Ideas for a frame re-spray?

marklocke1974

I have an old alu frame. I can't afford to kit it out, but am thinking of spraying it and doing it as a project.

any ideas or suggestions?

I'm looking at some of the trek "art" bikes, to get something unique and unusual

toastedone

Get it powder coated, not that expensive and hard wearing

marklocke1974

how much was that?

toastedone

sorry thats not mine, it was just to give some inspiration, you can get a frame powder coated for under 100

The Northern Monkey

pink and brown

toastedone

I would love a bike airbrused by an artist, something really individual but at the end of the day its a bike, it will get dropped and scratched, it should be ridden hard so is there any real point, do you see pro riders riding on specially painted bikes?

Keith1983

Maybe some sort of tribute to the Tour De France winners, with al their names on it or something?

tattoo

I got a frame blasted and powdercoated for £15 it would have normally have been £20 but I stripped the frame first. This was at a place local to me in Dunstable.

Nice tough finish and a lovely shade of satin black

Cheers
Paul

marklocke1974

cheers. I don't suppose you have any photos?

kinmofo

The Northern Monkey wrote:

pink and brown

+1 for pink and brown.

also, either way you'll still have to srip the old paint if you want anything to stick to it.

if you don't decide to go powdercoat, you have to buy special aluminium primer as the standard stuff just doesn't stick.

there is a 3rd option, once you have all the old paint removed, get a wire-cup brush in a drill, and give it a brushed alu-look. clear coat it afterwards.

if u can get an old steel bike, strip all paint off then leave it outside to go rusty, then u sand the rust back and clear coat it. it looks awesome, iirc its called rat-look.

failing all that, i can do the job for you if you like? i painted my old alu specialized hardrock sport loads of times. and my friends car when he was re-building it.