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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: punkdSICO on May 02, 2011, 10:08 PM
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Hi all - finally got hold of one of the most sexy things ever greated (ignoring Paris Hilton), a DP Freestyler:
(http://punkdisco.co.uk/misc/bmx/DPF1.JPG)
(http://punkdisco.co.uk/misc/bmx/DPF2.JPG)
(http://punkdisco.co.uk/misc/bmx/DPF3.JPG)
(http://punkdisco.co.uk/misc/bmx/DPF4.JPG)
(http://punkdisco.co.uk/misc/bmx/DPF5.JPG)
(http://punkdisco.co.uk/misc/bmx/DPF6.JPG)
(http://punkdisco.co.uk/misc/bmx/DPF7.JPG)
I now need to prep it for coating white but, what do I need to do? I understand you can coat over good condition chrome but this does not apply for me :( So, what do I have to do? Get it back to 100% bare metal? If so, are there any tutorials online or in our archives?
Sorry for asking this question - there will be lots of threads on this subject but we cant search the archives.
Huge thanks for any replies..
Paul
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are you sending it to SuperBikeDan to paint?
PM him for advice if so.
Dan does amazing paint jobs.... paint from Dan & decals from Firebird Steve and you have the best resto possible :4_17_5:
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I would be sending Super Bike Dan a pm asking him the question then get him to do the work because he strives to achieve perfection and always achieves it :daumenhoch:
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I would be sending Super Bike Dan a pm asking him the question then get him to do the work because he strives to achieve perfection and always achieves it :daumenhoch:
3 mins late Bretty :)
Check the SBD thread :4_17_5:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=56789.0
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are you sending it to SuperBikeDan to paint?
Yeah, SuperBikeDan. I got a quote off him the other day but, because it is his livelihood, I did not want to pester him for prep advice. Im now guessing this is acceptable so I will ask him the question. Obviously I will put him comments back into this thread for the benefit of others.
thanks guys,
Paul
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I would be sending Super Bike Dan a pm asking him the question then get him to do the work because he strives to achieve perfection and always achieves it :daumenhoch:
3 mins late Bretty :)
Check the SBD thread :4_17_5:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=56789.0
I know typing on iPhone as computer is fooked so not typing all that and not posting it :LolLolLolLol:
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Check the SBD thread :4_17_5:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=56789.0
Yeah, there's some sexy mofo'ing images of SuperBikeDan's work in that thread. Very much looking forward to tender touch..
ta,
Paul
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are you sending it to SuperBikeDan to paint?
Yeah, SuperBikeDan. I got a quote off him the other day but, because it is his livelihood, I did not want to pester him for prep advice. Im now guessing this is acceptable so I will ask him the question. Obviously I will put him comments back into this thread for the benefit of others.
thanks guys,
Paul
Paul... Dan is a top bloke with 20+ years of knowledge and would be more than happy to help.
He is 'The Man' :angel:
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Check the SBD thread :4_17_5:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=56789.0
Yeah, there's some sexy mofo'ing images of SuperBikeDan's work in that thread. Very much looking forward to tender touch..
ta,
Paul
I got 'the works' ( bars f&f pedals seatpost ) from Dan on my Ltd Ed DP... hes a craftsman for sure.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/BMX/Edsbmwbronze007.jpg)
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I got 'the works' ( bars f&f pedals seatpost ) from Dan on my Ltd Ed DP... hes a craftsman for sure.
