Paint ideas for my bike
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Paint ideas for my bike
I'm interested in some feedback. I'm already starting to plan my winter tear down projects and was wondering how difficult it would be to strip the bike down to the frame. I'm thinking about a flat almost primer oxide color for the frame. For the tins, I'm thinking about stripping them to metal and just clear coating the bare tins. Adding a tank badge, maybe some black & orange pin-striping, then calling it done.
What would be involved in this level of strip down? How do you think this would look?
Thanks.
What would be involved in this level of strip down? How do you think this would look?
Thanks.
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RE: Paint ideas for my bike
I doubt stripping the tins and clear coat will hold up as soon as you remove all paint the oxidation process begins bare metal will surface rust in an hour. \\; \\;
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RE: Paint ideas for my bike
ON SOME OF THE CVO MODELS, LAST YEAR I THINK, \\; THEY HAD SOME SECTIONS IN THE PAINT THAT WERE BRUSHED METAL AND CLEARED. \\; AND I REALLY LIKED HOW IT LOOKED. \\; I THINK THE CURRENT PARTS CATALOG HAS A BIKE ON THE COVER WITH THAT PAINT SCHEME I AM THINK OF. \\; I DONT KNOW HOW WELL IT WOULD LOOK ALL OVER THE TANK AND FENDERS, \\;BUT IN CONTRAST WITH ANOTHER COLOR OR TWO \\;WOULD LOOK SICK. \\;
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ANOTHER IDEA IS TO JUST GET SOME PAINT ADDED ONTO YOUR STOCK TINS... \\; YOU COULD DO ANYTHING FROM MILD TO WILD... \\;
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IS YOUR BIKE DENIM? \\; I REALLY LIKE THAT FLAVOR OF PAINT WITH SOME PINSTRIPPING...
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ANOTHER IDEA IS TO JUST GET SOME PAINT ADDED ONTO YOUR STOCK TINS... \\; YOU COULD DO ANYTHING FROM MILD TO WILD... \\;
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IS YOUR BIKE DENIM? \\; I REALLY LIKE THAT FLAVOR OF PAINT WITH SOME PINSTRIPPING...
RE: Paint ideas for my bike
ooh ya you can do it!!! I haev used an aircraft stipper on tins before then high weave steel wool, to give it a bit of a shinny surface, after that you will have to use a bare metal clear, and can proceed to clear then with a PPG clear with bit of flex added to it and a hardener... of course you would have to do the stripes first before any of the clear, and would have to prime the area that the stripes are going... cool i dea though! very cool... stripping down to just the frame is easy it is putting it all back together that gets a bit tricky! i think if you left the black frame and went with your paint idea it would look sick Eric... just sick! i can see if i can track down my practice tank and do it for you to show you what it would look like. \\; it is an old penut tank that has been painted and sanded back down 1000xs... but it would at the least give you an idea what it will look like... maybe instead of a clear we can track down a good metal sealant
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