Gonna repaint my old Carrera hard tail, want some inspiration on colours etc!

There’s a big paint thread on Pinkbike somewhere…

I resprayed the tail and mudguard on this , does this count 😉

No. But I like it anyway

After the grief this caused me I won’t be painting anything again in a hurry 😉

i researched a while ago and came to the conclusion that if you want a good job, take it to a professional (often cheaper, and much much less hassle). Its only really worth it if you want a quick and dirty respray for a city bike.

That said, this looks ok (from a distance) and its just a tin of hammerite…
http://oranj.wordpress.com/links/town-bike/

There’s a big paint thread on Pinkbike somewhere…

Show us your colour combinations

🙂

My rendition of the Vandeyk Night Stream. Actually a DMR Switchback.

I sprayed bmx’s when I was a kid, it was good fun and gave a certain satisfaction.

By the time you’ve bought all the materials though (maybe 2 cans of colour, 1 lacquer, a wire brush/paint stripper for prep, some sand paper, etc) you might as well get it powder coated.

It’ll also look decent and last.

I can spray, and have boxes of stuff to do it with. Just like some inspiration as to colours as I’ve not tried a bike!

Coming to a track near you…. ONE DAY!

Hammerite from aerosols:

IMAG0006 by Northwindlowlander, on Flickr

Proper job:

IMG_0103 by Northwindlowlander, on Flickr

Just the front beam on this bike but done with Plastikote which I’ve used for load of other things like forks, etc and is pretty hard wearing.

1. rub down existing paint with reasonably fine wet/dry – just enough to key, not enough to actually take the old paint off as there’s no need
2. clean/degrese thoroughly (I use water then meths)
3. 3+ thin coats of spray paint
4. Clear lacquer if you want (I rarely bother)

Rattle can jobby, not got a picture of it resprayed with a white swing arm