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Old 12-01-04 | 09:30 PM
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For All You Frame Painters

I thought I'd share a few ideas I came up with when painting my frame.

I constructed a quick-and-dirty "paint booth" in my basement with four sheets of rigid insulation I had laying around. I tacked two upright sides to the ceiling joist; the horizontal top back panel to a 2x2 I nailed across the joist. The bottom back panel sits on the floor and is attached with duct tape. This took all of 15 minutes to slap together.

I also made a swivel mount to hang the frame on. I took a 34" piece of 2x4, drilled a half inch hole in the center and put a screw eye in either end. I put a washer on either side and used a 3/8" lag screw to mount it to the ceiling joist. I ran a length of heavy-gauge insulated electrical wire throught the seat tube, up the down tube and out the head tube, then threaded the ends through the screw eyes. This gadget was really helpful, allowing me to spin the frame 360 degrees while I was painting it.

There are pictures of the gadgetry and my shiny frame.
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