Restoration - Metallic or flat paint

[Tamandua]

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Thanks for the comments all. it is rare in the sense you don't see many (it's a Columbus Colner) but at the same time not particularly valuable. I bought it in a tatty state to use as a commuter but it has really grown on me, and I now like it so much I feel it derserves a long overdue facelift . So the restoration is really for sentimental not resale value.

 

[hamster]

Nuts to originality! It's a mass produced item with minimal rarity value. I'd paint it in a plain colour that you like. Red or Gios blue would be my choice.

And you commute on Super Record stuff! Have you seen the prices it goes for these days? I'd be running late 90's Veloce...

How do you know it's a mass produced bike with 'minimal rarity value?'
Even if it has no value, it is obviously a frame the op likes (otherwise he wouldn't be considering renovating it) and cares about - otherwise he may as well just carry on using it as it is.

Very, very few bikes are really rare. Most are made in factories and were produced in hundreds or thousands each year. Clearly keeping original paintwork is advantageous, but when the bike is used as a commuter functionality is more important. Paint colour choice is not irreversible!

I do feel strongly that removing brazed-on frame components is generally fashion-led vandalism, but a repaint is a repaint. Note also my comment about using relatively old and scarce components for commuting.

I think too many folk get completely up themselves on originality. If your hobby is polishing things and looking at them, fine, enjoy it.
I like riding old bikes and for me the real crime is locking them away and not using them, taking away the whole point of it being a bike. Chapeau to the OP for riding his daily...the rest of you can splutter into your tea about the rare and irreplaceable paintwork being damaged by road salt.

 

[Tamandua]

Nuts to originality! It's a mass produced item with minimal rarity value. I'd paint it in a plain colour that you like. Red or Gios blue would be my choice.

And you commute on Super Record stuff! Have you seen the prices it goes for these days? I'd be running late 90's Veloce...

How do you know it's a mass produced bike with 'minimal rarity value?'
Even if it has no value, it is obviously a frame the op likes (otherwise he wouldn't be considering renovating it) and cares about - otherwise he may as well just carry on using it as it is.

Very, very few bikes are really rare. Most are made in factories and were produced in hundreds or thousands each year. Clearly keeping original paintwork is advantageous, but when the bike is used as a commuter functionality is more important. Paint colour choice is not irreversible!

I do feel strongly that removing brazed-on frame components is generally fashion-led vandalism, but a repaint is a repaint. Note also my comment about using relatively old and scarce components for commuting.

I think too many folk get completely up themselves on originality. If your hobby is polishing things and looking at them, fine, enjoy it.
I like riding old bikes and for me the real crime is locking them away and not using them, taking away the whole point of it being a bike. Chapeau to the OP for riding his daily...the rest of you can splutter into your tea about the rare and irreplaceable paintwork being damaged by road salt.

..Couldnt agree more!

 

[andy---doe]

I get your point - it could indeed be re-re-sprayed in the future.

I also agree that bikes are there to be used, but I don't have a problem with people collecting them because of their looks, and even collecting them as a showpiece never to be ridden again.

 

[pigman]

I don't understand the science, but met paint always seems easier to clean than flat enamel. Both for cars and bikes.

my flat white carbon frame seems to smear muck around and very difficult to lift. My metallic boardman is a breeze to clean.

And if its a shyte weather commuter I know I'd be choosing metallic

 

[hamster]

I don't have a problem with people collecting them because of their looks, and even collecting them as a showpiece never to be ridden again.

Not do I - I try not to criticise other people's hobbies as they are probably no more or less pointless than my own.

However it risks ending up like the classic car world which nowadays seems to have become a car-cleaning competition.

 

[oonaff]

i read that some decals are not advisable with powdercoat[is it too slick ?]
i would find a car sprayer running out of a small unit [or one of the work force ] perhaps he could float
some paint your way and do your bike the same time as a car ? out the back door :wink
and dont forget the beers as a tip.

[utopia would be a mate for every trade going ]

 

[Tamandua]

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Thanks, I've done a fair bit of research on here and other forums and vinyl decals seem fine on powdercoat , I think it's the waterside ones which won't stick.

Good shout on the car sprayers, I'll investigate !

 

[Robbied196]

Just to confuse everything, I've used waterslide on powdercoat with no problems

 

[oonaff]

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thanks for clearing that up robby, i deffinitely read it,might have been Lloyds.
and if powder coat is to be the one! my vote is metallic[dont know if pearl is poss if it is then that]