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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Hellcat on May 24, 2012, 08:25 PM

Title: Rawed bikes?
Post by: Hellcat on May 24, 2012, 08:25 PM

Noob question, please excuse / ignore as you will... :D

I've seen F&F's being sold raw, is the idea to keep em raw or is it for custom paint jobs?

I think they look pretty good raw, so next question is, can you ride em raw or do you need to do summat to keep em looking nice? Is it just a case of blasting to get em raw?

I'm currently riding a scraped up black frame with 'metallic red' bars & forks (not my 1st colour choice but was cheap & rides nice). Thinking of a paint job eventually, but thinking raw maybe nice too. ::)

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: Betty on May 24, 2012, 10:14 PM

The idea is to keep em raw

Factory raw frames are coated in lacquer to keep rust at bay, the finish isn't very durable and rust soon creeps in under the lacquer

If you just strip paint off it will rust.... quick, as demonstrated ere

Brand spankers factory raw...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/28-04-10011.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/28-04-10008.jpg)

Same frame a year later, rust creeping in....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/b0dc9b99.jpg)

So i stripped the lacquer and polished it, couldn't be arsed to re lacquer it so i just built it back up....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/Picture004.jpg)

It got rained on a couple of times...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/21-8-11003.jpg)

Fook raw... it's now yellow...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/7-1-12001.jpg)

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: Hellcat on May 24, 2012, 10:31 PM

Thanks Betty. :daumenhoch:

Maybe I'll switch to Plan B.

 :coolsmiley:

(or buy a new F&F)...

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: bobbbbsy on May 24, 2012, 10:45 PM

i got raw lacquered answer bars. could nt live with them. gone to powder coaters today !

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: dordymush on May 24, 2012, 11:14 PM

i raw'ed my mirraco rider bike.
it was a horrible brown colour.
stripped it and rubbed it up a bit with sand paper to make a nice pattern lol.
3 coats of halfords lacquer and job done.
i like to see em done like it.

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: Jaymz on May 25, 2012, 06:40 AM

I'm going to raw my s&m soon. But I'm going to use gun oil on mine to keep the rust at bay as you can't scratch off a coat of oil

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: pickle on May 25, 2012, 07:29 AM

My old Proper Proclaimer was the nicest Raw frame i've ever seen, great clear coat as well as the rust really didn't get going at all on it
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/MW2003-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: Dark Diggler on May 25, 2012, 07:37 AM

Strip paint... Burn .... clear powdercoat . Bootiful

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p70/simonjturner/IMGP7309.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p70/simonjturner/IMGP7295.jpg)

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: griff on May 25, 2012, 09:06 AM

^^^ this  :smitten:

still would love to do this to my NS bike, just struggling to justify spending more than cost of bike on fetching the frame off  ;D

looks fookin ace tho

Title: Re: Rawed bikes?
Post by: motomagII on May 25, 2012, 02:46 PM

si yours is mint in the flesh dude didnt realise it was some kind of cleaqr powder coat on it .thought it was cooked and laquered .looks good either way