Kona Muni-Mula (Finished 26.09.11)

[renaldo]

I agree its nice to keep bikes original paint and its not a bad colour, but I love the bare alu look on these - majoreyeswater's is very I think that fork would look good with a polished alu frame too.

 

[madmax74]

I have Started to take parts off the bike tonight. Just the bottom bracket forks and bearing cups but will have to go and get a cup removal tool. The crank bolts were a absolute nightmare. At one point i had to stand on the allen key :shock:

Oh well started now so no going back.

I have considered powder coating as a cheaper option but i am going to wait and see what the results are like of the paint strip first.

Thanks for all your advice.

 

[madmax74]

OMG this is very hard work :evil: I have put in about eight hours in already

The results are outstanding though. By no means finished but i will get there.

 

[coomber]

Good start!

 

[madmax74]

Good start!

Cheers.

The paint is a absolute bitch to get out of the welds. :cry:

 

[Anthony]

The blue frame is a 1999.

Kona have done this themselves, but I don't know whether they gave them a clear coat after the ball burnishing.

 

[majoreyeswater]

Yep, that brings back some painful memories. Just wait until the sanding/wire-wooling/polishing starts :shock:

Good luck and keep going

 

[superstu]

Some seriously hard graft needed but fair play for giving it a go. Its starting to take shape.

Watching with interest

 

[Anthony]

Given that lots of painters would powder coat a frame for £30-40 and they would media blast it first, I wonder how much they would charge just to media blast one? Maybe £15? It would still need to be polished, but wouldn't that be a worthwhile investment to get all the paint out of the nooks and crannies?

 

[madmax74]

Not quite finished but here's a sneaky peek. I cant believe the results :shock: Some more fine wool and more polishing and we are there.

This has been epic and still not finished but i think it looks great