So after lusting after paint job’s such as Jolan’s Samson and Leon’s Vivalo, i looked for how i could possibly mimic such awesomeness.
Some searching and calling around i found this
Comes in rainbow, red, green, gold and silver.
I figured id test it out first, and prime candidate was the missus’ mixte
i picked up the rainbow, red and silver, no gold green at the time.
Missus said she wanted silver sparkles, so theres that decision made.
Now, please dont expect anything like the samson or the vivalo, but for a backyard job out of a can, im pretty well pleased with the ‘test’ results.
The missus frame was just a squirts spray can job initally, so nothing real special. I know im suppose to sand down the gloss with a 1200 wet/dry, but i couldnt be farked, and it was the missus’ bike anyway.
So i wiped down any crap of the frame, and laid down the sparkle. Initial thoughts was the spray went down smooth, no clogging or uneven crap. I was going for a light sparkle instead of an intense /glitter/sparkle, so just did the one coat. Let dry and hit it with a few coats of squirts clear gloss.
cheers boys, got the cans from a local wholesaler here in perth after ringing 4 or 5 local craft stores. Funnily they were happy to sell directly instead of telling me their stockists.
Gonna head back and pick up a few more cans and try the green and gold as well, got some schemes in my head i want to try out
I don’t know about Perth, but I’ve seen those cans in Spotlightin Melbourne, and they had red, silver, green, gold and a pearl. I think they were ~ $12 a can.
Nice work on the paintjob, my girlfriend rides a raleigh mixte that we did up and painted pink last summer (though not nearly so nicely) and she loves it.
What’s the plan for parts? Six speed with friction shifters, fixed, internal geared hub or single speed coaster?
If you’re putting widish tyres on and are going for a retro look, you can get nice schwalbe white walls in 27" or 700c, they look the sweet on a bike of the right era.
shwab, i had converted this to a singlespeed with a german coaster brake hub (Centrix), the missus wanted something simple and clean. Running gators for the tires.
Very nice! Ever since I saw a pearl white Makino with blue flecks in the paint, I’ve wanted to try this. Is it easy to control the concentration of glitter in a certain area?
The particular spray can i used was quite good, smooth, non clogging, even spray, good pressure. Im sure if you wanted to ‘concentrate’ the glitter you could.
