Bikes you painted yourself
02-18-20, 01:55 PM
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I have only done two complete repaints, both were rattle can jobs. I did prep the frames well. One was completely stripped, primed and painted; the other was wet sanded down to the good base primer and painted. I let the frames cure a few weeks and sold them. After those two I decided to only buy bikes with good paint or acceptable patina.
For the bikes that I keep I only do touch-up painting, though I did do an entire chainguard for a Raleigh Sports that turned out very well.
For the bikes that I keep I only do touch-up painting, though I did do an entire chainguard for a Raleigh Sports that turned out very well.
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This one was my first. It was painted with those artist's spray cans that you can buy in a baffling array of colors at the art supply store. Not a very durably finish but my daughter is still riding it many years later.
Most of the rest of these were painted with 2-part Nason brand automotive paint.
To be continued.
Brent
Most of the rest of these were painted with 2-part Nason brand automotive paint.
To be continued.
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I bought this one cheap and wanted to sell it cheap so I painted it with a better quality spray can paint. Automotive paint gets expensive fast.
More automotive paint, but I was able to blend some colors on hand to get the slightly creamy white and the caramel orange, so no additional cost for paint.
A couple of nice French bikes that came to me with bad rattlecan paint jobs. I repainted them with automotive paint.
Brent
More automotive paint, but I was able to blend some colors on hand to get the slightly creamy white and the caramel orange, so no additional cost for paint.
A couple of nice French bikes that came to me with bad rattlecan paint jobs. I repainted them with automotive paint.
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02-18-20, 04:58 PM
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I am going by the seat stay cap for the most part. Others used similar caps but it is a Lejeune and it is a known fact that BC's shop produced a lot of Lejeune frames.
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02-18-20, 09:55 PM
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sorta OK.. from a d i s t a n c e
Used a clunker build for a brush paint test. It's my first and last effort. I just don't have the patience to do it right.
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Thanks Drillium Dude; boy you've got a good memory. I had painted a few bikes before I painted this one but I really wanted a frame with the drilled and tapped Campy RH rear dropout and was having trouble finding a frame with this feature. The frame I found was in really bad cosmetic condition and needed a paint job. Another real bonus was that it was a very early Columbus SLX frameset with the plastic Columbus inserts in the top of the front fork crown. One of the inserts was badly damaged so something had to be done, thus the 'Fountain' inserts. I tried for three years to find the original builder without any success, so I put my name on it.
I also wanted a pretty much complete 1978 bike with a 1978 Nuovo Record, 'Portacatena' groupset (except the 1st gen. SR seatpost) on a 1978 frame. I used a Columbus SL frame decal to make it look period correct even though it's really 1981 Columbus SLX. The frame, along with the Campy gruppo reflects 1978. Haha, haha, no one will ever know.
I based the paint scheme on an English Bob Jackson frame I admired. The paint job is pretty good but the lug lining paint I used did react with the other frame paint. At least I painted the lug lining evenly and it looks okay. I should fix it one day.
FOOTNOTE: Oh yeah DD, my favourite re-finished frame/bike is your raw tubed Colnago. This bike of yours really captured my imagination and I was blown away by your planning and execution. What a great bike and a real tribute to frame building.
I also wanted a pretty much complete 1978 bike with a 1978 Nuovo Record, 'Portacatena' groupset (except the 1st gen. SR seatpost) on a 1978 frame. I used a Columbus SL frame decal to make it look period correct even though it's really 1981 Columbus SLX. The frame, along with the Campy gruppo reflects 1978. Haha, haha, no one will ever know.
I based the paint scheme on an English Bob Jackson frame I admired. The paint job is pretty good but the lug lining paint I used did react with the other frame paint. At least I painted the lug lining evenly and it looks okay. I should fix it one day.
FOOTNOTE: Oh yeah DD, my favourite re-finished frame/bike is your raw tubed Colnago. This bike of yours really captured my imagination and I was blown away by your planning and execution. What a great bike and a real tribute to frame building.
I guess I'd forgotten that you also crafted and brazed that beautiful head badge, too. Thank you for posting it; what a classy final touch. That whole bike just comes together completely like nobody's business.
I suppose my paint-free Colnago works with its sand-blasted components in much the same way. Understated, but still draws the eye. That's how I like a bike to be!
Btw, I like the "reaction" look to the pinstriping around the lugs. Sometimes when we restore a bike the new paint ends up looking a little too new, you know? That little crinkle to the paint gives it patina that really works against the paint looking too new.
DD
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02-19-20, 12:24 AM
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Wow! Nice to see what this frame looks like with a great paint job
I'm leaving mine in bare metal for now, but this has me thinking about colors...
