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Old 03-24-07 | 09:11 AM
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Old 03-24-07 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by minichamp31
I actually just took apart an old bike so I can paint it. I think I'm going to do a red frame with black bars and forks. It's basically a project bike that's a piece of crap.
Paint the bars the same color as the frame.
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Paint the bars the same color as the frame.
Do you think that looks better?

And by the welds on the bike is all rusty so it's going to look crappy.
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Get paint stripper (its like a gel) and in a few minustes makes most of the paint fall off your bike. Scrape the rest off witha a plastic scraper, and then wire brush the rust off and sand the frame. Then spray two light layers of clear coat (letting it dry in between the two), then when all the primer is dry sand any drips and evenly do it again. Reapeat with paint like 3 or four coats. Then clear coat it and be careful with this. If you have to sand a drip off clear coat it looks horrible.
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Old 03-24-07 | 07:21 PM
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Get paint stripper (its like a gel) and in a few minustes makes most of the paint fall off your bike. Scrape the rest off witha a plastic scraper, and then wire brush the rust off and sand the frame. Then spray two light layers of clear coat (letting it dry in between the two), then when all the primer is dry sand any drips and evenly do it again. Reapeat with paint like 3 or four coats. Then clear coat it and be careful with this. If you have to sand a drip off clear coat it looks horrible.
I was just going to spray-paint it but I guess I could try that. I probably won't ride the bike that much, if at all, I just wanted project. And paint stripper burns.
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I was just going to spray-paint it but I guess I could try that. I probably won't ride the bike that much, if at all, I just wanted project. And paint stripper burns.
Well following my steps will get you one hell of a project. I painted my bike a while ago and it was taking to long and I wanted to ride again so a skipped the clear coat. Now i need to do another paint job because it aint looking so nice any more.
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Paint stripper is also expensive. And my bike is just chrome. Will it still come right off?
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Paint stripper is actually sort of cool at first when it gets on you. I had it on the whole backside of my hand and thought nothing of it. Then after like a minute it started burning pretty bad.
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Old 03-24-07 | 07:25 PM
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Paint stripper is actually sort of cool at first when it gets on you. I had it on the whole backside of my hand and thought nothing of it. Then after like a minute it started burning pretty bad.
I've had it on my ankle. It went through my socks.
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I htought my paint stripper was only like 10$. I'll check the name and size in a few minutes, then we can find the price. You dont need a lot either, I got a failr small one and have tons more than I need.
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I htought my paint stripper was only like 10$. I'll check the name and size in a few minutes, then we can find the price. You dont need a lot either, I got a failr small one and have tons more than I need.
I just know my mom has I think like 2 quarts of it or something like that and it was like $25.
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I just know my mom has I think like 2 quarts of it or something like that and it was like $25.
2 quarts? Thats enough for the A-hole neighbors car...
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Old 03-24-07 | 07:39 PM
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2 quarts? Thats enough for the A-hole neighbors car...
Hahaha. I don't know why she needed that much but whatever.
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2 quarts? Thats enough for the A-hole neighbors car...
I guess you've done it before? Actually, it's a good idea... I hate my neighbors on both sides.
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I guess you've done it before? Actually, it's a good idea... I hate my neighbors on both sides.

Well if you want to get creative use a brush and write stuff. So when the try to whipe off the raised oozy nasty lookin stuff off thier car, the paint goes with it. Whats better then waking up to hearing your neighbor screaming about the bare metal male genetailia(sp) on his hood.
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Originally Posted by I_Suck_At_BMX
Well if you want to get creative use a brush and write stuff. So when the try to whipe off the raised oozy nasty lookin stuff off thier car, the paint goes with it. Whats better then waking up to hearing your neighbor screaming about the bare metal male genetailia(sp) on his hood.
That's great.
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Well if you want to get creative use a brush and write stuff. So when the try to whipe off the raised oozy nasty lookin stuff off thier car, the paint goes with it. Whats better then waking up to hearing your neighbor screaming about the bare metal male genetailia(sp) on his hood.
Hahaha. That's a really good idea, except for the fact that my neighbors hate my family and are ghetto drug dealers and would come after us with guns.
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Hahaha. That's a really good idea, except for the fact that my neighbors hate my family and are ghetto drug dealers and would come after us with guns.
Use it to write some gangs tag.
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Hahaha. That's a really good idea, except for the fact that my neighbors hate my family and are ghetto drug dealers and would come after us with guns.
They would be some crappy neighbors.
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Haha. That's even better since they wouldn't expect us... but I'm bad at art. Genitelia is probably the best I can draw.
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They would be some crappy neighbors.
They are. Cops are there everyday. Sometimes they randomly come looking for my family to start trouble.
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They are. Cops are there everyday. Sometimes they randomly come looking for my family to start trouble.
Thats when Bow Staff skills are useful.
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