high end crap paint!!!!!!!!!!
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 *the ones at the end arent mine, i dont have my pics up yet, theyre pics from pinkbike users
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 Wow man thanks. Thats sick tup
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 Best vid for painting bikes yet! love it. nice ill post my bike once its done.
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 thanks Smile
its pretty easy
but beware, cover up moving parts well
and for the seatpost tube, dont do it heavily
or your clamp wont fit
im posting my new painted bike tonight
its been painted two weeks Razz but ive been needing a new part
  • + 1
 kay, cool.
  • + 1
 All i have is the primer right now but here

ryder133.pinkbike.com/album/Bmx-Build
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 sweet ill do this for the next time i paint my bike i missed a few this that i didnt know you should do
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 im just about to start on mine, how much did you pay for the primer, paint and clear coat?
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 Each can was about 6-7$ plus tax at rona

I used 4 cans of paint
2 of primer
1-2 clear coat
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 i discovered why your supposed to wait a long time b4 putting on the clear coat lol my paint kinda rinkled
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 all fixed now, great vid btw, really helps
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 does the paint chip off easily? like if you dont sand your frame down to raw
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 awesome video, pinkibe really needed one of these!
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 thanks this vid helped alot im almost done it all
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 Hey no problem Smile
Painting my friends frame soon Smile
  • + 1
 gd vid but ur dryin times ar way out unless ur out side in da cold
  • + 0
 Her's some Carbon-look I made for my bike:
www.pinkbike.com/photo/4317817
  • + 0
 yeah looks nothing like carbon and effectively makes it look horrible...
  • + 2
 that's your opinion Wink
Got a lot of people witch motorbike and other stuff I painted for them..
Also with this Carbon-look.

tastes 're different man Salute

// Some work from Last Year and 2010.
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/5817834/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/7038651/
  • + 0
 Fair enough
  • + 1
 Youve done a very nice job !
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 i followed this and it worked perfectly
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 Glad it did Wink
  • + 1
 but i will try your way
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 Thanks! Tremclad served me well. I would do it in above ten degrees though. Room temperature is the best
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 Thanks very much!








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