3373jones

Joe Bell's got nothin' on me

sauze

Impressive! Looking far better than had I tried something similar.

WNG

Looking good!

Snydermann

Back in the day we had a spray gun with a special nozzle for producing spatter inside of car trunks and such.

I've also used a toothbrush dipped in paint and brushed over a wire mesh. Hover the mesh over the part to be painted and brush back and forth with the toothbrush.

Practice, practice, practice.

Alan Edwards

HOT STUFF, that is way cooool. Did you use a toothbrush or paintbrush. Give us all the details.

gaucho777 

Not sure I follow, but since I may be the only one on the planet that can oblige this request:

3373jones

double awesome.

Oregon Southpaw

Whoa, you were able to get a free Waterford frameset by buying a fixie and selling off the components?

Excellent work. May I someday be so lucky.

Oregon Southpaw

Just think you'll be able to put the money you didn't spend on it towards a full Waterford resto one day

Nah, it looks great. Ride the heck out of it.

kingsting

I did splatter jobs on some freestyle bike components with an old paintbrush and some model enamel. Glob some paint on and give it a flick. It's messy so make sure you have a good area to do this. I liked Tamaya paint. It's just the right thickness, comes in a bazillion colors, and played well with most of the clearcoats I sprayed over it.

I know you can find squiggle paint at some hardware or craft stores. I did a bike frame with that once and it did a pretty neat job. They may even make splatter paint in a spray can now.

Glennfordx4

That looks cool, I liked the way my motorcycle came out when my buddy got done with it also so I may give it a try with one of the many frames I have that need a repaint.

CMC SanDiego

I bumped in to Joe Bell on a weekend ride this past spring. If I see him again I'll ask how he gets his splatter effect. I'm assuming they have a gun with a tip that they use, but you never know. The job you did also looks great.

that_guy_zach

When I do it using a spray gun and compressor I just didnt add thinner...

Reynolds 

While sanding a grafitti covered wall for repainting, I found these, caused by many layers of dripping paint:





Thought it could be a nice effect for a bicycle, but it would be difficult to achieve on round tubes.

Italuminium

thanks! My hat's off to you, sir.

Sixty Fiver

Nice to see a local bike there... Brad (Proctor) was a decent builder and I see quite a few of his bikes here as well as Townsend and Proctor / Townsend frames.

Built in Edmonton during our golden age... we used to have 4 frame builders working here in the eighties and Proctors tend to be extremely well made.

RFC

Not the same, but another view. BTW, I'm really glad to see some interest in colorful bikes on this forum, as opposed to the usual Raleigh mud brown. Bikes are like ties -- one of the few ways for men to display color.

3373jones

ok, here's an update. I added 3 more colors - orange, light blue and dark green.


also how i did it; quite simple actually. I took the small red tube thing that comes on a WD40 can and cut it into small 1cm sections and glued those to the nozzle of testers enamel spray cans (used both epoxy and super glue - worked the same as long as you seal all the way around the thin tube - or it will come out the sides. as pictured. when spraying, you have to push down very lightly - NOT all the way - for the paint to come out clumped/spattery. you will find that some of the nozzles you make work better than others in terms of getting even "spatter" - just switch the nozzle between cans once you find one that works. The key is to practice practice practice. perfect your technique before hitting the frame with paint.



My next step is to clear-coat the frame with some UPOL#1.

repechage

Joe Bell did the paint on that "splatter" Holland.

I have done a splatter transition between two colors before, Imron w/o much reducer for the splatter then thin it out for the fill color. Low pressure to the gun does not hurt either.

repechage

Also try just opening up the nozzle with a tack, what you are doing it not allowing much atomization, globs, not mist.

3373jones

that might work too - didn't try it. i was quite pleased with my technique. exactly the results i wanted and wasn't difficult at all.

Chris_in_Miami

Nice work, thanks for sharing your progress and method!

3373jones

Final build! finished the clear coat and then wet sanded with 800, 1200, 2000, 4000grit and then car wax.

7800 Dura ace RD, shifters, Crank (i know i know... far from classic or vintage)
6600 Brakes (likely will get replaced when i find a good deal on DA)
7700 FD
Dura ace 130mm stem - hidden bolt design, Dura ace aero seatpost (740x era?)
7410 dura ace headset (So smooth!)
7400 dura ace wheelset - my only gripe with these is the dark anodized rims - eventually there going to get rubbed off from the brake pads and not look so great - who thought that this was a great idea to begin with?! (any one want to trade for a set that has silver rims?)

3373jones

and a before shot (after saving it from its fix gear state that i found it in, but before painting), just for comparison.

Alan Edwards

WOW, only thing I would do is go to a 7700 crank and yes the rims in the before shot would be perfect. Have all the info in my book of future projects.