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RichR
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17th Aug 11 at 14:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not quite a car but I'm painting a bike frame, its currently unpainted with a chromoloy coating, few chips through the coating to the bare metal.

It only needs to be a rattle can finish but could do with being a bit durable, What's the best primer to use after sanding back the chips and keying the rest of the frame.

and how many coats of lacquer would be recommendable?
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or would it be best to powder coat it come to think about it?
Gary
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3/4 maybe?

Not an answer to your question but it would be nice to have a couple of coats of a lighter colour than your top coat.

An old huffy frame of mine (dark blue) had a lighter blue coat underneath and looks quite smart when it does get chipped
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Or you could anodise it, cheaper and looks cool
Walshgsi16v
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Powercoated around £25/30 bare frame
LeeM
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ive got one ive attempted to paint, being round its a nightmare for running so im going to get it powder coated

 
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