Painting - Bike related

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

WELL...since you are asking...and you are relatively new and probably weren't around with my dilema with my V10 last year...I sent my frame to Spectrum Powder Works in Colorado...they did a KICK ASS job and look how friggin PIMP this is! I will shamelessly post yet another pic (or 3) of it for you.

frame:

close up...yes, the flames and flowers are pc'd:

the final product:

SkaredShtles · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
Anyone know of a good frame painter/powdercoater that's pretty reasonable? I have a Cove Handjob (steel XC bike) that needs to be made all nice and shiny again. I'm thinking single color (pearl white or gloss black) w/ clear over decal (or stensil) and 2 forks (Z2 Atom 80 and a RS Sid Race, both '01s) of the same color. I used some carb cleaner on the frame to clean one time and it took the existing finish right off at the seat collar area.
I'm in CO, close enough to Spectrum Powderworks to drive it there in a day. I've also looked at AirGlow (both kinda expensive, like around the $400 range!).

Drive to the hardware store. Purchase 4 cans of Rust-Oleum gloss black. Spray the crap out of frame.

HTH

-S.S.-

SkaredShtles · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
I am a friggin' n00b
What kind of $$ did that baby blue job run you? I've seen their handywork on their site and it IS really tasty. But their prices...

SS, I actually have access to a blasting/spray booth. I thought about wet painting it, but it just doesn't take a beating like PC does.

Who cares what kind of beating it can take? I told you to buy *4* cans of Rust-Oleum. 2 to paint the frame and 2 to touch up the scratches and flakes about once a month. :think:

-S.S.-

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
I am a friggin' n00b
What kind of $$ did that baby blue job run you? I've seen their handywork on their site and it IS really tasty. But their prices...

SS, I actually have access to a blasting/spray booth. I thought about wet painting it, but it just doesn't take a beating like PC does.

Four fitty. They stripped the old pc off, too. But if you're going with a solid color, I doubt it would be anywhere near that much. I think they told me around 200 when I was considering painting it one color.

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

Call em...they gave me a price quote over the phone.

binary visions · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
...plus 2 forks which might have to be wet painted.

Just wet paint the forks yourself... It'll cost you $20 for the spraypaint, and the savings from that will allow you to get your frame PC'd the way you want. Figure, the forks are essentially disposable, but the frame will last a long time.

SkaredShtles · Mar 10, 2005

binary visions said:
Just wet paint the forks yourself... It'll cost you $20 for the spraypaint, and the savings from that will allow you to get your frame PC'd the way you want. Figure, the forks are essentially disposable, but the frame will last a long time.

Pau11y - spray the whole goddam thing and use the savings to buy beer at Golden City Brewery when you move to town. :thumb:

-S.S.-

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

binary visions said:
Just wet paint the forks yourself... It'll cost you $20 for the spraypaint, and the savings from that will allow you to get your frame PC'd the way you want. Figure, the forks are essentially disposable, but the frame will last a long time.

Every time you post...I imagine what you write being spoken in Professor Frinks voice with that tick he has where he makes that sound...hahaha!

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

SkaredShtles said:
Pau11y - spray the whole goddam thing and use the savings to buy beer at Golden City Brewery when you move to town.

-S.S.-

You just don't want his bike to look all pimp daddy and look better'n yours...

LordOpie · Mar 10, 2005

I'll give it a pearl coat for free.

yeah, i've got nothing to contribute.

SkaredShtles · Mar 10, 2005

dh girlie said:
You just don't want his bike to look all pimp daddy and look better'n yours...

Almost any bike looks better than mine........ even one painted with Rust-Oleum.

-S.S.-

SkaredShtles · Mar 10, 2005

LordOpie said:
I'll give it a pearl coat for free.

-S.S.-

LordOpie · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
No thanx. Got plenty of that on my own, don't need more. BUT, dhgirlie might be able to help you out there LO

uhh, I thought she had dibs on you? You are one sexy otter.

DRB · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
Anyone know of a good frame painter/powdercoater that's pretty reasonable? I have a Cove Handjob (steel XC bike) that needs to be made all nice and shiny again. I'm thinking single color (pearl white or gloss black) w/ clear over decal (or stensil) and 2 forks (Z2 Atom 80 and a RS Sid Race, both '01s) of the same color. I used some carb cleaner on the frame to clean one time and it took the existing finish right off at the seat collar area.
I'm in CO, close enough to Spectrum Powderworks to drive it there in a day. I've also looked at AirGlow (both kinda expensive, like around the $400 range!).

