Rattle can respray

enc · Jun 9, 2023

Skapegoat said:
Sand paper, brass wheel, screwfix paint remover and many hours of pain and suffering.

Primered, snickered and lacquered x4 coats.

Still building it, just waiting on the paint to harden.

Vid here

Not a fan of GT’s but that could win me over. Looks mint!

KayOs · Jun 9, 2023

Here are some of my projects

I can only recommend the etoe channel on YouTube to anyone who wants to paint themselves (https://youtube.com/@ETOE?feature=share8). The master speaks personally and gives invaluable tips. And he takes the trouble to speak English even though he is Saxon.

enc · Jun 9, 2023

KayOs said:
Here are some of my projects
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I can only recommend the etoe channel on YouTube to anyone who wants to paint themselves (https://youtube.com/@ETOE?feature=share8). The master speaks personally and gives invaluable tips. And he takes the trouble to speak English even though he is Saxon.

Nice! More pics please.
as for ETOE … he the Don

Gtpulse · Jun 9, 2023

Here’s my attempt from a couple of years ago. Not the best but it looks ok overall. Stupid portrait mode on my iPhone blurs some of it.
Went back to bare metal, I had actually done most of the prep many months before I got round to painting.

The empty greenhouse on a warmish day made a perfect spraybooth and I had it all done over a day or so.

Suprachrgd82 · Jun 9, 2023

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/bike-of-the-month-february-2023-repaints-special.456665/

sjcprojects · Jun 9, 2023

I know the advice is to always lacquer over decals, but has anyone not done so, and got away with them not peeling/coming off? Lacquer seems the hardest thing to stop running/stippling when doing it yourself.

Guinessisgoodforyou · Jun 9, 2023

Black hammerite

I'm going to hell.

KayOs · Jun 9, 2023

Guinessisgoodforyou said:
Black hammerite I'm going to hell.
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At least you go in style, it looks really nice!

KayOs · Jun 9, 2023

enc said:
Nice! More pics please.
as for ETOE … he the Don

Unfortunately, there are not many pictures left. I painted the Fully with a brush in 2011.
The comic bike was a project for my girlfriend. It was mainly about finding out if and how I could do it. I am quite happy with it. But now I would build the bike differently.