trialsinchris Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 hi i live in rotherham and i was wondering if any of you knew a place that would spray my bike and how much it would be. i called halfords at canklow and they dont do it . thanks (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petit_pablo Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Try car bodyshops. I would imagine they would do it for a small fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarrick Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Have you thought about doing this yourself? It's not that diffuclt if you are patient with it. Its pretty staight forward. sand down the frame untill it's smooth. apply 3-4 coats of primer, 3-4 coats of paint, and 3-4 coats of clearcoat(if your donig a gloss finish). and make sure to take EVERYTHING off the frame. Wet sanding with very high grit between primer will make it even better. Another option if it avalible is powercoating the frame. I dont recall it being very expensive and it turns out very nice. Dylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo_Monkey Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 www.argoscycles.com are about the only bike specific company who will respray frames and do any other weld jobs or custom work for you, they are in bristol i think this is the best way to get a pro spray job. other than that buy Hammerite Spray because its eaisy to spray with for beginers and has a lasting finish, make sure you use the CORRECT undercoat for the material you are spraying (halfords will be able to help you with this) and use any clear laqure as a top coat. i have sprayed a frame with this method - but you have to be prepared to muck it up the firts time and rub it down and start again if you have no experience of spraying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsinchris Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 did think about doing it myself but with cost and time i thought id be better off getting it done by shop dont james cycles do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatsink Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Have a look in Yell.co.uk for "powder coaters" near your way. Many will be used to doing bicycles/motorcycles etc and may charge around £40 or less to sandblast the original paint off, will have the right size bungs to stick into the BB and Heattube to stop the threads getting coated, and then will be able to do a cracking job quality wise in one spray to one of the many colours they currently use, or can get hold of the small sample of the desired colour required for the one bike. Powder coating puts down a layer which is the equivalent of several coats of paint. If you have something spray painted or have done this yourself before, you'll understant that the time involved with all these thin coats causes the professional spray painting cost to be much more expensive. I'd definately get my frame powder coated rather than try and hand spray it (expensive and alot of hassle combined with the likelihood of a poor finish due to lack of experience), or getting it sprayed professionally (expensive due to the time involved). Get a few quotes, and go with Dad etc to visit them in person and talk about it. Best to go for a place that sound like they do it alot and cost £5 more than a place that sound like they don't know what they're talking about! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I wouldn't mind gettin some of that paint that changes colour with the light? and put it on my old bmx wud look ace, anyone know where you can get the magic paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarrick Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 you are looking for something like this Paint It is expensive though so. Basically it has little cyrstal shapes of metal in it to change colour when light passes though them. Just an interesting fact, before they used the synthetic product they use in the paint now to change the colour, they used to use fish skails, which change colour in different light. Dylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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