Some time ago I painted up a bike that was handed down to us for my daughter. What a giant pain in the dick that turned out to be. I don't know how they do it on a large scale but it was damn near impossible to not get a run somewhere on the frame. Too many curved surfaces make it almost impossible to apply paint evenly. Thank the FSM for wet sanding and clear coats.I had an epic fail shooting the kids bike. I ended up sanding half of it back off and reshooting.
Back in the day when I had a powdercoat setup, I could go from remove old to finished in about 4-5 hours. Rattle can is a bitch, at least you had somewhat clean environment. Mine is more "shade tree mechanic"Some time ago I painted up a bike that was handed down to us for my daughter. What a giant pain in the dick that turned out to be. I don't know how they do it on a large scale but it was damn near impossible to not get a run somewhere on the frame. Too many curved surfaces make it almost impossible to apply paint evenly. Thank the FSM for wet sanding and clear coats.
last time i painted a frame was an old bmx frame. sanded down, primer coat, then paint coat. turned out really well, no drips. wasn't as nice a finish but worked.Some time ago I painted up a bike that was handed down to us for my daughter. What a giant pain in the dick that turned out to be. I don't know how they do it on a large scale but it was damn near impossible to not get a run somewhere on the frame. Too many curved surfaces make it almost impossible to apply paint evenly. Thank the FSM for wet sanding and clear coats.
as do i....
I was trying to find a newborn onesie that has, "If you can read this shoot my spotter" on the back of it. It would work until kiddo learned to roll over. No such luck however.
Ill repeat my statement from yesterday:In motel 6 in silver city. I think I am sleeping in my clothes tonight.
Though to be fair, your situation may have more to do with Motel 6, than any issues NM may have. At least you're not in Alamogordo or T&C.Also, I realized during a gas stop on the way down how much NM breaks my heart. My first memories are of NM and Santa Fe, my brother was born there. So much of it is so beautiful and I love it, but it is also quite a lesson in human misery and societal failure. New Mexico is a Cormac McCarthy novel in real time.
this happened to me on a big creek gap step up/step down i'd been working on for almost a year. i just thought props to whoever did it and wished i'd been able to be out there more often to work on it. i put in a lot of hours digging, but its for everyone as much as it is for me...isn't that why we dig? (unless someone blows up a secret spot and it gets shut down)Went out to the OG spot to dig for a while and discovered that some asshole had removed the barricade in front of the jump I have been building and hit it. It wasn't finished and still wet from the unrelenting rain. I've spent countless hours hauling dirt and rocks building this section since the winter. And it infuriates me that some douchebag, who didn't lift one shovel full of dirt, hit MY JUMP before I got to. I seriously hope they endoed and smashed their fucking face into the ground. No respect...
Nah, I get it, it's cool that people wanna ride my stuff. But for fuck's sake, they shouldn't mess with what they didn't build, especially when it's not finished and the trail is soggy.this happened to me on a big creek gap step up/step down i'd been working on for almost a year. i just thought props to whoever did it and wished i'd been able to be out there more often to work on it. i put in a lot of hours digging, but its for everyone as much as it is for me...isn't that why we dig? (unless someone blows up a secret spot and it gets shut down)
speaking of, i need to get some more shovel time in during my free days...