Painting My Clunker - Options
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Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby Kingfisher » Fri May 14, 2010 5:04 pm
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby brauluver » Fri May 14, 2010 5:32 pm
Still a rattle can, but if you take your time do it slowly with a few clear coats afterwards, I'm sure you could get a nice finish.
It will give you a far graeter chance of matching a color.
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby dodgiebros » Fri May 14, 2010 5:55 pm
I'd take your saddle and go around to some smash repair joints and ask if they can do the job, and colour match to the seat. I'm thinking it will cost more than powder coating because of the extra time/labour involved to prep and spray...
Other than that, I'd paint it myself (with colour matched rattle cans made up) just for that satisfaction of self accomplishment
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby dodgiebros » Fri May 14, 2010 5:57 pm
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby Kingfisher » Sat May 15, 2010 11:04 am
Open to as much advice as your willing to give........
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby damhooligan » Sat May 15, 2010 2:17 pm
Another option would be having it painted my a spray painter.Kingfisher wrote:Ok, I've just stripped the paint and bits off my 22 year old Repco clunker and now I'm looking at painting it. I have a Fizik Arione Liquigas seat with a metallic sort of blue sheen to it that I want to replicate as the paint finish on the bike. My questions are: -Can anyone recommend a good powder coating place in Melbourne, preferably south east side. Other than rattle caning the bike, which Ive previously done on a golf cart of mine and the result was fair but not great - Is their another painting method I can look at to get a metallic sort of finish that powder coating colours don't seem to offer. Any advice - preferably friendly would be appreciated for a newbie. The saddle looks like this one http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FIZIK-ARIONE-WIN ... 439f32cb28
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There are company's that do this.
Or a local panelshop could also help.
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Postby mick_copetti » Mon May 17, 2010 8:08 pm
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby shizmo » Tue May 18, 2010 12:13 am
I have chosen a relativly easy colour to paint i think... Grey... So i might strip it back and give it a go myself i have yet to decide. But my time seems more valuable that the 35$ for a pro paint job right?
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby backofthebunch » Tue May 18, 2010 12:13 pm
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby njbchapman » Tue May 18, 2010 5:43 pm
where are you based mate? i'd be interested in finding a place in sydney that would do both for that price.shizmo wrote:I am just looking into painting my Indi 500 Frame.... Best price for blast + powder is 70$...
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby Evetsllub » Tue May 18, 2010 8:56 pm
I'd pay the $70. That price for both is seriously cheap. You'd probably find they wont knock much off the price for just the powdercoat, they are probably just doing the sandblast for nicks, and you'll spend a massive amount of time getting all the paint off!shizmo wrote:I am just looking into painting my Indi 500 Frame.... Best price for blast + powder is 70$... i wonder if i strip the paint myself to metal what price a powder by itself would be? That could be an option i hear that a sand blast is kinda overkill it isn't too hard to strip it back then let the pro's do the powder coat for 35ish $$ i assume?
I have chosen a relativly easy colour to paint i think... Grey... So i might strip it back and give it a go myself i have yet to decide. But my time seems more valuable that the 35$ for a pro paint job right?
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby Evetsllub » Tue May 18, 2010 8:57 pm
Its pretty limited. nowhere near as extensive as paint.backofthebunch wrote:whats the colour range like with powder coating? is there any restrictions etc?
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby Dahondude » Tue May 18, 2010 11:00 pm
When I got my frame powdercoated they had a choice of about 60 different colours, so not that limited.Evetsllub wrote:Its pretty limited. nowhere near as extensive as paint.backofthebunch wrote:whats the colour range like with powder coating? is there any restrictions etc?
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby damhooligan » Tue May 18, 2010 11:20 pm
I can as a painter offer you more then 10.000 different colors, and you can can have more then one color ....Dahondude wrote:When I got my frame powdercoated they had a choice of about 60 different colours, so not that limited.Evetsllub wrote:Its pretty limited. nowhere near as extensive as paint.backofthebunch wrote:whats the colour range like with powder coating? is there any restrictions etc?
so 60 compared to 10.000 is to me 'limited'...
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby damhooligan » Tue May 18, 2010 11:35 pm
shizmo wrote:I am just looking into painting my Indi 500 Frame.... Best price for blast + powder is 70$...
Just saying that the best price doesn't also mean the best job...
Cheaper is not always better...
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby shizmo » Wed May 19, 2010 12:18 pm
Very true, if i was building a race bike or something similar then throwing a few hundred at a paint job would be very reasonable.damhooligan wrote:Cheaper is not always better...
70$ price is from Perth in Osborne park and that is by far the cheapest out of about 10 different places i called. Although one place quoted a Powder coat for 35$ so that is decent if you strip the frame yourself....
In the end i have a painter mate who talked me into doing it myself with his help, he has everything i need to strip the thing he reckons it is easy as cake with the right gear. Then once its tidy just nice gently layers of prime (With PLENTY of drying time alot of people fail this bit) nicely sanded. Get a can or two of half decent paint all up cost maybe 30$ish with added satisfaction of doing it myself. I would prefer to get a little better at it as it is a handy skill to have i am sure i will cross plenty of things that could use a paint in the future.
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby YoungPodge » Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:08 pm
It's a clunker bike. How good do you want it to look?
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby hartleymartin » Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:04 pm
http://raleightwenty.webs.com - the top web resource for the Raleigh Twenty
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby elStado » Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:17 am
I should be able to get a decent finish doing it myself. Shouldn't cost too much either. Just will take a lot of time. Powder coating will be easier and more durable.
Can anyone suggest a decent powder coater south of the river? I know there's a few around Welshpool, Maddington and Canningvale, but not sure if any are good with bikes?
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby jaseyjase » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:16 am
southside poweder coaters, pretty much most people use himelStado wrote:I'm still tossing up between getting my project bike sandblasted + powdercoated, or sanding it back and rattle spraying it myself.
I should be able to get a decent finish doing it myself. Shouldn't cost too much either. Just will take a lot of time. Powder coating will be easier and more durable.
Can anyone suggest a decent powder coater south of the river? I know there's a few around Welshpool, Maddington and Canningvale, but not sure if any are good with bikes?
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby elStado » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:23 am
Little out of the way but I'll give them a call.jaseyjase wrote:southside poweder coaters, pretty much most people use him
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Re: Painting My Clunker - Options
Postby |nick| » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:21 am
With mine i bought:
1x 3m Paint stripper 500g Aerosol ~$13 (supercheap auto)
1x K&H Grey Primer
1x K&H Gloss Black
1x K&H Clear Coat ~$45
Total: $58
I have the cheap aussie export spray paint fade horribly before so i thought i'd do it properly. Stripped and wired brushed the stubborn areas which took a few hours. With a whole can of clear coat on it, it still will never be as glossy as a powdercoated surface and i've already got a few chips (every chip hurts) from the 3 weeks i've had it. I'm already contemplating getting it powdercoated
With the other bike it was sand blasted and powdercoated primerose for $75. The finish is so much nicer, it's definitely not as prone to losing paint than my one and you just sit back and wait. Just make sure you fully disassemble the frame.
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