dont paint ur chain. dont buy a painted chain.

Yeah man...you hit the nail right on the head....Psshh...Think whatever you want about me man. Its all fine with me. As long as I like the way my bike looks, that's all that matters to me. You're the one acting rude. Have a good night.


:):thumb::love::lol::D

exactly,

why are message board people so rude (probably cuz its the internet), although, ive been to worse message boards.

Im thinking about getting a painted chain as well.

painting a chain?
 

Sorry, I have no experience with painted chains. I do have a lot of experience with paint and machinery though. If I was going to paint a chain (or a master link), I would clean it well with a solvent (if you don't know what I mean, go to your auto parts store and get some brakeclean), then hang it with lightweight fishing twine at around chest height. Then I would apply three or four light coats of white engine enamel from a spray can. Plasticoat engine enamel or something similair should work well, fairly resistant to oil-based lubricants. Don't worry about the paint messing up the flexibility of the chain - not going to be a factor unless you dip the chain. Follow the instructions on the can about recoat times and give the chain a rest somewhere warm after painting to let the enamel harden up well.

Once you have the chain mounted on the bike, spin the wheel enough times to free up all the links, then use whatever chain lube you are used to. You are going to have to re-paint the chain every so often, depending on how often you use it. If you are confident enough, you should actually be able to touch up the painted chain with it on the bike, make an overspray guard out of cardboard so that no paint gets on the bike, then follow the same process. You will only be able to do a portion of the chain at a time that way, and be careful to use multiple light coats so you don't get drips.

Good luck!

-Ryan McEachern

ok how about this painted chains are cheap make sure you change them often because your life depends on your chain if you are ride fixed brakeless. think about that when buy cheap stuff.
your chain it the thing that controls everything on your bike the go and the stop.
but really I would think that it would be cheaper to buy a white chain than to go buy paint strip all the grease and oil off of it and paint it.
I'm not a fan of color chains but... if you go work for an hour you can buy a chain or spend 4 hours trying to paint one

http://www.benscycle.net/bmz_cache/d...ge.150x107.jpg

bens $7.99
how much is spray paint? about that much.

I will tell you what if you send me you mailing address (PM)I will send you a brand new white color chain. on me.

I'm not joking

if you don't want people to be dicks, this is probably not how you should start off your post.

+1

those colored KMC chains are the worst possible chains to use on your fixed gear. well, there may be some other chains that suck as much or more, but these are sold to fixed gear riders. it may look good, but it will wear much faster than you expect, possibly even breaking on a climb (and a broken chain sucks. LOTS).

Bens has some horrible prices on chains.

109 dollars for a vertex?

http://cgi.ebay.com/HKK-NJS-Vertex-S...3286.m20.l1116

This is what I assume too

i disagree to you saying this, ha check out some stuff on this forum,http://www.thecomeupboard.com/forum/ and be happy you did ask your question on it.... and painted chains are not fun btw, did it on my bmx once and really wish i hadnt. they make colored chains ya know? not sure what ones are good for a f/g, but danscomp.com has a ton of chains....

I would not paint any chain-- but use a less "popular" chain pattern to be different--
I have seen some very cool "pieced together" chains-- and vintage chains--
I have seen people use everything from chainsaw chains to electric gate chains to make a statement and be unique --- like everybody on BF>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..