Bicycle painting

[Jkrate1985]

I have a sand blaster but it's messy and I leave that to cars. Most times I use the air craft stripper method. I have also dropped frames off at a local monument/headstone shop and they blasted two frames fenders and guards for $30. Cheaper than actual blasting outfits.

 

[sloar]

I use this..

 

[Jarod24]

man you guys have some cool stuff. I was able to sand it all down over the past few days and got the first coat of primer on tonight.

 

[Jarod24]

All done painting, tried to get as close to the original green as it was and faded the white into it. I was going to try to get crazy and do the arrow type of thing with the white, but I said screw it. Tell me what you guys think? And suggestions for a clear coat and do you guys typically wet sand or anything before the clear coat?

 

[sloar]

wet sanding may ruin the fade. I usually only wet sand if the paint is rough. If i can lay down a nice smooth color, i wont sand.

 

[Jarod24]

Yeah that's kinda what I was afraid of doing. Thanks for the input.

 

[Jarod24]

Somewhat finished, still have the chainguard to add and skip wheels. Defiantly didn't come out exactly the way I wanted it to. The fork decals didn't go on quite as nice as I wanted. And i put a couple chips in the paint while reassembling. Still pretty cool looking bike. Thanks for all the help everyone

 

[whitefiretiger]

Looks good. Don't blame you on not doing the arrows on the white. I'm thinking about trying it but need a good guide (measurements) for where to place them.

 

[sloar]

I did mine freehand, but you can get a stencil kit on ebay

 

[whitefiretiger]

I did mine freehand, but you can get a stencil kit on ebay

I'd lay them down frehand but would like to know how far from the head tube the points should be & the back sweep too

 

[Jarod24]

Thanks. Maybe sometime down the road or I'll redo it. Or maybe I'll try the arrows on another one I need to paint soon.