saracen--mad Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 I've been wanting to spray my frame for a bit, and I've come to the conclusion that I want it in a gold-plated sort of finish, so it'll look like a gold-chrome/gold-mirror look.. Does anyone know how I can achieve this kind of a finish on my frame? thanks matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shovel Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 if you were spraying the bike yourself to get a good finish like this you will have to have patience use something like nitromorse to strip the original paint and then wash it down which will remove the nitromorse and the paint lightly rub down the frame with some fine emery paper which will make some of the scratches on the frame smoother start spraying the bike with primer, it'll take a couple of coats to make the frame even and smooth to get a mirror gold/silver finish you could buy some metallic silver and metallic gold paint, spray the bike with the silver and once dry spray it with the gold then once all of the bikes finished spray it with a couple of layers of laquer and that should be it alternatively you could send the frame to argos cycles and they can respray the frame in any colour you want, although this way costs about 80 quid or more and also by spraying it yourself it might be a bit more satisfying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Yeah, as above really, but remember that if you choose to do it yourself then it will take a lot of time/patience to get a nice finish. Don't rush into anything, and if possible try out the paints/primers etc together first before you apply them to the frame so you can be sure of what you will finally get. Luke Oh, one more thing... Haven't happened to just see the pics of the gold BT by any chance before making this had you? ;)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracen--mad Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Yeah, as above really, but remember that if you choose to do it yourself then it will take a lot of time/patience to get a nice finish. Don't rush into anything, and if possible try out the paints/primers etc together first before you apply them to the frame so you can be sure of what you will finally get. Luke Oh, one more thing... Haven't happened to just see the pics of the gold BT by any chance before making this had you? ;)" ← No link to it please??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 (edited) No link to it please??? ← you saw it HERE 1st!!! If you did this frame this good, id give you a big, big gold star! Hint when spraying keep the can parallell to the frame non of this flicking you wrist as the pant will, rebound off and run OR streek! Edited September 1, 2005 by pissin_on_the_fence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 yo some dude painted his monty x-lite gold a while ago. looked like he did a fair good job. maybe hunt him down for some tips. I might have a picture somewhere I'll have a looksie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve sturt Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Nitromorse it... then ride till it gets muddy... then laquer it with fence varnish or creosote. Gives a cool ghetto feel. Its original too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) Spraying frames FAQ The666ers (James i think it is) wrote up a guide, all the answers you need should be in here. Gold spray paint. Sam Edited September 2, 2005 by samthebiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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