That rack reminds me of a 60s Thunderbird convertible lowrider.
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BO15 SteamRoller - Finished 1st THANKS!! - CompareTwinWinsVerBotenSteamRoller
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Taped up the chainguard like this
Looks great!
It reminds me of the color that I used on the 'Smart Bike' that I built a few years ago. Except that I used a matte black two tone.
I'm sure that you remember this one!
Yep, that is the old DC transit bike I parted out. I forget the paintjob. It sure looks close to the VHT Burnt Copper I am using.
Supposedly you can handle it after 3 hours. I kept my self busy with other stuff for 7 hours.
By then it was completely dry.
Since it was late and a little humid to paint the other taped off parts, I had fun unraveling my two tone Twin Bar.
Here is the new frame! There isn't a great deal of light in the pics. But the coppertone looks killer.
THE GOLDFISH LOVE THEIR NEW COUSIN!!!
Sweet!
Looks SO good!
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MattiThundrrr
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$#@$&¡!!!!!!!
Translation: paint looks good
Translation: paint looks good
MattiThundrrr
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As a graphic designer, it gotta say that I'm impressed with the tape/masking job. Reminds me of my days assembling film in a print shop. That type of technical skill is disappearing from the world in the digital era.
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Looks fantastic! 
I'd love to see a thin chartreuse green pinstripe seperating the colors.
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Had to see for myself!
I'd love to see a thin chartreuse green pinstripe seperating the colors.
EDIT:
Had to see for myself!
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MattiThundrrr
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^glad you mentioned that. I didn't want to add to king's to do list this late in the game, but that pinstripe!
I love it
Looks fantastic!
I'd love to see a thin chartreuse green pinstripe seperating the colors.
EDIT:
Had to see for myself!
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I would love to see a green pinstripe there too
(even moreso after your photoshop stripes) , I just don't know if I have any time for that with only 10 days . I have a Buegler striper, but I have never used it. Back in July when I thought of the coppertone/silver I revisited @gowjobs Dropout build, I remembered how cool the green pinstriping looked on the same VHT Burnt Copper paint. I even swung by a few auto parts stores last night to see if they might have some vinyl pinstripes in green (longshot for sure). I just don't think I will be able to pull it off in time though. Maybe I can slice some Frogtape masking tape thin and use that as stripes? It actually wouldn't be the first time I used masking tape for pinstipes (starsNbars) I even tested a little green on my test bed fender
Cloudy this morning, but I still put the coppertone on the tins and fork.
Fork came out nice
So did the chainguard.
Fork came out nice
So did the chainguard.
The painting was going great and about 80% into it, I got too close with some of my passes on one side of the rack. Laid it on way thick and it puddles and ran a little. I tried massaging it with more paint, then ever attempted to wipe a little away. Sprayed over that mess and it ended up with this built up area.
I contemplated just leaving it as is, but broke out the 500/1000/1200 grit sandpaper and smoothed it down a bit for a re-pass of paint.
Looks like it will be fine after a few coats
I contemplated just leaving it as is, but broke out the 500/1000/1200 grit sandpaper and smoothed it down a bit for a re-pass of paint.
Looks like it will be fine after a few coats
