Wife: "I thought you said you were going to paint the garage?"

Me: "No, I said 'I'm going to be painting in the garage.'"





Nishiki in the nude



Primed

I've had similar things happen. You gotta love it!

I prefer the tree in the front yard, but nice impromptu booth you built for yourself there.

What color will it be?

^Hopefully something like this, but without all the rust spiders.

Keeping the leopard print hoods though right?

I was told the leopard print hoods might just buff right out.

hey, randy (et al)... i'm going to be painting the upper part of a replacement chromed fork as my first paint project -- a basic black to match a '77 moto black/red frame. can you point me to an inexpensive rattle can and bf thread i should read? it's definitely a budget build.

edit: is that just tape i see around the drops in your first photo?

^Hey, I can't recommend any budget paints. This is only my 2nd frame I've painted, and I've only used slightly more expensive auto paint. For all the effort involved with stripping/prepping/painting, I'd just as soon spend the extra $10 or $15 for better paint and get any color I want.

Yes, that's just (carefully trimmed) tape on the dropouts.

Funny, that's exactly what I did years ago painting my Specialized Sirrus.
+1 nice set up Gaucho. It should look pretty nice!

Very nice, but I'm surprised you didn't change the color since you were going to all the trouble of painting it anyway.

Speaking of wives, I bought a used cyclocross frame on ebay recently and was hoping the seller would let me pick it up since he lives close by. However, he refused to allow that and shipped it instead. My wife saw the package on the front porch and the interrogations began. I was totally planning to sell another frame and parts to fund the purchase, but my wife demanded proof. By the time I ended up selling the frame and other parts, I actually came out ahead on the deal, so my wife is OK for now -- but she still thinks I pulled something over on her.

My original plan wasn't to repaint the entire frame. I was just planning to repaint the downtube and a few other rusted areas (like under the cable guides). I bought the paint with this intention. However, after I treated the frame with an oxalic acid bath, it became clear that the rust spots were more pervasive than I at first realized, so I ended up stripping the entire frame. I actually like the original color a lot. It had a nice pearl which I hope comes through in the repaint. Still undecided on the lug-lining color, though.

It's funny the dance we bike hoarders do with our wives. I'm glad I finished painting the frame before she realized I wasn't painting the garage. Whenever I sell a bike, I like buy my wife something with the profit, even if it's just a bouquet of flowers or a $20 itunes gift card. Really helps to diffuse animosity about all the time I've spent working on said bike.

Funny, I get no animosity re: bikes.
Just everything else.

Lucky you. My wife feels that I abandon her to work on bikes. She doesn't have any hobbies, though she is obsessed with true crime, especially Jodi Arias, or any domestic murder trial. It's important that I keep the peace! I say this last part jokingly, but there is definitely pressure to balance out bike vs. family time. Fortunately, I do enjoy both.