Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
That's funny! Read all of the posts. I strip my frames completely and say that my rattle can paint jobs don't chip. San Rensho says stripping isn't worth it because the rattle can paint is going to chip immediately.
I've rattled canned with plasitcote and with automotive paint in a spray can (not catalyzed) as well as with two part (catalyzed) Imron, which cost about $70. The Imron was hard as a rock until the rust came back, but the other paints were very soft and chipped easily. You can get a pretty paint job with a rattlecan if you take your time, but unless you really baby your bike (which I don't) it will chip.
I'm sold on powdercoating. The paint hasn't even come off the dropouts where the quick-releases clamp.
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