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Pic of my dayglo bikes. I painted the UN-assembled set myself and had a friend clear it in a nice and tough poly urethane. The built bike is powder.

shown at different angles and lighting to show the schizophrenic nature of the painted bike.. very close to the powdered bike in one pic and then in another= completely different.

Last edited by kbillan (2012-06-09 7:22pm)

Negative. From the bottom up== and there will be an addition to my own PFT build thread one of these days- but the bike was originally painted when i got it. THe paint job was probably 6/10. There were spots where the clear was absolutely not present.. and the color varied a lot throughout the bike. I stripped it with klean strip gel and then media blasted it. I use an "auto grade" spray primer. I then sprayed a florescent white base coat on which is a color used to make bright colors really pop. It is like "super white". I then used this color here- (pictured). If you spray this light- it will look just like the powder bike. A little more and it brings up some really cool/mellow flip-floppyness that some feel is more desirable. I made the mistake of clearing it with some lacquer clear. Let it cure- built the bike and then found out that lacquer clear is just not durable enough. My bike stand clamp was imprinted into the toptube.
After I sanded that mess out, I topped the whole bike again with white and started over. Kinda pissed because the paint was perfect the first time and the second time around I had a couple of small flaws...

anyway- bike is pretty dialed. It will be a mag bike and I may have it mostly built tomorrow. Unfortunately, I do not have a free wheel for it...


I will say that this color is super weird. At first glance- it is absolutely nuclear pink. "SHOCKING" pink.. but then the more you look at it, it literally goes red, or orange. I think your eyes literally adjust to this color because if you walk away and then come back-- it is pink again and then goes to red. It goes red immediately when next to freestyle barbie in the background.. but I assure you- the bike is pink as pink can be when it is on its own..

Last edited by kbillan (2012-06-09 7:40pm)

Loving this thread - great idea!  I will build a day glo pink GT someday too.  Until then, this thread needs a little green.

nice pics demon.  looks like the mysterious redish bars actually match some stuff Chip powdered thicker.     i said all along its just a matter of application.  the slightest bit of extra product really make a huge differance expically in pictures.

Some sweet stuff in here.  Im digging that Tiger Orange.

I thought all these threads were locked up?

Some people talk shit...others just build and enjoy the hobby. You guys have some nice DG builds.

Last edited by kilrgt (2012-06-13 2:42pm)

kilrgt wrote:

nickyturbo wrote:

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee4 … C_0079.jpg

Nick is this the one i own now...i just cant keep track

Yeah Man!  That is the first one I sent your way    I wanted to try and keep the thread going before  ......

Here is an old picture of a Yellow splatter GT pictures stink sorry

Lego did a nice build, demonds stuff is always nice, Nicky always has the goods, kbillan does some amazing work........who is showing off?

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im trying to show off....