Der Lack-Faden

[chetosmachine]

My spectral :On.
Sikkens MM wave paint gold, red, black, silver.
Giso UHS clear coat.
Oramask 810 for letters (SantaCruz font).

 

[Nightfly.666]

Nice Lavabike! Do You have pictures from the process?

 

[chetosmachine]

Few pictures of the true key points, just the general steps and not the interesting ones.
It has been a good year and a half process, that included a heavy demotivation after the first use of water based paint.

I never liked the original color combination (bike was purchased second hand), so decided to re-paint.
After fully sanding the frame, I applied a layer of primer (Octoral octobase).

I sanded smoothly, with P500 and water.
Original plan was to have a silver front with a black rear.

that was my first experience with Sikkens water base paint for cars. Nightmare. I was painting outdoors, in the summer, with high humidity and aprox 30deg. The paint would not dry, would make ponds, get defects etc. It took aprox 2 hours from a "wet coat" to touch dry.
I got very demotivated, but had to use the water base paint so neighborhood can't complain.
I totally abandoned the project since I have several bikes to ride. Some months ago, a neighbor offered me a "dark room" for plants, with filters, so I gave a new try to the paint. It was better than looking for paint booths in Switzerland!
So, I started with the chain stays and it worked great.
In this case, full black and when dry, I masked the letters and painted them with the gold using airbrush.

Now that I knew the new setup was working, since the water paint needs the airflow to dry, I reworked the main triangle

I had used the battery cover as a test piece, and wanted to start it again because the amount of defects was terrible.

But when I was sanding it (P500, wet sand), all the colors started showing and it gave a "ciberpunk" appearance that I really liked, so I changed my mind about the final color scheme for the bike.

Now the main triangle needed a layer of gold

Then red

I masked the letters and logo at this point with the Oramask cut with the plotter.

A went for a layer of full black

Then finally silver then removed the letter masks.

At this point, I think I could have gone for the original plan of silver..... But the temptation to do something unique was too big, so again to the sanding room, and P500 with water. I used a sanding block, and tried to be consistent, gentle, as the paint is quite thin. I had no issue in going through all the layers, as this was visually interesting.
Once achieved, 2 layers of clear coat and it deserves a polish, but this season was already here and wanted to use the bike as soon as possible. It will get polished during the winter to achieve more shine

(Sorry for long text in english).

 

[seblubb]

But when I was sanding it (P500, wet sand), all the colors started showing and it gave a "ciberpunk" appearance that I really liked, so I changed my mind about the final color scheme for the bike.

I dig the final result, looks professional

 

[fweik]

Nee Bike Day mit dem neu lackierten Rahmen
In echt ist die Farbe heller und grüner. Candy Lack ist gar nicht so einfach zu sprühen...viele Fehler im Lack wenn man genau hin sieht. Aber K2 ist Happy also bin ich es auch.

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Die Farbe ist ja schön, aber die Gabel geht garnicht!

 

[Gravel-B]

Die Farbe ist ja schön, aber die Gabel geht garnicht!

Ich muss mal doof fragen, als jemand der kein MTB hat, nur ein Gravel. was ist denn mit der Gabel? Für mich sieht das Rad schön aus, aber ich bin da auch nicht im Thema?

 

[fweik]

Ich muss mal doof fragen, als jemand der kein MTB hat, nur ein Gravel. was ist denn mit der Gabel? Für mich sieht das Rad schön aus, aber ich bin da auch nicht im Thema?

Der Rahmen ist für eine Federgabel, deshalb braucht die Gabel eine entsprechende Einbauhöhe. Einfache Federgabeln sind aber bleischwer und bringen bei wenig Körpergewicht kaum etwas. Deshalb wird gerne auf eine Starrgabel gewechselt, diese muss dann allerdings länger sein. Hier wurde einfach an der Gabelkrone der Schaft verlängert, ansonsten werden meist die Gabelscheiden verlängert. Für mich schaut das stimmiger aus.