Wheeljack23

Hello all. I just joined and am new to the fixed gear/single speed bikes. Just wondering if anyone has ever cerakoted their frames or parts on here yet? I have been working on my first budget build with an Aventon Cordoba.

DrIsotope

I don't ride a SS/Fix, and I used a competitor product-- Duracoat (as I have a lot of prior experience with it) but I Duracoated my frame and fork about 4 months ago. Stripped to bare metal, primed with etching primer, and then did the usual thin coats and final wet coat. WWII OD Green for the frame, Matte Black fork. It's held up every bit as well as I expected Duracoat to hold up. I had a few nicks and scraches (mostly from crashing on the bike about 2 months ago) The only pic I have is from the day following the paint, Photobucket is down for maintenance and I can't get to any of the newer pics.



If you have access to a basic HVLP sprayer, it's really straightforward, and relatively inexpensive. I think with all materials involved, including stripper, degreaser, etc, it was under $80.

Wheeljack23

That's a good looking bike. Yeah I have all the tools needed because I use cerakote to do my guns. It seems like its holding up really well as you state. I'm planing to coat my bike "safety orange" or like a burnt orange color.

johnalton87

I have a Trayvax wallet that is coated in the "safety orange" Cerakote. It would be one bright bike, but I'm really impressed with the stuff.

AndjaVXC

I have one of their wallets, too, I love it.

I work at Leatherman, and we do cerakote finishes on a lot of our tool handles, and it holds up very well. Not much different than powdercoating in terms of durability.

IAmSam

Slight thread hijack - sorry...

Quite awhile back I stripped a steel frame then not wanting to rattlecan it, and in my pursuit of being unusual, ended up "finishing" it with gun blueing. Was kind of a mess to do, but looked pretty nice when it was done. I sold that bike not very long afterwards and have since wondered if the blueing would have held up? Or would it have required redoing it regularly?

Can any of you gun nuts...errr...aficionados please opine?

Mumonkan

i had no idea you duracoated this thing, i thought it was a stock finish! ive admired this in the HrN threads and i wouldve never known, great job!
@Wheeljack23 - hell yes on the safety orange! post pics!

rex615

Gun Blue is basically a controlled oxidizing process on the surface of the steel. While it is more rust resistant than bare steel, it still needs to be protected with a coating of oil to keep it from rusting. It will also abrade or polish away with relative ease since it is not very deep (or should I say thick).

Sounds like a cool and unique way to finish a bike, but perhaps one that might require more upkeep than most people are willing to put up with.