lozallen Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) about 2 months ago I purchased a Zona Zenith for the only reason that i was just getting back into trials after years out and didnt want to splash out mega bucks. im pleased to say that i'm absolutly loving it again and the frame is performing pretty well. front end is next on the upgrade list with some light forks, bars and a different angle stem. but at the moment i wasnt realy liking the colour of the frame so decided i would take it back to raw. here is the before picture: first i attacked it with nitromors. what a painful way this is, the paint seemed to be nuke proof.: this was getting me nowhere so i took it to a powder coaters to get it shot blasted. as they used steel shot they explained that it would have a rough effect but for a polished effect that i was after i would have to sand afterwards.: the sanding to aaaaages: but i finaly finished it. its not perfect but wont matter too much when it starts getting abused. let me know what you thing guys think. ta for reading. Edited September 5, 2011 by lozallen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 done a good job on frame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Love it mate. I had a similar horror story with some alloys, notromors did nothing so I got them shot blasted too. But I really liked the finish so kept them rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Nitromors changed there product..The new nitromors is aweful and actually doesnt work. Get yaself on ebay, and get some of the old nitromors for future refernce. Google, the new nitromors..so many unhappy customers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Also if it's anodised nitromorse doesn't work so you have to use caustic soda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 It's painted. Looking good dude - a few tweaks to the front end like you mention would sort things out nicely. Welcome back to it(Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2896404/http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3352568/ snap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardweb Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I prefered it when it wasn't sanded! Awesome work man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex-trials-boy Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Liked the look before it was sanded, looked like a stone affect still looks nice now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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