Author Topic: Gold leaf frame (Read 2741 times)

oldschoolace · « **on:** July 16, 2011, 01:57 PM »

Could this work as something a bit different? has anyone tried it?

Jaymz · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:27 PM »

gold FTW

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:32 PM »

and that one gets ridden

oldschoolace · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:32 PM »

Hmmm I had thought about gold plating a whole frame but concluded it would be too expensive hence the foil idea. I'm going to a platers and powder coaters on Tuesday for my trickstar 2 so will ask them for a price

Jaymz · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:33 PM »

Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on July 16, 2011, 02:32 PM

and that one gets ridden

Who own it BE. Ive seen it posted many times , but never found an originating thread with the owner in

Gnarlyscoots · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:35 PM »

That's Joes aint it Jaymz ??

kusam · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:37 PM »

Someone gold plated a hutch on here some years back now, stu from liverpool, has a gold plating business or somat like that...anyway, it wasn't liked that much if I remember correctly.

Jaymz · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:39 PM »

Quote from: Londonhellboy on July 16, 2011, 02:35 PM

That's Joes aint it Jaymz ??

Oldschooldayz Joe

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Gnarlyscoots · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:41 PM »

Joe6187

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/haro/34661

Jaymz · « **Reply #9 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:43 PM »

Quote from: Londonhellboy on July 16, 2011, 02:41 PM

Joe6187

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/haro/34661

Ah Hong Kong Joe!! Bloody Lush, would happily loose a kidney for that ride!!

Jaymz · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:46 PM »

Anyway back on topic

Yes I think you should go for it, perhaps try doing a portion of seatpost first to see what it adheres like, or maybe a set of forks. I did wonder a while ago whether gold leaf would be of any use on a bike build, and maybe you could guinea pig it for us

AKGOFF · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2011, 02:48 PM »

You can only get away with plateing 1 bike and thats Woody Itsons Gold Trickstar, everything else would be tacky in my opinion. However, providing i can get a suitable person to laquer it, i am going to do my Mini Torker in Polished Copper Plating.

Adam

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2011, 03:28 PM »

so you can't do a burner ?

jaymz - you not got the mags ?

http://www.facebook.com/classicbmx

Jaymz · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2011, 03:45 PM »

No i donts have them!!!

winnit93 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2011, 04:04 PM »

gold leafing is a very different effect Ive been a picture framer for 20 years and use it quite a bit.
gold leaf looks great but its not very hard wearing so you couldn't ride it.
its quite easy to do on surfaces like a bike though, i once did a banana and it looked amazing and it seemed to stay fresh for ages

ill try and find a photo for you!

Jaymz · « **Reply #15 on:** July 16, 2011, 04:08 PM »

Quote from: winnet93 on July 16, 2011, 04:04 PM

gold leafing is a very different effect Ive been a picture framer for 20 years and use it quite a bit.
gold leaf looks great but its not very hard wearing so you couldn't ride it.
its quite easy to do on surfaces like a bike though, i once did a banana and it looked amazing and it seemed to stay fresh for ages
ill try and find a photo for you!

Goldfinger!! Wonder how fresh she stayed

oldschoolace · « **Reply #16 on:** July 16, 2011, 04:15 PM »

Quote from: winnet93 on July 16, 2011, 04:04 PM

gold leafing is a very different effect Ive been a picture framer for 20 years and use it quite a bit.
gold leaf looks great but its not very hard wearing so you couldn't ride it.
its quite easy to do on surfaces like a bike though, i once did a banana and it looked amazing and it seemed to stay fresh for ages
ill try and find a photo for you!

Cool. Yeah i thought gold leaf would be a bit different, it has a nice texture to it. Do you know how well it would take laquer winnet93? I would have thought it would coat well and enough coats should keep the wear to i minimum. I dont do carpet queens, i gotta ride em