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Old 02-04-08, 02:49 AM
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SuperVillain
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I took a beat-up light blue Schwinn MTB frame, scuffed up the paintjob with 600 grit, and painted it a slightly lighter blue (truck paint from Advance Auto Parts). 3 coats, 1 per day, painted outside in the cold and brought inside my warm apartment to dry. No clearcoat. I built it up as a winter beater, expecting the paint to immediately start chipping with use (which is why I used a color close to the original), but bizarrely it has yet to chip at all, after a month and a half of daily riding, locking up on campus, etc.
I've rattle-canned two other frames using the same brand paint, but with primer, wet-sanding, dry weather, etc. and both chip quite easily. For some reason this one just came out way more durable.

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