Stiff-up your brush: paint porn

You come to any conclusions about primer?

Going to try some epoxy primer. Lechler 29107, probably.

Think you’re doing it with a proper setup, compressor and gun right?

Yep. And spray booth.

I’ve painted four frames with a couple different zinc rich primers now

The Lechler 29107 has zinc phosphate in it, apparently, so hopefully it'll be pretty good at resisting corrosion. Although to be honest, being a bike tart, I'm more concerned about the finish than longevity.

ive heard some of the 2k rattle can clears are good

@Biggles567 cheers for suggestion, I'll look into it.

i found where i heard it, this crazy german guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsD3E0b6­mko

he's entertaining at least, seems sort of clued up. Theres links in the description for the paint/clear

He is very good!

Is there anyone 'on here' that has access to a shot-blaster?
I'm getting a frame made with Winston at Varonha and it looks likely that it will delayed because his usual shot-blasters will have to close for lockdown.

I was wondering if there was anyone who wanted to earn a quick buck and who could do it without breaking the lockdown rules?

I wish I had a shot blaster. Aurum might do it for you? Steve's a nice guy, so as long as you can be bothered to get it to Dartford and back he maybe would do it. I'm pretty sure they're staying open, they were open last lockdown.

Cheers : )
Going to Dartford is certainly better than having to wait patiently for exciting things...
I'll look him up and see what he says, thanks for the tip.

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Gaz, did you get blasted in the end?

#retrodirect/glowbike
Quite like the paint,but love Carradice as a bar bag,any more details on how it is attached?

It's just rammed in there to check fit. :)

I stumbled upon this here website, where the paint porn rabbit hole goes a long way. If you have any spare time on your lockdown hands, I suggest you check it out.
http://www.frameteller.it/

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Dammmn 👌

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Forest Green Flamboyant and off white - Argos

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literally everything on that website is pure 100% bike porn

ma somec

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Does anyone know of a good website that shows ral referenced paints applied to tubes? Flat samples on the internets are just so hard to visualise metallic, pearl, on tubes, with light. I know photos on internets won’t show me what they’re really like, but I’d like to see a chart on rounded surfaces.