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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Dr Skyway on May 25, 2015, 09:04 AM
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So who on here sprays their own frames with cans? you know rubs them down, undercoat, rub, undercoat, rub etc etc......always did this as a kid.
Also how thick is the powder coat that SBD does?
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Not me, would rather send it to SBD as I know I'll get a flawless finish without being too thick & blobby
Plus he also does wet painting - he did my ripper & that came out lovely
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Do more people tend to get their frames wet painted now, than powder? ??? I prefer the look of paint. :) Was your ripper the blue one?
:daumenhoch:
Not me, would rather send it to SBD as I know I'll get a flawless finish without being too thick & blobby
Plus he also does wet painting - he did my ripper & that came out lovely
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Do more people tend to get their frames wet painted now, than powder? ??? I prefer the look of paint. :) Was your ripper the blue one?
:daumenhoch:
Not me, would rather send it to SBD as I know I'll get a flawless finish without being too thick & blobby
Plus he also does wet painting - he did my ripper & that came out lovely
I think most people go for powder as it's more durable, but I went for paint as being thinner than powder it helps show the details of the welds better (& they were painted BITD anyway)
And yes it was/is blue :)
(http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad120/gr1ff1ngton/8E567248-D6A6-432D-A986-682653C5B685-2272-000004268187FA10_zpsd3ca8cfb.jpg) (http://s927.photobucket.com/user/gr1ff1ngton/media/8E567248-D6A6-432D-A986-682653C5B685-2272-000004268187FA10_zpsd3ca8cfb.jpg.html)
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cheers guys, I always worry about powder as I've had a few frames that have had a right good coating, might go down the wet paint route then.... :daumenhoch:
Will check out the SBD thread again.
Although think I will can spray my DP from BITD......labour of love an all...
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Honestly I've done the spray can route, time you have bought all the materials and covered everything in a film of overspray it's not worth the hassle and it's not very robust.
SBD does a cracking job, a very good price for the amount of work involved and hard wearing, just give it to Dan :daumenhoch: for what he charges to do a frame it cost me nearly the same in materials.
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Dan wet sprays all my stuff . His work is awesome .
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Whats the difference in price then chaps? powder coat v paint? price wise? be interested to know as I have a VDC changa long to be done ;)
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just ask SBD :daumenhoch:
Don't think it makes much difference, more of a personal choice
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Ask a 14yr old to spray bomb it, fooking never comes off :-\
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I'll get Dan to wet spray this..
(http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a469/Poochy_06/bmx/E8C7AC36-2278-4654-990A-385295DA4D10_zpsrtdtxx4v.jpg) (http://s1038.photobucket.com/user/Poochy_06/media/bmx/E8C7AC36-2278-4654-990A-385295DA4D10_zpsrtdtxx4v.jpg.html)
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i spray can my bikes, i use graffiti paint i buy online for about £3 - £3.50 a tin. the range of colours are huge so you can get pretty close to a colour match plus the satisfaction of doing it yourself. it will never be as good as the quality of SBD's work, but it's good enough for me. i painted my 88 master myself, i used the decals to try match the colours on screen and got almost a perfect match.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n203/john4130/haro_zps8gasxhrw.jpg)
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It's more the memory of spraying my bikes that makes me want to try again, wouldn't be hard to better my incompetent attempts as a kid.... :LolLolLolLol:
Does SBD strip the frames? should probably look at the sticky thread.....
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I remember it. :) That's my thoughts they were always paint never powder. :daumenhoch: Although I can understand why having powder for a rider. :)
Do more people tend to get their frames wet painted now, than powder? ??? I prefer the look of paint. :) Was your ripper the blue one?
:daumenhoch:
Not me, would rather send it to SBD as I know I'll get a flawless finish without being too thick & blobby
Plus he also does wet painting - he did my ripper & that came out lovely
I think most people go for powder as it's more durable, but I went for paint as being thinner than powder it helps show the details of the welds better (& they were painted BITD anyway)
And yes it was/is blue :)
(http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad120/gr1ff1ngton/8E567248-D6A6-432D-A986-682653C5B685-2272-000004268187FA10_zpsd3ca8cfb.jpg) (http://s927.photobucket.com/user/gr1ff1ngton/media/8E567248-D6A6-432D-A986-682653C5B685-2272-000004268187FA10_zpsd3ca8cfb.jpg.html)
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Yeah it scratches much easier than powder
Just ask Carl :LolLolLolLol:
I'm slowly turning it into survivor spec :teef:
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DP freestylers were powdered if i remember rightly from the adverts :daumenhoch: