Frame painting with bed liner?
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Frame painting with bed liner?
Has anyone ever done this? Pictures?
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man, the search function does not work for me. ever. at all. always zero results. is it a firefox thing?
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I was contemplating it, but ended up not bothering with it when it became apparent that for whatever reason, the exposed steel on my frame refuses to rust.
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I had thought of using the plasti-dip, or rubberized coatings.... you know, like the handles on pliers. nothing I seriously want to do... just sounded funny.
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Originally Posted by chevy42083
I had thought of using the plasti-dip, or rubberized coatings.... you know, like the handles on pliers. nothing I seriously want to do... just sounded funny.
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you guys know if anyone has tried to patina the raw metal of their frames?
i was doing some cold patinas on some alumnium castings i had done for class and thought it would be pretty cool to try but seeing as i have no experience, and more imporantly, no bike to try it on it would be a mostly futile excercise.
i was doing some cold patinas on some alumnium castings i had done for class and thought it would be pretty cool to try but seeing as i have no experience, and more imporantly, no bike to try it on it would be a mostly futile excercise.
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I'm going to attempt to use Glaze Coat with glitter (how girlie.) on my currently rusting frame. unfortunately this means I will be a bus-rider/hermit for a couple days.
(btw: first post. ahoy y'all)
(btw: first post. ahoy y'all)
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Originally Posted by SSSasky
man, the search function does not work for me. ever. at all. always zero results. is it a firefox thing?
https://www.google.com/advanced_searc...7g1&as_qdr=all
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Ya don't even need fancy schmancy advanced search. Just add site:bikeforums.net to your search terms. If you are clever enough to have google toolbar, just click on the G and select current site. (only trouble is, you can't restrict the search to SSFG)
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i've seen pictures of truck bed liner falling off in huge sheets under its own weight, although you can't discount bad surface prep.
for a similar effect [minus the falling off] you could try car under-body sealer.
you should be able to get it and the special spraygun attachment ordered in from any main dealer.
[not sure why you'd want to though. as has already been said: it's ugly and heavy]
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for a similar effect [minus the falling off] you could try car under-body sealer.
you should be able to get it and the special spraygun attachment ordered in from any main dealer.
[not sure why you'd want to though. as has already been said: it's ugly and heavy]
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Oh yeah, another finish which I am still contemplating is something called "hammered" spray paint. It has a Hammered texture, and comes in various blacks, grays, silvers, and I THINK maybe a bronze-ish color. It's supposed to be a pretty tough paint. Alot of the guys building air-bag setups for their mini-trucks use this stuff on the fabbed suspension parts.
It's a spray can you can buy from Home Depot, Lowes, etc.
EDIT: WOW, either they've expanded, or my local places don't carry the full line.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product.asp...ct_id=21&SBL=1
BTW, I've used it on truck inner fenders, and the distance and thickness you lay it down DOES change the size of the "scales" in the finish. I would recommend getting the tight places on the bike first. Then overcoating it all so the final product will all look similar.
It's a spray can you can buy from Home Depot, Lowes, etc.
EDIT: WOW, either they've expanded, or my local places don't carry the full line.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product.asp...ct_id=21&SBL=1
BTW, I've used it on truck inner fenders, and the distance and thickness you lay it down DOES change the size of the "scales" in the finish. I would recommend getting the tight places on the bike first. Then overcoating it all so the final product will all look similar.
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Originally Posted by p3ntuprage
[not sure why you'd want to though. as has already been said: it's ugly and heavy]
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Originally Posted by chevy42083
Oh yeah, another finish which I am still contemplating is something called "hammered" spray paint. It has a Hammered texture, and comes in various blacks, grays, silvers, and I THINK maybe a bronze-ish color. It's supposed to be a pretty tough paint. Alot of the guys building air-bag setups for their mini-trucks use this stuff on the fabbed suspension parts.
It's a spray can you can buy from Home Depot, Lowes, etc.
EDIT: WOW, either they've expanded, or my local places don't carry the full line.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product.asp...ct_id=21&SBL=1
BTW, I've used it on truck inner fenders, and the distance and thickness you lay it down DOES change the size of the "scales" in the finish. I would recommend getting the tight places on the bike first. Then overcoating it all so the final product will all look similar.
It's a spray can you can buy from Home Depot, Lowes, etc.
EDIT: WOW, either they've expanded, or my local places don't carry the full line.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product.asp...ct_id=21&SBL=1
BTW, I've used it on truck inner fenders, and the distance and thickness you lay it down DOES change the size of the "scales" in the finish. I would recommend getting the tight places on the bike first. Then overcoating it all so the final product will all look similar.
Don't buy rustoleum hammered finish: only but "hammerite". 100% difference in quality and durability. I used both A LOT in other applications. Hammerite is the best to get, period. "Hammered finished" just didn't hold up: peeled and flaked. I thought it was my application, so I did a side by side on a steel bar with same prep. Hammerite faired far better.
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Originally Posted by trons
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Part of the premise of check the search is that the people who respond to a thread today may not say exactly the same things as the people who responded to the same topic at the other times it has come up. That, and to a lot of people it's helpful to realize you don't have to sit around waiting for answers to your question when there may be tens or 100s already.
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Hammerite is a different brand, or different finish?
Where to buy?
and thanx for the heads-up
Where to buy?
and thanx for the heads-up
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If you want a durable finish, just go powdercoat. Yes, its more expensive than spray on bedliner or whatever, but likely way more durable and won't peel off and have a weird texture. You also get your pick of about 100 colors..but a rubberized frame coating would be cool and unique. If you do end up going the bedliner route, I'd love to see pics.
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Originally Posted by chevy42083
Hammerite is a different brand, or different finish?
Where to buy?
and thanx for the heads-up
Where to buy?
and thanx for the heads-up
The finish looks very similar, and the colors nearly match ~ but the durability isn't the same.
Just on looks, they are both equal. You can buy Hammerite in a non spray pint size as well.
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Originally Posted by doomkin
you guys know if anyone has tried to patina the raw metal of their frames?
Makers of very expensive guns in the late 1800's and early 1900's would create a corrosion-resistant patina they called "browning."
The process involved keeping disassembled gun parts in a cool, humid room, and wiping them down daily with a damp, slighty-oiled rag.
When treated this way, conscientiously and consistently, steel will turn golden, brown, or grey; and, will resist further corrosion, in the absence of salt.
Nickel and aluminum form a protective oxide layer in the presence of oxygen, and will turn a dull silver color.
I like the look of nickel.
One of the instructors at the United Bicycle Institute (Ashland, Oregon) had his or her lugged-steel fixed-gear frame plated with pure nickel and it looks beautiful; much nicer and more under-stated than chrome (not as hard as chrome, though, and more subject to wear and tear).
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Originally Posted by mander
^ my powdercoat rules. It was an expensive two stager, with transparent blue over chrome. It's durable as hell and it looks Pimp!
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Just finished mine with Monstaliner, very pleased with the results.
https://cdn.instructables.com/F23/Z5Y...I3H.MEDIUM.jpg
Here is the link to the instructable:
Bed Liner Bike Frame
https://cdn.instructables.com/F23/Z5Y...I3H.MEDIUM.jpg
Here is the link to the instructable:
Bed Liner Bike Frame