Author Topic: home spray jobs back in the day (Read 2603 times)

theRuler · « **on:** January 17, 2007, 02:49 AM »

remember when bmx got all colourful in the mid 80's?

anybody spray their bike up a funky colour?

here's my bike, mid 85

ace picture

i sprayed the frame green, and later on did an orange candy stripe down the maintubes.

me and my mate sprayed his db silver streak frame in his bedroom. lol we couldnt breathe and there was a green double diamond shape on his bedroom wall for years after that

electobooty · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2007, 03:13 AM »

By god I did some orrible things

Did some sort of Jackson Pollack on a set of Landing Gear ...............thought they looked the nuts at the time

Did all the stripes, pastel, flouro looks

and now i like a clean stripped(with potts)bike

Trev · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2007, 03:44 AM »

sprayed my first street beat blue, then green.....

i had a scooter which i sprayed orange and white...

all looked the biz.......well they did at the time.....

gt0733 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2007, 05:33 AM »

my first REAL bmx frame was this 1979 australian quicksilver:

and about a year later after getting bored with the red and applying black enamel:

zed4130 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2007, 07:54 AM »

i think i resprayed my bikes every weekend got bored of the colour

i rember my dad respraying my old grifter in about 1980 he did it silver it was red

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2007, 07:59 AM »

did my scratched up blue burner in ermine white, with black forks, and black et style rear drops.

then stuck kuwahara stickers on it that i got from halfords.

it looked the bollocks, and was often commented on by the lads i rode with. Most wouldnt believe that i had done it myself, but i remember seing some guy painting a set of chrome forks with gloss blue brush paint, and then thought, well if thats your best effort.....lol.......I think the success of that bike was What got me into restoring stuff in the fisrt place.

retrogeezer · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2007, 08:42 AM »

I sprayed the yellow tuffs I got off my mates tuff burner black....looked o.k until the brake rubbed on the rim!!

MartyC · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2007, 09:26 AM »

Had my Gen 1 Freestyler powder coated green, other than that one I kept all my other bikes stock colours and never repainted.

ghostriderx · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2007, 09:40 AM »

had my lovely nickel plated mongoose wire wheel powder coated in black

put black tuff 2s on it and mini renthal bars which got nicked from mi school bike shed.

i know who yer are yer tw_t as well if yer reading this. it may be 26 years ago but every dog has its day

Stodgy · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2007, 09:59 AM »

I sprayed my white performer a lovely gay baby blue...

Oh, and then added pink Tuff's...

Geth · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2007, 04:48 PM »

I was way ahead of my time....

Matt Black painted with blackboard paint and a paint brush

dj_benice · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2007, 04:53 PM »

too much of summat led me to paint a perfectly lovely specialised hardrock velvet purple with yellow 'james' flowers to part way down the top tube

LXIX · « **Reply #12 on:** January 17, 2007, 05:07 PM »

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm the spell of cheap tins of sprayn paint that brings back some memories

Dingobmxer · « **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2007, 05:24 PM »

Quote from: Geth on January 17, 2007, 04:48 PM

I was way ahead of my time....

Matt Black painted with blackboard paint and a paint brush

and girls jeans by the look of it

DINGO

Geth · « **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2007, 05:41 PM »

Like I said.....

Way ahead of my time!

Dingobmxer · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2007, 05:46 PM »

were they a pair of Rachaels?

DINGO :)l

DR VINOAH · « **Reply #16 on:** January 17, 2007, 06:27 PM »

i never got into painting my own stuff

but me pal wolly

painted his yellow tuffs with baby blue emulsion

when it wore off the brake line

we painted them biege

thing that still makes me laugh was the paint was leftovers

from his nans kahzee and frontroom

Geth · « **Reply #17 on:** January 17, 2007, 06:28 PM »

Quote from: dingobmxer on January 17, 2007, 05:46 PM

were they a pair of Rachaels?
DINGO :)l

Me & Rachel used to wear each others jeans

Dingobmxer · « **Reply #18 on:** January 17, 2007, 07:25 PM »

Quote from: Geth on January 17, 2007, 06:28 PM

Quote from: dingobmxer on January 17, 2007, 05:46 PM
were they a pair of Rachaels?
DINGO :)l

Me & Rachel used to wear each others jeans

Must not Type anything else

DINGO

Lazarou · « **Reply #19 on:** January 17, 2007, 08:34 PM »

Two words......blue Hammerite

jimwise68 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2007, 09:09 PM »

I sprayed my Mk1 red Burner frame matt black and the black forks primer gray. That was about 1982.

lazychubs · « **Reply #21 on:** January 17, 2007, 09:16 PM »

painted me viper black and blue lol
then stripped with inspectormors
and rode bike whilst stripping paint. in shorts
and burnt all me bits inc legs lol

meticulous · « **Reply #22 on:** February 08, 2009, 09:28 PM »

thought i would drag up an ancient thread....

i had my gen 1 haro shot blasted and powder coated white

all because i saw bob haro on TV with a white freestyler....

had a broken ankle in plaster in this shot too...

Author Topic: home spray jobs back in the day (Read 2603 times)

theRuler

electobooty

Trev

gt0733

zed4130

retrogeezer

ghostriderx

Geth

dj_benice

LXIX

Geth

DR VINOAH

Geth

Lazarou