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Old 08-15-08 | 08:06 PM
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From: Mountain Brook, AL
Originally Posted by duane041
I hope they've done bike frames before, otherwise they're gonna hate painting that frame. Most painters are accustomed to shooting onto flat panels, not rounded tubes with junctions everywhere. But $100 sounds good, as long as they are using decent prep materials (you'd be surprised at the crap some shops will use under good basecoat).
+1 I've painted both and cars are easier.

and how are they stripping it? Blasting is fine as long as they don't run the pressure up. This ain't a car.
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