I promise not to talk about your chain when I see it next.

Sorry Jeff's chain.

you can paint over chrome, but you'll need to really **** it up with sandpaper first, and even then the paint won't hold as well as you want it to.

Yes- i don't know the specifics, but I'ved owned a frame like that: All chrome, but painted red (at the factory) so only the lugs showed. If clearcoat sticks, I assume paint would.

You can powdercoat over chrome :D .

Ive mentioned in another post about powdercoating that there are translucent color powdercoats available. If you were to paint the bike red for instance you would see the chrome base to it making it look like an anodized red coating. Now if you were to mask of the rear like a cinelli frame and then get a translucent candy red over the front chrome........YUMMIE!!!!!!!

Polytoxic wins: translucent powdercoat with all-chrome stays.

Too beautiful for words.

YAY!!! What do I win? Is it a Gan Well Pro in the pretty blue flake color?

"free facepunch" is probably what keevohn had in mind

Yes! :)

That was was my 2nd choice.


I will eventually get to doing the translucent powder coat paint scheme on my 05 pista. Right now its fine rocking the covered in old bmx tubes treatment.

this bike shop by my house definitely has a cinelli frame that is "burnt orange" or maybe metallic orange. it has never been built and i definitely had to restrain myself more than i ever have before to not buy it. point of this story...do the metallic thing cause it looks sick.

in gainesville or st. pete?

Nah... more along the lines of "Sicilian necktie".

Oh wait, that's incredibly violent. Nevermind.

st. pete! i was home this weekend and stopped in this new shop and didn't expect to see anything too nice...i was wrong. this rain sure did kill tonights plans.

You should take that trampoline and the croquet set and invent an awesome game with them. Ever swing one of them mallets at the trampoline? I've done it with a hammer once.

Oo oo, bike pretty.

I thought about doing this when I first bought a pista. I've seen two that have been done this way.

Only one thing I'm curious about is why did you re apply the clear coat? Just for protection? Everyone says it's kind of redundant which I suppose is true. I've noticed the clear coat looks real nasty after being banged up a little, it makes it just kind of dull and flaky looking.

I think I'm going to keep my decals since I've worked them into the design of the bike - I actually like them and welcome the pista *****-talking

I have had people say that without the clear coat the chrome will get "pitted". I am confused: Some motorcycle frames are chrome and they must take more of a beating that a bicycle frame, no? I don't think they have a clearcoat.

Also, wouldn't a light sanding and then buffing to smoooth and blend the clear coats work to make the whole job seamless?

I have a 2001 Pista [matte black with celeste green decals] and I think I'm gonna have to strip the frame this spring and find someone to powdercoat it for me.

I removed all my frame decals on my KHS aero track (the decals were horrible, just horrible, IMO) with a simple method requiring no chemicals and a bit of patience.

Get a heat gun, the kind you use to remove latex (or other) house paint. Don't get too close, and don't sit in one area for too long. You can tell when it shrinks up, it's only vinyl after all. The clear coat looks untouched. A fingernail to get it started, and some goo gone just to remove some of the residual goo left over after peeling the bulk of the decal off sloooooowly. Once you get it started it's a snap, I strongly recommend it, but if someone else failed at this method please do tell, I don't want to be responsible for someones f-up.

Looks nice all chrome, should be that way from the factory. I want one to powder coat myself, anyone got a 57 frame for sale? Cheers all.

pictures?

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...postcount=1665

it's not a close up, I'll try to find some time to take one, but my digi-cam is kinda weak, we'll see what I can capture, shiny things don't seem to come out too detailed, ya know.

hey so how is your clear coat holding up?

Big improvement. Looks sweet. Any idea how to remove decals under a clear coat on a painted frame, without taking the paint off with it?

Never mind, I didn't read all the posts-sorry. I'll give the heat gun a try.

pm me as to how it works out for you, there have been some skeptics. I have been the only one to try this so far as I know, but that just can't be true, cause it worked like a charm. I'm interested to see how yours turns out. What ride are you trying to remove decals from? Just don't get too close, get a fingernail or something under a corner, the rest is easy.

Actually, it's not a big deal. I picked up a cross fork off ebay, and it has big Lemond stickers on the legs. I prefer to run my bikes au naturel-unless they want to pay me for the advertising:) Even if it takes the paint off-no big loss.

Hey stickerguy.

Just wanted to send my thanks. I'll be doing this project this weekend, and I appreciated you taking the time and trouble to post the steps and your experiences with it.

Cheers,

m'hed