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Old 09-27-18 | 02:45 PM
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Bikes: BAHL Giro, BAHL Uno, BAHL GVL, Cuevas

Originally Posted by Cynikal
I have dozens of friends who have had really good results with https://us.spray.bike/ . My friends at Squid have done some amazing spray jobs with it.

I sprayed my first frame with Spray Bike. I think that for the most part it came out really good. I had a few interesting things happen that I can't exactly explain with one of my colors and the clear coat. The blue is considered a flouro and because of that it has more power in the paint. It is/was certainly more finicky. The orange came out beautiful. I don't think I'd use a flouro color again but I'm getting ready to paint my second frame and have already got my paint.

The clear seemed to take forever to cure, like weeks. Even many days afterward, the frame was sticky to the touch in places. I live in a very dry area and humidity is almost non-existent, but almost think it was more humid than I thought. Not sure. Maybe I'm an idiot too. Could be.

Overall I'm happy with the results as a first time user. Second frame will be done once it cools down here.



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