View Single Post
Old 08-19-09, 11:13 AM
  #2  
crispy010
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 369

Bikes: too many to list

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
If it's the original paint the factory may not have primed the frame correctly.

Having just repainted a frame I can tell that getting pain to stick to aluminum is f!@#ing difficult - 3 coats of primer, light sanding, 3 coats of paint, wet sanded, then clear coat and the %#$@ paint still chips.

Fortunately aluminum doesn't rust so it's not the end of the world.
crispy010 is offline