Harry Leary Paint-job by Sparkle Quality Coatings, Big thanks.

[martylaa]

Just picked my Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo up from Neil and his lads at Sparkle Quality Coatings in Washington, as you can see he's done a superb job on the bits, cheers boys.
Also big thanks to n2cus for his involement in the groundwork of this paint, right now to build it up.

[meticulous]

nearly as good as mine....   

another given a new lease....   

[martylaa]

haha
common as muck now 

[martylaa]

polished

[martylaa]

So there is no chrome underneath?
The reason I ask is that I had my HLT re-chromed and was gonna leave it at that. Now I really want a smoked chrome finish and was wondering if it's poss to apply over fresh chrome?

this is'nt a smoked chromefinish, do you mean the pro class finish? is that right? this is a paint process nearest match to the harry leary paint, i had my old scruffy one stripped then polished then painted, not sure about smoked chrome mate, would have thought it would'nt be a problem but i would'nt know

[neiljonarcus]

So there is no chrome underneath?
The reason I ask is that I had my HLT re-chromed and was gonna leave it at that. Now I really want a smoked chrome finish and was wondering if it's poss to apply over fresh chrome?

this is'nt a smoked chromefinish, do you mean the pro class finish? is that right? this is a paint process nearest match to the harry leary paint, i had my old scruffy one stripped then polished then painted, not sure about smoked chrome mate, would have thought it would'nt be a problem but i would'nt know

marty alot of people call this  HARRY LEARY SMOKED CHROME  ...........


to answer the question  yeah its chrome underneath / yeah its fine to paint over the new chrome , sorry to but in but it was me that made the paint for this frame , hope that doesn,t sound big headed

[martylaa]

neil ya not butting in mate your hard work made this possible, i stand corrected mate, thought smoked chrome was the stuff on the old pro class's, anyway to answer the question mine was only polished prior to painting and its turned out superb by the boys at sparkle
p.s i id say a big thanks at the top of the post to you and neil for coming up with this stuff

[neiljonarcus]

marty you will probaly remember this post when i 1st cracked the colour i just sat hear for a few minutes and had a recap of how this took over my life for 4 weeks it was a fooking knightmare mate

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=83301.0

[martylaa]

haha yeah i know mate, this bmx stuff taking over ya life is right, spent the other afternoon with bmx grips in a sink scrubbing them, me missus walked in thought i was washing up, did'nt tell her i've been using the pots to dye me stuff 
spoke to neil he says your never away from the place with new frames to paint haha

[sid1972]

fab!!!! 

[kevin rettie]

marty you will probaly remember this post when i 1st cracked the colour i just sat hear for a few minutes and had a recap of how this took over my life for 4 weeks it was a fooking knightmare mate

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=83301.0

Fantastic to look back at this Neil, what a jouney... brilliant!   

Hope you're well mate.

[neiljonarcus]

marty you will probaly remember this post when i 1st cracked the colour i just sat hear for a few minutes and had a recap of how this took over my life for 4 weeks it was a fooking knightmare mate

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=83301.0

Fantastic to look back at this Neil, what a jouney... brilliant!   

Hope you're well mate.

yeah kev top draw mate i was telling marc to tell you i was asking about you the other week  .......... i must drop you a line soon mate

[Frosty]

Martylaa,

You got any pics of before the paint job. I just need to assess the components I have to see if they will need work before the treatment!!

Cheers

Paul

[MartyC]

Did you straighten the rear dropout?