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wirewheel

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Re: Aerosol bike respray - show ur pics
« Reply #75 on: September 25, 2008, 11:16 AM »
heres my wtp phoenix i nitro'd and clear coated with 2pack, you need to spray laquer thick to get the glassy finish, just picked a laf up gonna do clear green! i'll post some pics when done.

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« Reply #76 on: September 25, 2008, 11:32 AM »
That looks really good, Where did you get the clear green you're doing the LAF in? That'll look sweet  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #77 on: September 25, 2008, 11:35 AM »
my mate from school runs a paint shop called colourwerx in stoke, he's gonna mix it later today i'll post my results and stick the shop details on the 2pac was from same gaff cheers for digging the wtp

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« Reply #78 on: September 25, 2008, 11:38 AM »
Cool  :daumenhoch: I tried doing a candy red and put down a silver base coat first then put the red on and it just burned off the undercoat, probably should have used the recommended base coat :idiot2:

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« Reply #79 on: September 25, 2008, 06:57 PM »
 fraz that looks splendiferous mate !!  take a bow son!
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« Reply #80 on: September 25, 2008, 07:18 PM »



I want to touch ORB

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« Reply #81 on: September 25, 2008, 07:30 PM »
I want to touch ORB

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« Reply #82 on: September 25, 2008, 08:44 PM »
are the decals on that meteorlite based on originals? I need some for mine but don't know much about how these bikes are supposed to look, I'm spraying it white. Cheers mate  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #83 on: September 25, 2008, 08:50 PM »
the originals were based on a "space print" in one colour. very boring. see romblokes bikie in the museum.
I want to touch ORB

wirewheel

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« Reply #84 on: October 04, 2008, 02:46 PM »
heres this weeks effort, s and m laf, glad i didn't take before pic was a right bloody mess, some may think it still is :LolLolLolLol:

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« Reply #85 on: October 04, 2008, 03:15 PM »
Looks good to me  :daumenhoch:

wirewheel

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« Reply #86 on: October 06, 2008, 01:59 PM »
i'll post some better pics when joe gets the decs to me

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« Reply #87 on: October 09, 2008, 05:51 PM »
Here's my rider - arrived from the USA looking like a proper bag of shite, but like the Millenium Falcon, she's got it where it counts and is a Haro underneath :daumenhoch:
Several hours of prep and a couple of coats of plastic primer and topcoat, here she is :smitten:
Not bad for a $46USD frame chucked in the box with stuff I'd already bought........ :LolLolLolLol:
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firebird4130

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« Reply #88 on: October 09, 2008, 06:32 PM »
came out nice mate , liking that a lot  :daumenhoch: that Frame was a bargain too

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« Reply #89 on: October 09, 2008, 08:13 PM »
Cheers :daumenhoch:

My brother did it actually - a dab hand with a spray can indeed. I'll be riding this at Creation at the Xmas do, but it's got some black Tuffs on it as the Z's were scary when we were kids, so the extra few stone makes them realllllllly scary!

Oh, the forks are Ammaco, so no need to tell me they're not LG's :2funny:

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Re: Aerosol bike respray - show ur pics
« Reply #90 on: October 09, 2008, 11:41 PM »
That Haro looks sweet spen  :daumenhoch:

Did he finish off with a clear laquer to give it a shine or is that just the final white topcoat ?
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« Reply #91 on: January 25, 2009, 03:18 PM »
just sprayed this today





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« Reply #92 on: January 30, 2009, 10:28 AM »
thats expertise there friend spraying a quad. lots of tricky bits looks cool man well in. :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #93 on: February 05, 2009, 04:31 PM »
Couple of little tips which may be useful re: paint compatibility . . .

I've rattle-canned a few frames over the years and found Halfords/Holts car paint to be the best although as mentioned above it does tend to mark easily.  Plastikote gives a lovely finish but is pretty soft until cured so needs to be left a good couple of weeks before building.  I've found Hammerite pretty similar to Plastikote but having used it on mtb sus forks I found it was affected by grease and oil (paint became very soft) - a compatible lacquer over the top would probably prevent that.  Lastly, I found out the hard way this week that Plastikote and Halfords spray are not compatible  :'(.  Flatted the white powder coat on my newly acquired Dirt Bike frame and gave a couple of coats of pink Plastikote before overspraying with Halfords Volkswagen orange (the intention being to recreate the hot rod orange my mtb).  Test patch inside the dropouts was fine but when I came to do the full frame, cue a rather wrinkly paint finish  >:(  Anyway, thanks to the snow and a couple of days off work (I work in a school - health and safety is great), out came the wet and dry again and a couple of coats later it's looking pretty good - ready for lacquer this weekend then an exercise in extreme patience before it's built up.

Edit:  Another quick tip - check your lacquer is compatible with your decals before spraying  :-\  My headtube decal just decided to shrivel like a dried prune after the thinnest of coats - fortunately I was able to whip it off once it was touch dry, before the final coat.

That Quad looks fantastic - what a finish  :4_17_5:  Did you use Halfords spray? (I'm guessing so by the cans in the pic)

« Last Edit: February 06, 2009, 01:24 PM by mamadirt »

firebird4130

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« Reply #94 on: March 13, 2009, 08:04 AM »


This is my latest effort, S&M L.A.F, all done in one day, frame ,bars, chainring, and seatpost clamp. Paint is Rover applejack from halfords

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Re: Aerosol bike respray - show ur pics
« Reply #95 on: March 13, 2009, 05:46 PM »
Looks a nice flat finish that mate - well in  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #96 on: March 14, 2009, 04:19 PM »
cheers mate  :daumenhoch:

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