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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: generallee on November 13, 2007, 02:02 PM
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My holy grail has always been the early 90's anodised purple pk ripper... and ive now acheived it with a little help...
Here is a sneakpeak of my latest project... paul lawson at Custom Colour Anodising did this for me... he wasnt keen on doing frames, but I begged him and told him not to worry if it didnt come out perfect.. and good on him, he did an amazing job. Paul now says after doing this one he would do others too... just make sure you hand him your aluminium frame already HIGHLY poslihed.. as thats the way to get results... I took off the tatty decals and spent hours polishing with peek and autosol etc...
so - here it is before..
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb233/tapperoon1/pknos3.jpg)
and heres a sneak peak of after....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb233/tapperoon1/frame2.jpg)
I have everything to build this, apart from time... but im working on it!
now heres the full frame with the headtube sticker on...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb233/tapperoon1/P1030445.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb233/tapperoon1/P1030444.jpg)
and now all decalled up and ready to go! The frame looks brande new. The dropouts were mnt anyway, but this is without doubt the nicest frame ive ever resto'd!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb233/tapperoon1/P1030446.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb233/tapperoon1/P1030447.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb233/tapperoon1/P1030448.jpg)
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wow that looks stunning was it expensive
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steve that looks a mental colour mate,
how much is annodising compared to Powder ???
lets see some more
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Nice colour Steve, can't you take it to the jungle and get it built there ;D
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£50 for the anodising job fellas... amazing value for money. Theres postage both ways on top of that and of course the polishing etc... but worth every penny - it arrives with me today - this photo is what paul took before he sent it!
Will post up more pics when Ive got it!
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£50 for the anodising job fellas... amazing value for money. Theres postage both ways on top of that and of course the polishing etc... but worth every penny - it arrives with me today - this photo is what paul took before he sent it!
Will post up more pics when Ive got it!
was that for the frame only or also the forks ???
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WOW thats gonna look awesome Steve :4_17_5:
Now be a good chap and get it built :knuppel2: :knuppel2: :knuppel2:
:LolLolLolLol:
:coolsmiley:
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Very nice, look foward to the finished article :daumenhoch:
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i need stuff annodising but no where near does it who is he etc details please.and how long did it take to get done greg
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frame only dudes. Im not in the jungle this year - This Morning decided not to send anyone out there this year. :'(
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Steve, that is a good price for the job, I have a nice Race Inc that I was thinking of getting done in candy blue, but maybe an anno job would be a better idea. Did you need to visit to select the colour or did you do it over phone/email?
Cheers
paul
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:shocked: Wow! ;)
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Steve, that is a good price for the job, I have a nice Race Inc that I was thinking of getting done in candy blue, but maybe an anno job would be a better idea. Did you need to visit to select the colour or did you do it over phone/email?
Cheers
paul
Paul,
LMK if your sending anything up there as I may be able to do a double on the couriers - may save a bit ?? I think we're both in Essex ?
ta
Matt
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that anno colour is amazing
no more sneaky peeks ?
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WoW ... that looks amazing Steve :smitten:
Can they do other colours too ?
Steve
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sweet! I just had a Floval done in candy purple. I went the powder route but your anno looks much brighter and nicer. about the same cost... I was expecting mine to be brighter but it ended up dark. mad props dude! :daumenhoch:
here is mine:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c362/KCMOBMX/DSC02893.jpg)
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I could have sworn I posted on here saying that it looked top banana :-\
Anyway - it does look minty :smitten: :daumenhoch:
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as fook that is :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
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The purple colour is their stock prple anodiseing colour - its perfect and just like the early SE colour they did in the 90's. Check out www.customcolouranodising for a look at their colours, its a basic website but you get the idea of what the colours are like. They can do gold, blue, red, orange, green, clearcoat, purple, etc etc
It takes them a little while to do as they squeeze it in between their industrial mega jobs, but the wait is worth it. I also just got back a pair of alloy Ukai rims that the polished for me - they now look like chrome. Amazing.
Check the thread in the Tech and Restoration Stickies, im sure theres something about custom colour inthere.
cheers!
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Now that looks so nice mate :smitten: :smitten: Can't wait to see it built up :shocked:
Will it be at the rad bash????? 8)
Ollie
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that looks the nuts mate :coolsmiley:
i took my loopy ripper to be done a few months ago in baby blue but they had loads of trouble with it so sadly it has had to be polished again , but they did some mitey lite forks ,my proneck stem and an mx100 and lever all in black and they are bang on top guys at customcolour :4_17_5:
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you dirty bitch.
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:LolLolLolLol: Was just gonna mention the little disaster with yours mr fisher ;) Looks mint that btw.
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:LolLolLolLol: Was just gonna mention the little disaster with yours mr fisher ;)
:'(
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still looks mint all polished up with them hutchs n monkey bars fish :smitten:
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That's looking very cool :coolsmiley:
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that actually looks really cool :daumenhoch:
big pimpin :shocked:
looking forward to seeing this built :knuppel2:
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Very tasty work. Reckon he could fettle this up? I'm worried about the two tone effect! Like the Selector, and Madness though!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d41/the666devil/b2e1_1.jpg)
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Its hard to re-anodise stems cos of the steel shaft: it will desolve in the anodising process. If the shaft comes away from the ally body (like a pro/tuff neck) then its do-able, but the fit might not be as good cos the process will change the hole size a little as it removes a tiny bit of material from the ally.
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Apparently the brute wedge doesn't remove! See Redline Proline II thread! Cheers Alex :daumenhoch:
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the steel bar can be masked off with this tape we have got, its acid proof so as long as the ali is anodisable then its ok with the bar in :daumenhoch:
CCA
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new pics added to to the top of this thread!
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What about inside the stem steel shaft, or are the parts not submerged in acid??
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the steel bar can be masked off with this tape we have got, its acid proof so as long as the ali is anodisable then its ok with the bar in :daumenhoch:
CCA
that sounds like flannel.
frame looks nice, purple is a bit mtb tho.
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the steel bar can be masked off with this tape we have got, its acid proof so as long as the ali is anodisable then its ok with the bar in :daumenhoch:
CCA
that sounds like flannel.
frame looks nice, purple is a bit mtb tho.
it isnt flannel, it can be done. :Great_Britain:
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Nice job there Steve...
Very good price too.
The quote I gave you a while back was for all the polishing & a 3 week turnaround door to door. Taking it there & back by hand no postage.... Just thought I needed to clear that up.
Re; the tape/redline stem question?
Yes it can be done.
Lead tape (for roofing) is the trick...Approx £100 a roll.
Plus you have to plug up the holes..