I had BREW powdercoat my 575 and it came out great. They charged me $100 and did it while I waited. They didn't have to strip it. www.brewracingframes.com

336-246-8555 ask for Kim or Steve.

binary visions · Mar 10, 2005

DRB said:
They didn't have to strip it.

Didn't have to strip it...

Wouldn't that make for a very weak/easy to chip powdercoat? If it's bonded to paint instead of the frame, won't it only be as durable as the paint when it comes to chipping? Of course, it'll still be tougher to scratch/rub...

LordOpie · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
Sexy otter, no follow...

you need more SeaLab 2021 in your life.

As for DH Girlie, I don't remember, but I think she posted pics. BurlySurly is hot for her and he's one shallow mofo

DRB · Mar 10, 2005

binary visions said:
Didn't have to strip it...

Wouldn't that make for a very weak/easy to chip powdercoat? If it's bonded to paint instead of the frame, won't it only be as durable as the paint when it comes to chipping? Of course, it'll still be tougher to scratch/rub...

They didn't have to strip it because it was already stripped.

DHGIRLIE posted photos of herself with 2 monkeys somewhere. I remember because the "monkeys" were quite nice :devil: .

DRB · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
Burnoff oven. Kim told me it turns the existing paint to dust, then they bead blast the weld area to finish the "stripping". Then they scotch bright to get to bare metal, then pc.

Even better. They couldn't do that to mine because it was aluminum. I had to strip it myself but with a chemical stripper it took me a couple of hours.

binary visions · Mar 10, 2005

DRB said:
They didn't have to strip it because it was already stripped.

Gotcha!

Pau11y, I'd guess I'd still consider that "stripping" - no matter how you manage it, you're still going through a process of removing the old paint. I thought DRB meant that they just PC'd over the existing paint.

Ciaran · Mar 10, 2005

Krylon es muy bueno....

Unless you want it fancy schmancy or durable (powdercoat) paint her yourself. It's easy. Many coats of clear give you that deep buffed/waxed look. Just stay away from glitter. ugh! Difficult to work with.

Here is one of mine....

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

Ciaran said:
Krylon es muy bueno....

Unless you want it fancy schmancy or durable (powdercoat) paint her yourself. It's easy. Many coats of clear give you that deep buffed/waxed look. Just stay away from glitter. ugh! Difficult to work with.

Here is one of mine....

I love that...so pretty.

Ciaran · Mar 10, 2005

dh girlie said:
I love that...so pretty.

Yours is still the best I've seen. Just beautiful. Almost a crime to ride and get scratched and such. Almost.

Brian HCM#1 · Mar 10, 2005

Maas Bros, here in Livermore, Ca. does awesome work, I've had several frames powder coated from them and its always awesome!!!! Reasonably priced. I believe it runs between $125-$179 depending on what you want.

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

Ciaran said:
Yours is still the best I've seen. Just beautiful. Almost a crime to ride and get scratched and such. Almost.

I know...it is beautiful...turned out better than I ever thought possible.
Thanks to launching myself otb at Downieville two rides into the dh season last year and busting my hand, its hasn't been riden much with that paintjob...I figure this season, should I choose to not break any bones, it will get scratched and such.

it will be a VERY sad, sad day...

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
Linky?

Why do people say 'linky' and 'bikey'...it sounds sooooo gay!

Brian HCM#1 · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
Linky?

I don't think they have a website.

dh girlie · Mar 10, 2005

Pau11y said:
Humm.. a Pepto pink rig... Might prove useful for rides during hunting season.

Could be dangerous too...being a fella on a pink bike during hunting season with all those drunken homophobic rednecks out there... :eek:

Ciaran · Mar 10, 2005

dh girlie said:
Could be dangerous too...being a fella on a pink bike during hunting season with all those drunken homophobic rednecks out there...

Good thing I live in So Cal. Where even the rednecks are metrosexual. The pink frame looks pretty cool with all black parts.

Yeah.. "linky" is ghey... "bikeys" is ghey unless you are skookum.

Pau11y, don't forget to post pictures when you get your frame done.

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