I can't believe there are two of the exact same Casati frame in this thread. It's not like they were made in huge numbers back in the early 80s. Mine looks a little different now with all the added/changed braze-ons and the newer decal set, but it used to look just like yours with internal cabling and the same graphics package, too.
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I'm leaving mine in bare metal for now, but this has me thinking about colors...
I can't believe there are two of the exact same Casati frame in this thread. It's not like they were made in huge numbers back in the early 80s. Mine looks a little different now with all the added/changed braze-ons and the newer decal set, but it used to look just like yours with internal cabling and the same graphics package, too.
DD
02-19-20, 02:18 AM
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Thanks for posting the additional pic, Gary - that's the shot I remember
I guess I'd forgotten that you also crafted and brazed that beautiful head badge, too. Thank you for posting it; what a classy final touch. That whole bike just comes together completely like nobody's business.
I suppose my paint-free Colnago works with its sand-blasted components in much the same way. Understated, but still draws the eye. That's how I like a bike to be!
Btw, I like the "reaction" look to the pinstriping around the lugs. Sometimes when we restore a bike the new paint ends up looking a little too new, you know? That little crinkle to the paint gives it patina that really works against the paint looking too new.
DD
I guess I'd forgotten that you also crafted and brazed that beautiful head badge, too. Thank you for posting it; what a classy final touch. That whole bike just comes together completely like nobody's business.
I suppose my paint-free Colnago works with its sand-blasted components in much the same way. Understated, but still draws the eye. That's how I like a bike to be!
Btw, I like the "reaction" look to the pinstriping around the lugs. Sometimes when we restore a bike the new paint ends up looking a little too new, you know? That little crinkle to the paint gives it patina that really works against the paint looking too new.
DD
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WOW! There are some really nice looking bicycles in this thread.
Back around 2001 I painted a MIELE Tange Infinity frameset in Italian colours. I did it because I wanted an Italian component bicycle and figured the Italian paint scheme would be unique. At the time I put on a mix of 9-speed Campagnolo Mirage and Veloce components. Just Mirage Ergo levers and front derailleur to keep the cost down a fair bit.
Soon I'll be putting a vintage Campagnolo Triomphe groupset on this frameset.
I even have a pretty full set of MIELE bicycling apparel to wear whilst riding this bike.
I just need a MIELE bicycling cap and gloves. LOL
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Back around 2001 I painted a MIELE Tange Infinity frameset in Italian colours. I did it because I wanted an Italian component bicycle and figured the Italian paint scheme would be unique. At the time I put on a mix of 9-speed Campagnolo Mirage and Veloce components. Just Mirage Ergo levers and front derailleur to keep the cost down a fair bit.
Soon I'll be putting a vintage Campagnolo Triomphe groupset on this frameset.
I even have a pretty full set of MIELE bicycling apparel to wear whilst riding this bike.
I just need a MIELE bicycling cap and gloves. LOL
Cheers
02-20-20, 11:05 AM
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Rattle can and home made art...
Rattle can and home made art...
Rattle can and art to follow when I get back from the islands...
Rattle can and home made art...
Rattle can and home made art...
Rattle can and art to follow when I get back from the islands...
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I used to brush paint my commuters with 2-part epoxy. Done carefully, it was surprising how good the end result was. 2-part epoxy goes to a state after the cure starts where if "flows". Brush marks disappear. (Just don't even think about touching the paint at that time! You will make a real mess of things.)
My paint jobs were pure utilitarian. Fire engine red on my beat up UO-8 because that was the color of my boat and I had left over paint. (In reasonably well-sealed cans, the 2 parts last a long time and work just fine 5, 10 years later.) That UO-8 was my bike for New England and Michigan salted roads. The perfect paint. Get a deep scratch down to bare metal. (Tough paint, those scratches were caused by something real!) Sand the showing metal. Wipe clean with epoxy/lacquer thinner. Mix up a little paint, dab it on with an artist's brush. Good as new.
Next bike was a Japanese built Schwinn sport bike. Been crashed hard. Freebie from the local shop after the UO-8 was doored, It took paint damaging work to straighten the frame. Black epoxy this time. Looked sharp!. Saw 2 Ann Arbor winters so lots of salt. Sadly, got stolen. Equally sad but also not: the beautiful leather Fuji seat, a nice Brooks copy was on the bike. Not sad because I hatred riding that thing. I ride like I did as a racer, a lot of the tme on the nose, but also pushed way back. Both positions sucked on the "You sit here or else" leather seat.
Haven't painted a bike since. If I can find good safety yellow 2-part epoxy I might try fenders. (My best bike is fire engine red and I envisioned the yellow fenders Planet Bike made years ago when I choose the color. But PB had discontinued them and I've never seen a yellow road bike width fender by anyone since.)
