Anybody paint just the lugs?
 

And left the paint on the rest of the bikes paint job alone....

Why?

Pics to explain?

I got hold of a '70 Belgian Browning I. The thing looked like it had spent every day of its unloved life outdoors. Pitted bad, only paint left, was some faded remains that were slightly protected by the name band wraps on the down, and seat tube. Could not bring myself to paint over 45 years of hard earned patina. New parts will gleam next to heavy oxidation. I put some 1/2" red vinyl tape around the faded original name bands just to make them pop a little more and called it done. Yeah, I can definately see where you are headed with this. Like primered Rat Rods that paint the roof to perfection but leave everything else as a seeming work in progress. Not sure everyone will "get it", but you may start a trend. I like the idea.

There was a guy at the Portland C&V ride last summer. Apparently when the bike was restored, the original graphics were protected. Then the frame was painted, with a white band around the graphics, then everything was clear-coated over to protect it. It all turned out quite nice.

Several manufacturers painted the lugs a contrasting color which looked very sharp. I could imagine doing that on a rebuild. Although, if it was originally solid, then the fancy lugs might look out of place.

I thought of this before some actually. Having some fingernail polish to touch up a scratch here and there; I considered how one could paint the whole lug with some fingernail polish color.

Or make it easier to do as a transformation. This really is the question.

What if the below was an all orange bike to begin with (it's not, the bike has obviously been through a few things)

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=493227

Random image from the web; http://hilarystone.com/images/sale%2...y-lug-road.jpg

It does give one pause to wonder.