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[Closed] IS IT OK TO PAINT A TI FRAME

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Is it ok to paint or powder coat a ti frame as i rearly like the look of a black frame with ti truss forks like the jones steel diamond on his web site , but dont see many ti bikes painted ?


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 5:35 pm
 JoB
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yes

with a bit of effort it can look as stunning as this

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Posted : 15/02/2009 5:47 pm
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My eyes!

Yes but it may need a surface prep on the frame (grit blasting) so the paint can adhere which would mean that if you ever wanted to go back it wouldn't just be a case of stripping the paint.


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 5:49 pm
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that is something i might want to do if it got a bit batterd about, but its good to see it can be done and great it looks too ,


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 6:00 pm
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why in god's name would you want to?Isn't that he whole idea of Ti raw raw raw!!!!!!! 👿


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 6:23 pm
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with a bit of effort it can look as stunning as this

**yikes!**


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 6:30 pm