1993 Kona Cinder Cone Paint job?

tlaverty79 · Jul 4, 2017

I have a recently purchased 1993 Cinder Cone which is pretty rusty and the paint is all scratched and beaten up.
The dark green metallic into silver one.

I am gonna get it shot blaster and powder coated locally by a garage for £40. Their work looks pretty decent to be honest.

I was wondering what colour you guys thought I should go for?

I'm gonna get some new decals from Gil when done.

I'm open to any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

mk one · Jul 4, 2017

The '93 paint jobs are my favourite so I will say, dark green metallic into silver

Mark

My_Teenage_Self · Jul 6, 2017

MWaahahahahaaaa... I'm with Mkone!

Best. Paint.Ever.

tlaverty79 · Jul 6, 2017

I would like to keep it original but I doubt my powder coaters will be able to match the original paint job.
I might go with a dark metallic green to match the rear of the bike.

Minifreak · Jul 6, 2017

How about giving it a go yourself with spray paint and suitable lacquer?

Once fully stripped of paint and sanded down, dry it thouroughly and on a warm day give it a good undercoat. I'd spray the silver first and go way past where you want the green to come in. Allow the silver to dry hard before applying the green (mask up where you definitely don't want the green) and fading it in. Once the paints fully dry apply the decals then suitable coat of lacquer.

I'm no paint expert as I like patina but you get the idea.

tlaverty79 · Jul 6, 2017

I just don't have the time with a young baby to get it stripped and paint it myself. Would be nice though.

Splatter Paint · Jul 6, 2017

Re:

The 1993 paint schemes were awful - :? take a look at the 1992 model:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/M ... 7.jpg.html

Powder coat the frame red, the forks and stem black and voila, stick some 1992 decals on and it'll look mint. I did this with my 1993 Explosif, not only does it look stock, it looks cool too!

SP

tlaverty79 · Jul 6, 2017

I have a red bike at the moment so not looking for red. Looks awesome in red though.i like the 94 lava dome green with silver decals. Does anyone know if there are much differences in the frames between 93 Cinder cone and the 94 Lava Dome?

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