[MENTION=382578]LGHT[/MENTION] - did you get your frame done? I was perusing the painting threads, and this seems the most recent.

Last year I sprayed a frame after stripping the thing down to base metal. I used the Dupli-Color lacquer everyone says is cr*p. My son road the bike a bit, and it's for sale now. The whole ordeal is documented here for the curious:

Last night I finished my first attempt at powder coating. It turned out...... well, it turned out.
$10 frame, no fork purchase: (the fork is one I had laying around from a race bike that rusted out. it had been powder coated originally. HA!)

Photos after chemical paint strip, sand blast, powder puff and bake (probably I would have come out ahead time/money wise if I had gotten a part time job and bought a bike......)



Next up is this Nishiki frame/fork I picked up for $25.



My thinking is to fix the bad spots remove the decals, lightly sand the whole deal, spray with engine enamel (Dupli-Color 'cause I can get it at my local O'Reilly's). Then take all the 600 bits hanging on the black frame and stick them on the Nishiki. The black bike is 52cm - too small for me. Considering all the time/effort that went into the first two frames, I'm really after a lot less time/money going into the Nishiki. Just get the rust removed, smooth the whole deal with emery clothe, primer, paint, maybe clear coat, ride it.

I'm open to suggestions, criticism, or being made fun of in general in a constructive way. I'm still reading through the other threads on painting. Seems like the people with equipment say yer dumb to use rattle cans. The people who just want to clean up an old bike seem to say $30 in primer/paint/clear is all I'm willing to spend on a $25 frame/fork that will never sell for more than $25 anyway.