Sex Shot! Did Dan chromo that puppy for you? If so, is Chrom'ing more expensive that traditional powder coating?
btw, am I being boring just wanting a white DP in this sort of vain:
(http://www.retrospectbmx.com/gallery/images/FireBird%20Freestyler%20Russ%20J_jpg_jpg.jpg)
..white does look pretty damn-hot! ??
ta,
Paul
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They look great in White. Nice and Fresh
It is hard to choose between mags and spokes on them as well
Have a look at www.dpfirebird.co.uk (http://www.dpfirebird.co.uk)
In the galleries there are some great bikes on there to give you some inspiration :daumenhoch:
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^^^ what they said - SBD is the don when it comes to powdercoating - look forward to seeing this built up (and in the end you got that pretty quick)
wheels look decent from the pics too :daumenhoch:
now watch whatever budget you had get blown and see how long it takes you to start thinking about the next one >:D
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wheels look decent from the pics too :daumenhoch:
now watch whatever budget you had get blown and see how long it takes you to start thinking about the next one >:D
Yeah, wheels look new and they are "flanged" (word I just discovered from another thread but, to me, flanged Skyways represent the images I have from what a old school should look like).
And yep, I already have my next bike lined up :)
Paul
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ride it the way it is its a survivor and looks sweet as :daumenhoch:
worry about sorting it in another 20 years, its made it this far looking that good :daumenhoch:
well done on that by the way :coolsmiley: ;)
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ride it the way it is its a survivor and looks sweet as :daumenhoch:
worry about sorting it in another 20 years, its made it this far looking that good :daumenhoch:
well done on that by the way :coolsmiley: ;)
x2 been thinking the same too :-\ measures can be taken to remove and clean up some of the rust ,would be a shame to powder if it can be sorted :daumenhoch: or at least try
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Judging by Paul's pics the rust looks too major to save it... its his first resto lads! he wants it to look sick :laugh: my money says OFF TO DAN for some fresh powder... then you will have a bad bowy rider :daumenhoch:
Paul - they look sick in white without doubt... my one was done in a BMW bronze with a black tinted lacquer over the top. When Dan did it for me before he did a chrome base powder and a tinted lacquer over - both times have been amazing ( I only had it redone to try and get it closer to the Ni-bronze original colour )
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/BMX/P1000787.jpg)
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ride it the way it is its a survivor and looks sweet as :daumenhoch:
worry about sorting it in another 20 years, its made it this far looking that good :daumenhoch:
well done on that by the way :coolsmiley: ;)
x2 been thinking the same too :-\ measures can be taken to remove and clean up some of the rust ,would be a shame to powder if it can be sorted :daumenhoch: or at least try
Have to agree with these guys too. If it's getting ridden, remove the rust, sticker it up, lose the modern tyres and you're good to go. (Cliche time - they're only original once :D)
if it's a show-pony, then off to SBD with it. Simples. :coolsmiley:
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Clean it' change the tyres and ride it all summer then of to Dan a and resto it over winter and start your second build with the bits you take off it - simples!
Sound like a familiar idea lads ??? Mmmm... 5 winters later eh? ;-)
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Now i wounderd who beat me to that one!!!! i called the guy just after you bloody bargin mate well done you git lolololol
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if it needs the chrome removing ,,,dan can get that sorted aswell :daumenhoch:
as said his work is the shit :4_17_5:
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if it needs the chrome removing ,,,dan can get that sorted aswell :daumenhoch:
as said his work is the shit :4_17_5:
Yep, Dan can sort out the de chrome also, my GL freestyle Frame and Forks have been boxed up waiting to go to dans now for over a month, just waiting for the paypal to swell a bit more first :LolLolLolLol: so I can keep the missus happy "you have got to stop spending it on kids bikes"
Great find BTW, there seems to be a few DP's surfacing at the moment. :daumenhoch:
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The chrome needs bead blasting or at least keying off for the powder to get a key otherwise it will flake off, the chrome Dan uses is a powder then a lacquer over the top to stop finger marks, actual chroming is a different animal altogether :daumenhoch:
I got 'the works' ( bars f&f pedals seatpost ) from Dan on my Ltd Ed DP... hes a craftsman for sure.
Sex Shot! Did Dan chromo that puppy for you? If so, is Chrom'ing more expensive that traditional powder coating?
btw, am I being boring just wanting a white DP in this sort of vain:
(http://www.retrospectbmx.com/gallery/images/FireBird%20Freestyler%20Russ%20J_jpg_jpg.jpg)
..white does look pretty damn-hot! ??
ta,
Paul