painting uni seatpost??? finished

[kowalski]

hi i have just aquired a uni seat
 in good condition but am wondering if i can paint just the seatpost to brighten it up a bit? not quite sure what its made of so would a rattle can do it??
if so can anyone please tell me a specific code or car colour that is bright white like powder coat white as i am struggling to find anything really really white 

[wildwood1971]

If you dont have any luck with the spray can - i'd be interested in buying it off ya - 

Just PM me if you want to move it on

Paul

[kowalski]

will do paul but really want to paint this if poss 

[billy-bmx]

me dad can do it for ya

[Del]

Halfords Appliliance white... its with the Primers/top coats etc usually above the car paints

[kowalski]

cheers del  i will give that a go mate theres no end to your skills is there ??

[Del]

nope, no end in sight

Your decals are on their way!

[kowalski]

 

[Redline]

I could be wrong but seem to remember those uniseats had some kind of plastic/nylon seatpost in them. How about trying to dye it like some of these guys do with tuffs.... if ya paint it, isn't that just going to scuff up again??

Just an idea!!

John

[Waxintaxin]

there fibreglass i think , so be carefull with solvent based paints , I would try bleeching it first as that may brighten it up without resorting to adding paint which will in all probability crack due to the flex on fibreglass

plus by adding alayer or 2 of paint you wil prob scrape irt all off putting it in the frame

[kowalski]

good points chaps thanks,
tbh i think its a kind of nylon it has tiny little air holes in it, funny enough its been sat in bleach all day in the sun  and has not done much, i will try a small layer of paint to check for reaction, if all's well i shall give it couple of thin coats  its only for a show pony so if the paint scratches off up to a certain point it will be hidden in the tube. anyway... sounds good 
thanks for all your advice 

[kowalski]

all done
 firstly sanded, primed, top coat, halfords appliance white cheers del, then finally lightly buffed back and new decals added thanks again del!!
not for the pureists but i wanted the stickers to go with the haro ones, not a bad job me thinks???

[wildwood1971]

looks tip top dude 

[steve]

f ing ell, that come out nice!

[kowalski]

cheers boys, and thanks steve for the seat  
although you should see it further down the tube  it was slightly tight with the new paint layer whoops

[Del]

oooh that came out really nice! how close are you to finishing the Haro?

[kowalski]

hi del so far i have f+f, seatclamp, and uni seat, not using the skyways, dan has some aero rims to powder in white and im waiting on cranks and white forklifter, thats as far as i have got, oh and some mike dominguez stickers, when a certain person has time to make them   

[Del]

you'll have them first week in Nov when I'm back