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My paint jobs were pure utilitarian. Fire engine red on my beat up UO-8 because that was the color of my boat and I had left over paint. (In reasonably well-sealed cans, the 2 parts last a long time and work just fine 5, 10 years later.) That UO-8 was my bike for New England and Michigan salted roads. The perfect paint. Get a deep scratch down to bare metal. (Tough paint, those scratches were caused by something real!) Sand the showing metal. Wipe clean with epoxy/lacquer thinner. Mix up a little paint, dab it on with an artist's brush. Good as new.
Next bike was a Japanese built Schwinn sport bike. Been crashed hard. Freebie from the local shop after the UO-8 was doored, It took paint damaging work to straighten the frame. Black epoxy this time. Looked sharp!. Saw 2 Ann Arbor winters so lots of salt. Sadly, got stolen. Equally sad but also not: the beautiful leather Fuji seat, a nice Brooks copy was on the bike. Not sad because I hatred riding that thing. I ride like I did as a racer, a lot of the tme on the nose, but also pushed way back. Both positions sucked on the "You sit here or else" leather seat.
Haven't painted a bike since. If I can find good safety yellow 2-part epoxy I might try fenders. (My best bike is fire engine red and I envisioned the yellow fenders Planet Bike made years ago when I choose the color. But PB had discontinued them and I've never seen a yellow road bike width fender by anyone since.)
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Wow! Nice to see what this frame looks like with a great paint job
I'm leaving mine in bare metal for now, but this has me thinking about colors...
I can't believe there are two of the exact same Casati frame in this thread. It's not like they were made in huge numbers back in the early 80s. Mine looks a little different now with all the added/changed braze-ons and the newer decal set, but it used to look just like yours with internal cabling and the same graphics package, too.
DD
I'm leaving mine in bare metal for now, but this has me thinking about colors...
I can't believe there are two of the exact same Casati frame in this thread. It's not like they were made in huge numbers back in the early 80s. Mine looks a little different now with all the added/changed braze-ons and the newer decal set, but it used to look just like yours with internal cabling and the same graphics package, too.
DD
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here are some of my repaints. all done with Rustoleum spray enamel. The raleigh sport had good paint that I cleaned, rubbed out with white polishing compound and clear coated with rustoleum automotive clear enamel/
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Like a lot of other folks here, mine look much nicer in pix than in person. Here's a couple of all-time great 20-footers. No, make that 25
Fake Leganano (1980ish Apollo Prestige):
1972 Lambert Frankebike with Alfine-8 drivetrain:
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02-22-20, 03:01 AM
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Congratulations on a couple of lovely paint jobs. I think a closer than 20ft inspection would prove a great finish.
Over my bike obsession years the Legnano colour scheme you have used has always been my all time favourite. Cinelli also has a very similar colour to your fake Legnano (I'm sure you know this) going back to the 1950's too. I wouldn't say "No," to either.
Over my bike obsession years the Legnano colour scheme you have used has always been my all time favourite. Cinelli also has a very similar colour to your fake Legnano (I'm sure you know this) going back to the 1950's too. I wouldn't say "No," to either.
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I've learned that what I lack in skill and equipment can be made up for with hours of compounding, polishing and touching up with an artist brush. In the end, it does look like a professional job. I just used a Rustoleum rattle can and lots of elbow grease on this one.
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Carlton paint and decals. Even painted the pump!
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This subject thread for the most part I assume are pictures of hobby and/or amateur painters making old frames/bikes look good again. I've been a professional builder and painter for over 40 years. I've painted hundreds and hundreds of frames. I hang out here so I suppose I kinda qualify. I was fortunate that when I went to learn in England at Ellis Briggs they had a paint shop on the 2nd floor along with their frame shop where I was able to learn the principles of painting details. The pictures I'm posting here are mostly of students that have taken my frame building class and hung around to help me paint them too. I've also taught painting classes to mostly professional builders. I've posted some of these pictures before on various forums.
This gal also designed and cut out her lugs out of blanks. She is a botanist and trillium flowers inspired her design.
This guy is from Michigan and he also designed and cut out his lugs. You an see the MI influence in the name and seat tube badge. He also cut the badge out of stainless steel.
This is the bike I made for my daughter using 650C wheels
This gal also designed and cut out her lugs out of blanks. She is a botanist and trillium flowers inspired her design.
This guy is from Michigan and he also designed and cut out his lugs. You an see the MI influence in the name and seat tube badge. He also cut the badge out of stainless steel.
This is the bike I made for my daughter using 650C wheels
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