Mildly Curious

[warpigg]

before: photo taken the day i bought it.

i'm really going to keep this build simple, mild, and hopefully classy. I'll be playing to my strengths which i guess is paint... but again mostly mild. sort of a board tracker meets the 60's (and accouterments).

I'll be painting it black with flake in the clear coat. i'll post a good step by step when i get there. white lugs with a red detail on the lug edges.


as far as other mods go i've found a 3 speed racer style seat in black and white zodiac vinyl that will be on it, and i'll flip the bars.

the other thing that bothers me about this bike is the jumbled mess of wires and cables. i'll get some good shiny cable clips. but i'm going to try and run the wires through the frame.

here's my first few torn down / striping and priming pics.

this is my least favorite step... maybe one day i'll get "spendy" enough to pay the machine shop to blast a frame.

after striping i sand the metal down as smooth as i can get it. i aim for getting a good polish with 800 or better.
here's a shot of how silky smooth a couple coats of acid etch primer will look... i love that stuff.

here's a couple of mock up shots.

oh and p.s. going to go with white rubber.

 

[hewey]

Re: Classy Lassy

Like where you're heading with this one

 

[warpigg]

this weekend i finished stripping the frame. i hit the frame with some 800 wet/dry, pre-paint, two coats of acid etch primer (let the primer dry overnight), wet sand with 1000 grit and more pre-paint.

next. i shot the base coat.

my supplies:

here's a pic or two of the gloss black base coat. (3ish coats [one can])

then after another night of cure time i hit it first with craft store glitter paint, then a can of clear.

here's how it sits right now.

 

[hubgearfreak]

I'll be painting it black with flake in the clear coat. white lugs with a red detail on the lug edges.

sounds great

 

[warpigg]

next i masked up the areas outside the lugs. i picked a wimbledon white to since a cream would go better with the schwable delta cruisers that will go on it.

here's the results

up next: red enamel detail around the lugs and bury everything in 5-100 coats of clear.

 

[warpigg]

red enamel on the lugs. i used a model builder's paintbrush (toothpick).

and a couple more coats of clear.

i think the paint is done.

 

[icyuod2]

classy, very classy!

 

[warpigg]

first crude post-paint mock up

 

[Galtbacken]

Looks good!

 

[deorman]

Now for the black high tops, button down shirt, and butch haircut! :mrgreen:

 

[warpigg]

i got the delta cruisers on:

 

[badmuller]

classy bike! Very cool, nice job.

 

[Hooch]

I love it!