Re: Just got a "new" bike, finally! :-D
PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]>
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Powdercoating -- if you can find someone reliable -- can be durable, decent looking and cheap: I think I paid about $150 to have a Monocog 29er frame blasted and p coated (this was part of a package of modifications to the frame, so I don't recall the exact cost of the p coating alone). It looks quite nice. Otherwise, do-it-yourself, if you can first remove all rust and sand the present finish down to solid paint. I did my first (well, first and *only*) strip-and-paint job on a second hand Varsity circa 1971, age 16, using oil based enamel and a "Flit" hand pump bug spray gun (Nairobi, Kenya: the big hardware store downtown didn't have rattle cans or, if they did, I was ignorant of them). Not quite as smooth as I had hoped, but decent looking, especially with the hand, gold pinstriping and the hand made brass head badge (made from one of my mother's coasters). OTOH, if the frame is a lifetime keeper and you have the cash, a professional job is nice ... On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Eric Lindquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Well after a summer sans bike, the first time since I was 17, I finally got > another. I had to sell my Raleigh Alyeska (which was 2cm too large anyhow) > during a brief period of unemployment last spring, but I just picked up a > spiffy Raleigh Wyoming and I can't wait to spend this summer upgrading it > and going for short rides. Perhaps I can finally do an extended ride next > year. :) > > There frame is solid as can be, but it spent the last 3 months as a city > bike before I rescued it so there are some chips through to the metal on the > paint job. No rust on the inside though, thank god. Should I have it painted > (and if so, by whom?) or should I do a DIY paint job on it? > _______________________________________________ > Touring mailing list > [email protected] > Browse and search the archives: http://search.bikelist.org > Unsubscribe or list settings: > http://www.phred.org/mailman/options/touring > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected]