Bicycle Paint job Ideas
02-25-11, 12:12 AM
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^ This is because sharpies use a certain type of oil as the base. It is what makes them permanent and it is why you can sometimes remove sharpie with sharpie. When that starts to happen the oil to pigment ratio is off so your diluting the pigment you already laid down.
I am full of useless info!
I am full of useless info!
02-25-11, 12:24 AM
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^ Haha I am an avid sharpie lover/user and I hate it when that happens. Then you remember how expensive those things are!
02-25-11, 09:27 AM
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I had a bike powder coated "Home Depot Orange" a few years ago (yes-that was the actual name on the paint chip.) The shop charged $100 for the frame/fork. I stripped to bare metal, threaded in a few old bolts in the bottle cage mounts and left in old cups from a junky headset, and BB. The shop knew enough to tape off the fork stem with some high-temp masking tape. Too bad I don't have any pictures for ya, it looked sharp.
02-25-11, 06:47 PM
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So if i decide to go base white. does anyone know any tips or tricks for cool looking DIY accents???? i just want it to look awesome!
i wanna do gunmetal but don't know if it will look good with white spokes
i wanna do gunmetal but don't know if it will look good with white spokes
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https://www.colourlovers.com/
good place to find colors that go well with one another.
You can custom search and all that.
good place to find colors that go well with one another.
You can custom search and all that.
03-10-11, 11:53 AM
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Color Ideas again please
So i painted the frame gunmetal to go with my orange wheels.
Since they are orange with white spokes would it look better with a white seatpost and white stem or black stem and black seatpost?
Thanks
Since they are orange with white spokes would it look better with a white seatpost and white stem or black stem and black seatpost?
Thanks
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