Raw bicycles! ROAR!!! The 'naked' no paint bicycle thread

[torqueless]

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It's a Claud Butler.. unless anyone knows better:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;start=10

 

[goof]

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More RAWNESS with another lacquered 653 Ribble.

can I ask how you got such an even finish when you removed paint etc
Is this what blasting gives ?

bike looks superb overall

 

[vcballbat]

Ribble 531 Competition Raw Steel now with it's 70's style Ribble head an seat tube badges...

Build thread here..viewtopic.php?f=23&t=419928

 

[goof]

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Ive been doing some more research on best way to deal with these raw steel frames.
Someone who finishes bikes like this for a living said not to clear coat straight onto the steel, use an adhesion promoter -
this is the one he uses (but not the spraycan version if you have the paint gun etc)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/855645621

once you have applied this, then use a 2k automotive clear coat laquer, from halfords fine.

I still stripping my frame so a few days from using it, and a few years from seeing if it actually works

 

[goof]

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ok finally finished my raw steel build, ex Raleigh gemini trail.
had lots of fun with this one. Removed brazeons I didnt need and filled a couple of dents along the way.

 

[FiveAlpha]

Has anyone got experience of 'bluing' a frame? I was thinking of trying it with one of the old steel framesets I have. Works well for guns, so I assume it would look great on a bike (I would probably clear coat, as I live in Scandinavia, which is not exactly a dry place!).