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Title: Painting a stem...
Post by: GREMLIN on June 28, 2008, 05:09 PM
Hey lads.  :)   I had a Suntour stem through the post this morning from OrgasmDonor (thanx Daz m8).
I've picked it up to re-furb then put onto my Kuwi'.

Just after it arrived...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f376/greml1n/1Suntourstem.jpg)
After a quick session with Nitromors...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f376/greml1n/2Suntourstem.jpg)

Right, anyhow I'm going to be coating it in black.
So should i bother attacking it with Oven pride to strip the anno off or should i use the anno as a base to coat over?
Rattle can should cover the anno (after a keying in) shouldn't it?
Or would it still need some primer?
Or just strip totally then , primer, top coat?
Any thoughts?     Grem'.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Painting a stem...
Post by: PHIPPSIO on June 28, 2008, 05:36 PM
Yeah you will need to remove the anno first. Last one i did i just dusted it with a light primer and then straight into paint. I tried painting a red anno shainring last year and it just doesnt take

 :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Painting a stem...
Post by: GREMLIN on June 28, 2008, 05:53 PM
Oven pride it is then.  Thanx m8  :daumenhoch:  G.  :)

Title: Re: Painting a stem...
Post by: GREMLIN on June 28, 2008, 06:45 PM
After a couple of minutes in Oven pride and a quick scrub...  G.  :)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f376/greml1n/4Suntourstem.jpg)
Title: Re: Painting a stem...
Post by: sawzall on June 28, 2008, 07:48 PM
gav you will need to use an etch primer on it before you prime and paint ;)
Title: Re: Painting a stem...
Post by: GREMLIN on June 28, 2008, 08:04 PM
Hey Phil.  So use etch primer then primer before top coats ?  Cool.  :)
I hope the layers aren't going to build up and wipe out the Suntour text ?    G.  ???
Title: Re: Painting a stem...
Post by: sawzall on June 28, 2008, 08:07 PM
gav you will only need to dust on a light coat of etch primer then a couple of light coats of primer then paint,so you shouldn't have any probs with logo ;)
Title: Re: Painting a stem...
Post by: GREMLIN on June 28, 2008, 08:14 PM
Thanx m8  :)  If i go too mad i can always strip and try again, and again  :D  G.  8)
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