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Bike respray recommendations

by pauld
Fri, Jul 09, 2021 10:55
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HI, I've just bought a  new (2nd hand) commuter and would like it resprayed. Does anyone have any recommendations within the East Midlands? I'm in Lincoln.

Single colour for the frame, keeping the forks as they are. 

Thanks in advance

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zero_trooper | 3 years ago
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I thought that the idea with commuters was to leave them tatty, so that they don't attract the attention of thieves?

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Oberon | 3 years ago
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Check out Spray.Bike. There is a review here on road.cc.

I tried it myself, and with no experience, got really good results. Used the smoothing putty, a colour layer and then the transparent finish. Perfectly acceptable for a commuter.  

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David9694 replied to Oberon | 3 years ago
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Spray.bike got me into rattle-can spraying, but I didn't stick with it long. You can get better results from Holts, Halfords, Canbrush, etc that are no more difficult to use.

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matthewn5 | 3 years ago
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I recommend Ellis Briggs - they did a beautiful job for me.

https://www.ellisbriggscycles.co.uk/resprays/

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SaveTheWail | 3 years ago
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I had my frame resprayed by Argos fifteen years ago - they did a good job.  There's also Mercian Cycles in Derby:  https://www.merciancycles.co.uk/renovations/

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David9694 replied to SaveTheWail | 3 years ago
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4 month wait at Argos and likely to be similar with all the pro-cycling places.

Bear in mind that you have to submit the frame stripped of everything. 
 
You might want to go the powder coating route - cheap, quick, simpler finishes and local. Are the forks chrome or something? 

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Chris Hayes replied to David9694 | 3 years ago
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Difficult to paint chrome.  I have a 1996 steel Gios that has a chrome plated bottom bracket for some reason... and the paint is coming off. 

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Richbeck | 3 years ago
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http://www.blue-whippet.com/

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Secret_squirrel | 3 years ago
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Depends what you want.   Argos always spring to mind as top dogs.   Have a look on the Retrobikes respray thread here - those guys get stuff done regularly.

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/official-recommended-or-not-paint-sh...

I can recommend Armourtex in Hackney if powdercoat floats your boat - bar some slight issues with overspray on some of the threadholes - I got some headset spacers and pedal bodies done at the same time.  Red base with sparkly top coat on my old MTB/MonsterCross/GravelStein.  They'll do any RAL colour.  Not massively cheap. £150-200 from memory.  If you are willing to risk it you can find some guy with a paint booth or powercoat set up in most local industrial estates.

https://db3pap007files.storage.live.com/y4mSItjoQ99_hULc8e3PP0jKpinL1Nuf...

 

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Chris Hayes | 3 years ago
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Painting bikes is quite expensive and I'd also question whether painting a commuter is worth it, unless its a special frame? I scoured the country and was been quoted £600 to repaint a Pinarello Prince in the Deutsche Telekom livery, for example - which is bright pink with some stickers.....

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TheBillder | 3 years ago
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Bear in mind the cost. A recent repaint cost me £200 (not local to you). That was decent value - £165 for the painting plus £35 to cover BB removal (I lacked the tool) and rebrazing a canti brake mount.

For a commuter, is it worth it? Mine was - a fairly good bike I've owned for 30+ years, and it looks amazing now. But I'd not do that for any other bike I own.

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