[Closed] "Raw" finish frames - anyone done a diy job

Havent done it on a MTB frame but did do it on a motorbike frame and the coating was a bitch to shift I regretted starting after about 10 minutes but it was too late by then. My opinion dont bother powdercoat is tough

I did mine - stripped the paint with nitromors and a wire brush and polished it with 3M polishing pads. Came up a treat.

It is ti though, if you are doing this to ali the wire brush may have to be avoided. I guess a clear lacquer would be needed to ptotect from corosion too.

If you do a steel or ali frame by hand at home, the corrosion will have set in before you get the whole thing finished. The best way would be to take it to a metal finishers and they could chemical dip it and laquer it before it corrodes and before anyone says it, aluminium does corrode.

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I did mine - stripped the paint with nitromors and a wire brush and polished it with 3M polishing pads. Came up a treat.

40 mpg powder coat isnt paint its polyester plastic I think. Nitromors doesnt touch it or at least diidnt touch the powder coat I stripped.

Oh. It was an on-one so the paint blows off in the wind anyway.

It was an on-one so the paint blows off in the wind anyway.

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My mates 456 looked like it had been painted with matt emulsion only it wasnt quite as good a finish

Oh. It was an on-one so the paint blows off in the wind anyway.

? delayed reaction!

Cheers, it is alu so I think I'll try and find somewhere that can dip it and lacquer it for me

"Raw" is usually that, raw, left to oxidise. But if you want to maintain a shiny finish it needs lacquered.

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Look up chemical stripping on yell.com
An acid bath will strip it in no time, & cost you about £10-£15.
Dont go expecting Lynskey / Van Nicholas levels of beauty afterwards though, at least not without lots of hard work.