The Pearl

[ratdaddy]

Here is a bike I did this summer for a young lady in my youth group. She is partial to pirate stuff, so I painted it pearl white, black seat and grips, and put pirate fabric on the fenders with a new black basket up front.

here's Gabby with the Pearl

before:

after:

sorry for the nightime pics...it's all I could get.

jeff

 

[Hugo]

Fabric on the fenders! Why didn't ** I ** think of that? :mrgreen:

Cool.

Hugo

 

[CCR]

nice !! how you put the fabric on ? adhesive ?? nice job on te chainring too !!

 

[user 135]

Fabric Idea is brilliant. Painted designs on fenders look great but hard to do. Fabric would accomplish the same thing. Please explain the process and how do you seal it?

 

[xddorox]

Did you seal it with resin? That's a brilliant idea, fantastic result :shock:

 

[ratdaddy]

I used spray adhesive and then sealed it with a couple of coats of UV resistant clear. I then cleared it with auto clear. I think the resin would probably do a better job than paint, cuz I put 6 or 7 coats of clear on it, and it never got smooth. I did a sample fender before I did Gabs, and I tried a light sanding on it with real fine grit paper and it didn't sand well.

Because of the fuzzy pic, the chainring is actually a GT bmx chainring. It has little GT's all over it. I didn't actually cover the chainring. That would be an option on a flat chainring with no slots or holes though.

jeff

 

[Multipass]

The fabric on the fenders is brilliant (as mentioned above)

Well done!

-Mp