Painting a Steel frame
Need a bit'o'advice from you wise lot!
Have an Elswick ~30yr old steel frame, that I want to repaint. Its a green colour, but I want to paint the frame 2-tone, one tone is really really light green. Nearly white infact.
Had advice from 2 people, but they contradict each other.One said to just sand the frame until the rust spots/scratches/marks go (to a minimal extent that the original green paint is still visible) and then paint over that.
The other one said to sand the frame right back to the metal, then primer, then paint.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Have an Elswick ~30yr old steel frame, that I want to repaint. Its a green colour, but I want to paint the frame 2-tone, one tone is really really light green. Nearly white infact.
Had advice from 2 people, but they contradict each other.One said to just sand the frame until the rust spots/scratches/marks go (to a minimal extent that the original green paint is still visible) and then paint over that.
The other one said to sand the frame right back to the metal, then primer, then paint.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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Option 1 is a bodge, but will be cheaper, while option 2 is a proper job, but will cost more. Up to you really...0
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will it matter that I want to paint a lighter coat on the frame? Will the original paint not show through?0
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i got an old steel trackframe & forks shotblasted and powdercoated for £50.
teh painter dis a single colour "candy" (metal flake) paint job and it looked fantastic - colours will be limited and ir will be a single colour only.
see pics here.
http://www.braveheartcyclingfund.com/Community/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=72170 -
if you go for option 1, then quite probably...0
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Any rust that remians on the frame will come back through your new paint job (and continue to damage the frame tubes), best long term option is to have the frame completely stripped and all rust removed. The key to any paint job is preparation, think 90% prep, 10% application (and then ther's the finishing). Always best to put light colours on top of light bases, although you could view your first application of light green as the base coat and then apply enough (light) coats to cover until you are satisfied0
