Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...NEW RIDING VID
3.0 BAR
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,936
From: St. Augustine FL
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
Originally Posted by toyollAZ86
is that a paint booth.
you shoulda just built a little oven big enough for the frame and powder coated that bitch.
you can get the powder coating gun setup for a little over 100.
and the oven woulda been easier to build than that big old building you constructed inside your garage.
but still, its tight. good job.
you shoulda just built a little oven big enough for the frame and powder coated that bitch.
you can get the powder coating gun setup for a little over 100.
and the oven woulda been easier to build than that big old building you constructed inside your garage.
but still, its tight. good job.
Sky, did you pup plastic on the floor. if not you will have a very colorful square on your floor
1.0 BAR
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 338
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
Originally Posted by toyollAZ86
or just water.
yeah i thought about the insulation part but didnt realize it needed a whole lot. hmm. ?
yeah i thought about the insulation part but didnt realize it needed a whole lot. hmm. ?
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1.5 BAR
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 822
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
Originally Posted by PhilStubbs
Sky, did you pup plastic on the floor. if not you will have a very colorful square on your floor
1.5 BAR
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 964
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
---- looks good, can't wait to see the finished product
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1.5 BAR
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 822
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
Got my tank stripped today:
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?
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?
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1.5 BAR
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 822
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...
It begins-
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
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
