Hey, name’s Daniel, I’m currently a Highschool student in NSW and as you can tell from this, I’m very inexperienced to this whole new hobby i’ve come across. In other words i’m a noob.
Anyways, long story short.
I recently purchased a Pinarello… Prestige… (Half arse guess). The very first owner I believe, stripped the original paint and powdercoated it into a soft baby blue with the bottom bracket intact. (Biggest pain in the ass)
I didn’t like it at all. Yep, not one bit. So I stripped the paint, soft sanded the frame, cleaned it up, took it to the bike shop and had them remove the bottom bracket. (They even had trouble taking the bottom bracket out).
Past is the past, but it really was a bad idea to have it stripped a second time, huh?
Now, the question i’ve been meaning to ask. A question that’ll cause feuds with other members on this thread. A question that’ll make you think not twice but 3 times…
What colour should I make it? And where should I take it to, to have it painted?
I second the Star Enamelers recommendation. They did the paint on my roadie and it’s very very nice indeed. A bunch of people I know have used them and it’s thumbs up all round.
QFT. Pay the $400 and get it painted properly, and you’ll get your money back eventually. Or like, me, you’ll paint the frame, then it will look pretty in your lounge room for 4 years unridden.
But if I get to taking pictures sometime soon my Frejus is champagne sparkle/off white and gold.
Actually fuck it. Take it to Mr Kleen, get it powdercoated a sweet colour for $50 bucks.
…Or, buy some etch primer, a few cans of Duplicolour from Autobarn and some good clear coat and do it yourself, wont be as ‘hard’, and will scratch, but let the next owner do a full resto, otherwise you will never ride it.
I’m thinking we probably can’t get too carried away - dude’s in high school - a modern groupset and top-notch paint and chrome might be of a stretch?
But, unless you’re Richie Rich, my vote is to put as much $ as you can into paint before parts. And get some decals from cycolomondo: CYCLOMONDO - Pinarello decals
^^ If you do get decals, make sure you get the ones with the single ‘Pinarello’ on the seat tube - the doubles were for when there was bottle cage mounts on the seat tube which didn’t come along until about '85.
