Author Topic: Aerosol bike respray - show ur pics (Read 20678 times)

firebird4130 · « **Reply #50 on:** July 21, 2008, 06:53 PM »

Blinding finish!

bmxbob · « **Reply #51 on:** July 21, 2008, 07:15 PM »

Aye, its canny bright like

bobafett · « **Reply #52 on:** July 21, 2008, 07:38 PM »

Yeah mate - nice finish ! Think that might be an ammaco rather than a goose though bud

How many coats did ya do ?

bmxbob · « **Reply #53 on:** July 21, 2008, 08:20 PM »

Mongoose wire wheel i think mate defo Goose forks

two coats of plastikote white primer then a full tin of plastikote Fluorescent yellow

bobafett · « **Reply #54 on:** July 21, 2008, 09:48 PM »

Hmmm..... Gusset looks similar but i've never seen dropouts like that on a goose there's a whole page on goose droput ID here : http://www.vintagemongoose.com/frame/dropouts.php also behind the bottom bracket is usually box section rather than tube as is usually behind the seat post for a model with that gusset and then there's the rear brake bridge usually flat not tubed .....hmmmm.... I'm startin to wonder what ya got there - any one else that can shed any light i'm stumped

Still a quality paint job whatever she is

lazychubs · « **Reply #55 on:** July 21, 2008, 10:19 PM »

they dont show the wire wheel drop outs on the vintage site
but deffo looks like one tho

bobafett · « **Reply #56 on:** July 21, 2008, 10:39 PM »

Sorry dude - i still ain't sure she's a goose - maybe a niitaka check it out :

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/niitaka_/854

Sweet lookin paint job tho

I've looked for some detailed pictures of the mongoose wirewheel and they are a bit thin on the ground - didn't the mongoose wire wheel appear in the ammaco catalogues back in the day rather than the mongoose catalogues ? Had a look through all my mongoose catalogue scans and can't find it hmmmm..... maybe it was a UK only release manufactured outside the US ?? I'm sure there is a mongoose specialist on here that can spill all the beans..............

I'm dyin to find out now ! What does the serial number look like ?

bobafett · « **Reply #57 on:** July 22, 2008, 09:14 AM »

Right then - a bit more searchin and research and i think you might be right with the wire wheel ID which is technically an ammaco as it's a european manufactured frame that only appeared in UK ammaco brochures (hence why the drop outs don't appear on the vintagemongoose website) fook me they didn't half copy it with that niikata though ! Wonder if they ever got sued back in the day ? Still be interesting to see what the serial number looks like

zed4130 · « **Reply #58 on:** July 22, 2008, 09:24 AM »

i did the forks aswell, and i did my 95 kona kilauea, puke colour

bmxbob · « **Reply #59 on:** July 22, 2008, 07:51 PM »

Quote from: bobafett on July 22, 2008, 09:14 AM

Right then - a bit more searchin and research and i think you might be right with the wire wheel ID which is technically an ammaco as it's a european manufactured frame that only appeared in UK ammaco brochures (hence why the drop outs don't appear on the vintagemongoose website) fook me they didn't half copy it with that niikata though ! Wonder if they ever got sued back in the day ? Still be interesting to see what the serial number looks like

sorry for the delay on the serial number.
here it is, bottom bracket - 7137457
(outside, left) rear drop out - D6 20
brake bridge - 88

bobafett · « **Reply #60 on:** July 22, 2008, 09:32 PM »

Yeah deffo not a US mongoose serial number for that era - probs a UK ammaco mongoose - cool

firebird4130 · « **Reply #61 on:** August 29, 2008, 09:59 PM »

Here's my latest bike I've done, I think it's my best so far.A final Polishing with wax really does bring out the shine, I just use one from tescos, and an old t shirt or rag, paint was halfords car spray.

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firebird4130 · « **Reply #62 on:** August 29, 2008, 10:03 PM »

here's how it was before I sprayed it

bobafett · « **Reply #63 on:** August 29, 2008, 11:55 PM »

Top quality fraz - i think you are slowly becoming the aerosol master

firebird4130 · « **Reply #64 on:** August 30, 2008, 02:15 AM »

Cheers mate

Yeah it's one of those things I never thought I could do after a few disasterous attempts so now I just look at them after and think "did I do that?"

HARODAVE · « **Reply #65 on:** September 15, 2008, 12:23 PM »

Hey everyone , Dave here , i`m a newbie too ,got a tatty old haro zippo frameset to tart up as i`ve seen some lovley ones done as master reps on bmx museum . Never done any rattlecan work at all and was bricking it , but as i`m on a realyy tight budget and powder / chroming was too expensive , i thought i`d give it a go ,as it wasn`t as if i`d spent hundreds on an old sport or master frameset . Got the idea to use old guitar stands to hold the frame forks and bars whilst painting , used all my old curtains to mask up my little utility room at the back of my house, and it`s turned out good so far , 2 coats of grey primer bought form the local car psares shop , once its painted and stickered i`ll post the results . Thanks all for the top tips i`ve got on here ,couldn`t have done it without all of you guys !!

heres the berfore ,during ,and up to now pics!! IT`S THE STICKERS I`M REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT

Gary72 · « **Reply #66 on:** September 15, 2008, 08:40 PM »

Cyclecraft Mini-junior GT40 inspired

trasher · « **Reply #67 on:** September 16, 2008, 09:03 PM »

good jobs lads ,just goto take your time with it ,like most have said 90% of the work is the prep
heres some piccies of my old minimoto i did ,rattle cans from halfords

firebird4130 · « **Reply #68 on:** September 16, 2008, 09:15 PM »

Whoa that looks cool!

So hows all the masking done do you have templates made or something like that?

trasher · « **Reply #69 on:** September 16, 2008, 09:22 PM »

masking tape m8 ,,,started with a base coloure of white ,then masked off the area that was the next ,and a lot of newspaper to protect the already spayed
areas ,,,and then where the coloures change get some pinstripe(or go faster stripes) from halfords to hide the mask lines

p.s i then finished with clear laquer ,,when cured flattend off with some fine wet and dry and then polished it up