Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

looks like a good paint sniffing booth :P

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

FAIL, it takes a ton of insulation to bake powder in an oven. i do it on a daily basis

Sky, did you pup plastic on the floor. if not you will have a very colorful square on your floor

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

or just water.

yeah i thought about the insulation part but didnt realize it needed a whole lot. hmm. ?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

i have only powder coated with a homemade fluidized bed in my garage. works but kinda thick coating.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

I've left it bare right now, I'm trying to get it as clean as possible inside the booth, then before I start painting i'm going to put the plastic down. I'm probably going to take off my shoes before I get in the booth as well, just so I don't track anything in with me.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

with a wood frame, you sould build a port for something like a hvac air filter, like ones used with heat pumps. then let that run for a while before you start. also, i've seen people wet the floor with water before they paint for dust control

---- looks good, can't wait to see the finished product

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

Got my tank stripped today:

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Man, what a pain in the butt! took several coats of paint stripper, then sanding afterward. Still have to finish stripping the front half of the frame itself, and the air tank, but I'm getting really close to priming everything.

I'm also about a hairs-width away from deciding to darth Vader this bike. I know black has been done to death, but I'm just not liking my color combo's right now. I'm thinking about the bike being all black (gloss black not flat black), with chrome wheels, chrome headlight/taillight, and polished forks, everything else black, could be really cool.

What do you guys think?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

What was the color you where going to paint it?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

good ----

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
 

It begins-

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Overall I'm pretty happy with how the primer went on.

There was a moment about 2 minutes into the painting where I was scared of what I got myself into. But when it all comes down to it, you can't learn unless you try, and if I screw it up, who cares? Give it another try down the road I guess :)

I'll update as I go along
Sky