Ian May rebuild

[JhnBssll]

Well the lug painting isn't perfect but it's certainly good enough - the paint has crept under the tape in a couple of places but it's only minimal and you have to be up close to see it For my first effort at painting a bicycle frame I'm going to say its good enough

Next job is to infill the holes in the lugs with the gold enamel paint and a small brush, then I'll give it a wipe down to degrease it and lacquer it I'm resisting the temptation to 'fix' the imperfections because when I have tried to do so in the past I've made things much worse

 

[EltonFrog]

Well the lug painting isn't perfect but it's certainly good enough - the paint has crept under the tape in a couple of places but it's only minimal and you have to be up close to see it For my first effort at painting a bicycle frame I'm going to say its good enough

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Next job is to infill the holes in the lugs with the gold enamel paint and a small brush, then I'll give it a wipe down to degrease it and lacquer it I'm resisting the temptation to 'fix' the imperfections because when I have tried to do so in the past I've made things worse

Looks great. What brand of paint are you using?

 

[wisdom]

That looks brilliant

 

[tom73]

 

[JhnBssll]

Looks great. What brand of paint are you using?

Thanks Here is the paint I used...

 

[carpenter]

First effort with bike frame - wow

 

[wisdom]

Thanks Here is the paint I used...

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Was that from a local motor factors?

 

[Illaveago]

One way I found for lining around the lugs was to paint in the edges as best as I could using enamel with a small paintbrush and then to run my finger back over it . A bit like smearing it .
Enamel paint uses a different solvent to cellulose or acrylic paint so any mistakes can be removed using white spirit on a rag.

 

[JhnBssll]

One way I found for lining around the lugs was to paint in the edges as best as I could using enamel with a small paintbrush and then to run my finger back over it . A bit like smearing it .
Enamel paint uses a different solvent to cellulose or acrylic paint so any mistakes can be removed using white spirit on a rag.

I'm using a similar technique to infill the lug holes - I'm using gold metallic enamel paint and wiping off any errors Only downside is it takes an age to dry so have to wait a few hours before repositioning the frame for fear of it running

Since the messy bit is largely done for the time being I have had a tidy up in the garage whilst waiting for the enamel to dry... I've just put these bits to one side for a bit of spit and polish later, I'll probably strip and rebuild the hubs at some point too

 

[EltonFrog]

The gold is an interesting choice, it’ll look fab I think, but I think I would have infilled in blue.

Looking forward to seeing this finished.

 

[JhnBssll]

I chose the gold to match the Reynolds decals Blue would have been easier as I could have masked the holes before spraying the lugs but thought this would give it an extra level of detail

 

[EltonFrog]

I chose the gold to match the Reynolds decals Blue would have been easier as I could have masked the holes before spraying the lugs but thought this would give it an extra level of detail

Ah yes, I get that now.

 

[roadrash]

bloody brilliant , love the colours , they go really well together

 

[JhnBssll]

bloody brilliant , love the colours , they go really well together

Thanks Quite a few hours invested so far, this last bit of painting is dragging I've now painted 4 of the in-fills, 4 more to go I've just done the one next to the Reynolds decal to highlight the reason for the gold colour choice

 

[otek59]

I’ve got a couple frames that I want to spray and your posts are very inspirational.