Bike re-spray

[Accy cyclist]

I'm toying with the idea of having my old aluminium road bike re-sprayed. It's getting a bit shabby and i'm bored with the colour scheme. How much would it cost,would i have to get it done by a "specialist" or could a bloke who resprays cars do it? Also..would it look like a new bike or would it look like an obvious re-spray? Thanks in advance for any replies!

 

[smokeysmoo]

A mate of mine who does car repairs has done a couple for me in the past. He owns a bodyshop so they've been professionally sprayed and baked and the results were spot on.

Don't know about price though as we always had a reciprocal arrangement

A lot will be to do with how much prep they have ro do I'd guess. I gave him my frames stripped and prepped so all he had to go was give them a quick once over, prime it then spray it.

 

[Dragonwight]

These were recommended to me by my LBS.

http://www.argoscycles.com/

 

[taximan]

My local car body shop will respray a bike frame for £35/£40 providing that it is stripped & ready. From what I have seen he makes a good job too.

 

[EltonFrog]

I had a bike painted by Mercian cycles cost about £250.00 it looks better than brand new, they did the business on it, stripped it, primed it, painted it and put on new decals. They also sorted out the bottom bracket and headset. I did have quotes form car sprayers for about fifty queens but I had to all the prep. Powder coating was about the same, and they would sand blast and coat the bike any colour I wanted.

 

[Globalti]

Accy, you are just up the valley (and over the hill) from one of Britain's best frame refinishers - Atlantic Boulevard in Bury. Give him a call. He can even restore the original decals.

Here: http://www.atlantic-boulevard.co.uk/

If transport is a problem I live near Blackburn and commute to Bury every day so could help with delivery/collection.

 

[SquareDaff]

There's a place in Leeds that'll do a frame for about £100 as long as you strip it down yourself. Note that that's just for one colour though. When you start throwing in multiple colours (and hence masking work) then the price increases. Also note that you'd need to source any replacement decals yourself.

If you want to spray a frame yourself then it is possible and can be done with car sprays. You just need to have patience and be willing to put in the preparation work at the start. If you do this you can get really good finishes yourself. As an example - I stripped and sanded my own frame, added a couple of rust proof coats (my frame was steel), one coat of primer, 4 coats of blue and 3 coats of gloss - total cost about £35. Took about 2 weeks from start to finish.

Also bear in mind that wherever you spray will need to be warm (>20C) otherwise your paint will bloom. If you spray indoors be prepared to do a lot of dusting!!!

 

[EltonFrog]

There's a place in Leeds that'll do a frame for about £100 as long as you strip it down yourself. Note that that's just for one colour though. When you start throwing in multiple colours (and hence masking work) then the price increases. Also note that you'd need to source any replacement decals yourself.

If you want to spray a frame yourself then it is possible and can be done with car sprays. You just need to have patience and be willing to put in the preparation work at the start. If you do this you can get really good finishes yourself. As an example - I stripped and sanded my own frame, added a couple of rust proof coats (my frame was steel), one coat of primer, 4 coats of blue and 3 coats of gloss - total cost about £35. Took about 2 weeks from start to finish.

Also bear in mind that wherever you spray will need to be warm (>20C) otherwise your paint will bloom. If you spray indoors be prepared to do a lot of dusting!!!

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When you say stripped, do mean stripped the paint, or stripped of parts, then sanded?

 

[buggi]

we need before and after pics please

 

[albion]

Years ago my rusty old Raleigh got a brushed coat of Dulux gloss for metal.
Being thick it needed no undercoat and simply sanding down the rust did the trick needing just the one layer

Cost would have been about £5, likely £12 or so now.

http://www.wilko.com/Wood+Metal-Pai...Paint-Pure-Brilliant-White-750ml/invt/0099701
Likely that is the same stuff of old.
If you like silver or gold there is also 'trade metalshield'.

 

[Globalti]

I painted my Land Rover wheels with Dulux Once, after having prepped them carefully. I was amazed at the covering power and how well the paint lasted.

 

[SquareDaff]

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When you say stripped, do mean stripped the paint, or stripped of parts, then sanded?

I mean stripped of parts (i.e. you just supply the frame and forks).

 

[EltonFrog]

I mean stripped of parts (i.e. you just supply the frame and forks).

Ta.

 

[roadrash]

An example of work done by stockport powder coating

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/restoration-twenty.148038/

i stripped the parts, they bead blasted the frame , forks and mudguards then powder coated the lot for £50

 

[SquareDaff]

we need before and after pics please

1st picture - start colour (gold) after a lot of sanding and rust removal.
2nd picture - with anti rust, followed by lots of sanding then primer layers added
3rd picture - base colour applied.
4th picture - masking and 3 more colours applied to get it back to the original design and delivery colour. Recreated decals applied and the layers of lacquer.