Pondo, I didn't document the paint job, but have a pretty good recall of what I did. It was a gloss powder coated white frame when I got it. Powder coat is really hard to get removed, so I just sanded it really good to cut through the gloss finish. Then I sprayed it with a Rustoleum steel blue color which would be my kind of primer and base coat all in one. I followed that with a red oxide primer but not a complete coverage, and a pretty thin coat of it. This would be the base for my 'rustification' look. After that, I lightly sanded, mostly #0000 steel wool if I remember over the frame. In some places, I got all the way through to the white, many spots I rubbed through to the steel blue undercoat, and most of it retained kind of a rusty red look. Then I grabbed a can of Rustoleum Multi-Colored Texture paint, and sprayed the junctions of the tubes (where rust might naturally gather ) and a bit more on the rest of the frame, from the 'top - down' as if it had sat in the rain for years. Then I lightly smoothed over the textured stuff, to leave some bumpiness but to blend it in as a whole.
Very much so, thank you. I'll be experimenting with some faux-tina on future builds. I love the real deal, of course, but sometimes a little help is needed. Like on aluminum or fat bike frames, both of which are on my future build back log.
