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Dan Daniel
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:31:10 -0400, Alex Rodriguez <[email protected]>
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] says...
>
>>I disagree. Auto painters don't know what they are doing
>>with bike frames and could really screw up something like
>>what the OP is wanting to get done. Auto painter + bike
>>frame = paint recipe for disaster.
>
>Disaster??? Assuming they strip the frame properly, what is
>the worst they can do? Get paint on the threads? Easily
>fixed with a tap.
>---------------
>Alex
What can go wrong- runs, drips, overspray, uneven paint
thickness when dealing with pigments sensitive to this, bad
timing with catalyzed paints because of the intricacies in
painting a frame.... And all of this assumes good prep work
on the stripped frame.
My work involves painting lots of things, from panels to
intricate industrial prototypes. Using all sorts of paints
over the years. A bicycle frame is *the* most difficult
thing I have painted. The combination of tubes, angles, and
intersections is a huge series of places to make mistakes.
I've done four frames so far; I figure another four to six
frames and I'll have it figured out.
Not to say that any specific auto body painter isn't
capable. But I'd be careful. There are some serious
differences between painting a car and painting a bicycle.
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] says...
>
>>I disagree. Auto painters don't know what they are doing
>>with bike frames and could really screw up something like
>>what the OP is wanting to get done. Auto painter + bike
>>frame = paint recipe for disaster.
>
>Disaster??? Assuming they strip the frame properly, what is
>the worst they can do? Get paint on the threads? Easily
>fixed with a tap.
>---------------
>Alex
What can go wrong- runs, drips, overspray, uneven paint
thickness when dealing with pigments sensitive to this, bad
timing with catalyzed paints because of the intricacies in
painting a frame.... And all of this assumes good prep work
on the stripped frame.
My work involves painting lots of things, from panels to
intricate industrial prototypes. Using all sorts of paints
over the years. A bicycle frame is *the* most difficult
thing I have painted. The combination of tubes, angles, and
intersections is a huge series of places to make mistakes.
I've done four frames so far; I figure another four to six
frames and I'll have it figured out.
Not to say that any specific auto body painter isn't
capable. But I'd be careful. There are some serious
differences between painting a car and painting a bicycle.