Any recommendations for a vintage frame respray?

[Southwestslacker1]

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I agree with the above comments, I've painted a few frames myself with rattle cans and some basic spraying equipment and you can get some really good results with planning and care (if I don't say so myself)

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The big cost involved is labour, a company near me will charge £30 to blast a frame (a bargain, I've done it myself with basic kit and it takes hours and hours!), then priming, checking, any filling, rubbing back, priming again, painting, masking, lacquer etc.

The more colours needed the more time, plus more paint expense, £50 of rattle cans minimum to get something smart done.

Then repro decals are north of £30 too, suddenly a couple of hundred quid for someone else to do it seems reasonable!

 

[Peachy!]

Just thought I’d throw a few more opinions in

1. Don’t powder coat, unless you never intend on selling the frame as it will massively de-value and make it almost impossible to sell.
2. A fully chromed frame is a fantastic opertunity to have a proper flamboyant paint finish applied in the correct way (over chrome or nickel plating) rather than than having the translucent paint applied over a fine pearl. This still looks good, but looks more like a super deep pearl finish rather than a proper flam job which shouldn’t have any flake in.
Bob Jackson’s have a good range of flam paints, but their stock will run out one day as it’s not produced any more.

Here’s my CB Jubilee in a green flam from BJ, imagine how cool without the flake?


3. Last option, easiest, cheapest and won’t de-value the frame; forget the paint, slap some stickers on and let her shine

 

[Chat Noir]

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Like many on the forum, I’ve used Bob Jackson and very happy with the result. The other week my partner found the receipt lying around from BJ for the work I had done last summer (alarmingly bad filing on my part!) but returned without comment. This covered a repair, some chrome and repainting. Chroming the drop outs and drive side stay came to £132 and enamel paint (2 colours) and lug-lining was £208, totalling £340 (decals, repair and re-tracking on top of this). Here’s a couple of pictures or look at the thread viewtopic.php?f=23&t=375875&hilit=Bob+Jackson+731os&start=0 . Bike’s been built up with modern equipment and is back doing long and comfortable rides, still getting admiring glances.

 

[Peachy!]

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The other week my partner found the receipt lying around from BJ for the work I had done last summer (alarmingly bad filing on my part!)

School Boy error Sir! If I did that I would be shot and no mistake! :facepalm:

She’s got one over you now, what’s the betting that will return to haunt you sometime in the future during potential spending negotiations! :shock:

Nice photos by the way.....

 

[Stump28]

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Home sprays always a good option if you’re not wanting to shel out much for the finish. Doing mine at the moment as a temp finish. I’m at around £40 2 colour including decals. Finish is pretty good. No need to spend big money on a decent home job to get as good a result as you will

 

[Wileyone]

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I just finished a rattle can job on this Canadian Le Croco. Paint still needs to be buffed out in spots but I am happy with it. I use an old wardrobe cabinet with 2 heat lamps which heat the cab to 140 degrees F. So 2 weeks after final clear coat it's ready to go.

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