Stripping Paint off alloy frame

[Bongo]

Any ideas ? Normal paint stripper ok?
Want to make my XTC city friendly and not thief attractive for when i lock
it up

 

[SomeGuy]

Any ideas ? Normal paint stripper ok?
Want to make my XTC city friendly and not thief attractive for when i lock
it up

What about just covering the logos with black electrical tape. Cheaper, easier, and reversible .

 

[bear]

Bongo wrote:
> Any ideas ? Normal paint stripper ok?
> Want to make my XTC city friendly and not thief attractive for when i lock
> it up

err, why strip the paint?

Just remove anything you don't want paint splatter on, the do a sloppy
painting job in your favourite colour {.

Worked for me for a few decades .

 

[Plodder]

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"Bongo" <bongoNeverSaid He'[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Any ideas ? Normal paint stripper ok?
> Want to make my XTC city friendly and not thief attractive for when i lock
> it up
>

Messy, time consuming job. I'd never do it again. You're better off taking
the frame to a panel beater and getting it stripped.

If you do decide to do it yourself, DO NOT use caustic soda based paint
stripper. It will eat into the aluminium...

Cheers,

Frank

 

[Kingsley]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:18:04 +1100, SomeGuy wrote:

> Bongo Wrote:
>> Any ideas ? Normal paint stripper ok?
>> Want to make my XTC city friendly and not thief attractive for when i
>> lock it up
>
> What about just covering the logos with black electrical tape.
> Cheaper, easier, and reversible .

Aye, that's what a lot of the Sydney couriers do, it's weird
to see a bike that looks like a **** beater, but then has
some fantastically nice components (e.g. hydraulic v-brakes)
when you look a bit closer.

-kt

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[Bongo]

All good points lads .. thanks.

Wanted to strip it because I liked the effect of the bare aluminium that I
once saw.
I thought the tape would be a bit obvious and weighty.

Know of any panel beaters that will do it cheaply?

Marc

 

[Terry Collins]

Bongo wrote:
> All good points lads .. thanks.
>
> Wanted to strip it because I liked the effect of the bare aluminium that I
> once saw.

Okay, now I know why the $2 shop had cans of CLEAR spray on enamel.

 

[darryl]

In article <[email protected]>,
"Bongo" <bongoNeverSaid He'[email protected]> wrote:

> Any ideas ? Normal paint stripper ok?
> Want to make my XTC city friendly and not thief attractive for when i lock
> it up

How about swap groupsets with me - that will make it more unattractive
for thieves.

No charge - just happy to help.

>

 

[Travis]

darryl wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Bongo" <bongoNeverSaid He'[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Any ideas ? Normal paint stripper ok?
> > Want to make my XTC city friendly and not thief attractive for when i lock
> > it up
>
> How about swap groupsets with me - that will make it more unattractive
> for thieves.
>
> No charge - just happy to help.

Heck, while we're all making displays of spontaneous magnanimity I'll
join in with an offer of my own. If Bongo wants to swap his bike for
my old Repco I'd be happy to pay shipping on both and you can almost
guarantee that no thief is going to want to nick it.

Mind you, its got some decent Alex rims on it and brand new tires with
slime tube liners. If I sold the wheels on eBay I could get a couple
of hundred for them I think, but if I sold the whole bike with the
wheels attached I'd probably get $100. I'll leave it as an exercise to
the reader to estimate the market value of the frame and groupset...


Travis