Frame Painting References
Ward Harold
so that I can ride it someplace besides my rollers. That would entail
new paint and possibly new chrome on the fork and seat and chain stays
plus a pump peg and bottle bosses. My LBS has experience with a couple
of frame painters. One of them takes forever the other appears to have
gone belly up. So it's www.hotbot.com to the rescue. I turned up several
shops that appear to fill my bill:
Fresh Frames
Airglow
PFEIFFER PFRAMES
So now I'm wondering if anyone has had good, bad, or ugly experiences
with any of the afore mentioned outfits? Glowing recommendations of
other frame painters would be welcome as well.
Thanks ... WkH
Mr. Grinch
experienced auto-painter as well. So if you know any autobody shops that
are known for a good job, they could probably do it, or they might even
rent you a gun and a booth to do the job yourself. You could likely do a
lot of the surface prep work ahead of time.
With a quick setting paint in spray bomb format, in a clean room, at the
right temp, you could even do it yourself. You'd probably get a few runs
but practice helps. If all you want is a basic paint job, this is an
option. If you want something fancier, you may have to keep looking.
Ward Harold <wha...@tivoli.com> wrote in <374DAF76...@tivoli.com>:
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quite durable.
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Clay
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Jon Isaacs
good reputation. They are all in San Diego, CA area.
Brian Bayliss Also builds custom steel bikes. Beautiful tradition paint
schemes with tubes two color paint schemes and hand (gold) striping of the lug
work. Has a web site.
J.B. National reputation, paints Holland frames among others. Someone posted
here that some east coast builders use JB also.
Cyclart National reputation, restoration etc. Cyc...@aol.com
These guys are not cheap so if you are looking for quick and dirty I would
suggest a powder coat for under $100. Looks OK. If you are looking for
"better than new" then these are the guys.
Jon Isaacs
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Ward Harold <wha...@tivoli.com> wrote:
Glowing recommendations of
> other frame painters would be welcome as well.
>
excellent frame painter by the name of Ed Litton. He's located in
Point Richmond, CA. Ed Litton does warranty work for Bianchi USA
(located in Hayward, CA). Highly recommended. Bruce
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MG Maestas
>> other frame painters would be welcome as well.
>>
I had excellent results with the Color Factory. (See ads in Velo News).
Probably the least expensive of well-reputed painters. Doesn't do much
super-high end work (ie, custom fades and effects), but does great 1-2 color
paint jobs in any Imron color. Great for "rider" bikes instead of the velo
immaculata.
No runs, no fingerprints, masked the chrome very well. Usually costs $99+ $15
for sandblasting + $?? for shipping (plus options).
LeBas
Ashwin Amanna
2nd the reccommendation on Brian Bayliss. He paints Richard Moon's custom
frames. Incredible.
http://www.cwo.com/~lunarlab/
to look at some pictures of Richard's frames Brian painted (high quality
pictures) The bottom 3 are my frame!
http://www.baylisenterprises.com/
his home page
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Tom Kunich
>
>2nd the reccommendation on Brian Bayliss. He paints Richard Moon's custom
>frames. Incredible.
>
>http://www.cwo.com/~lunarlab/
> to look at some pictures of Richard's frames Brian painted (high quality
>pictures) The bottom 3 are my frame!
I had the opportunity to really look over a Moon paint job at the Great
Western Bike Rally over the weekend. A Brian Bayliss was entered in the
Concors with a Moon paint job on it. The paint job was on a par with
anything I've seen anywhere at any time. The detail work was very good
though the pin striping would probably infuriate Tommy the Greek -- for
anything I've seen recently it was remarkably precise.
I would worry about the cost of paint jobs like this though. I've tried
using those $150 paint jobs from people who do very good paint work and they
return paint jobs with flaws and runs and over-catalyzed paint mixtures that
chip if you let them sit on the corner all alone.
Moon's paint job was obviously 100 times better than that but what does it
cost for you and me to get one with equal quality?
Tom Kunich
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frames. Incredible.>>
It's such a small world, when I read this thread and saw the name Richard
Moon, I just thought I jump in. As I wrote in response to headsets and
meeting Chris King at the Great Western Bike Rally in Paso Robles this past
weekend, I also had the pleasure of meeting Richard Moon. Richard was riding
his fixed gear bike, the one partially show in his web site,
http://www.cwo.com/~lunarlab/ while I was at the King booth having a headset
installed. Richard Moon is also a nice person and his workmanship is
outstanding, truly a perfectionist with a down to earth attitude. I would
personality have to put his frames ahead of the limited edition Sachs frame I
saw at Wheelsmith in Palo Alto.
The Brian Baylis paint job on Moon's bike is flawless. Jevelot in Mountain
View painted my frame. I just had a single coat put on for $200.oo, that
includes everything. All I did was hand over the frame. For the money, it's
quite beautiful!
-tom