1990 Kona Explosif now completed

A bit of progress. It’s had a coat of primer and black paint and the decals have arrived from Gil. The neon pink splatter hasn’t quite worked on the forks so I’m not risking the blue I bought. I’m waiting for some different blue and pink paint to come to try it again.
 

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New paint arrived and I’ve splatted it and given it a couple of coats of Kerin lacquer.
I’ll leave it to harden for a day or two and then get it put back together.
 

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That’s looking great! Not sure I’d be brave enough to try a splatter paint job. Nice choice of colours 👍
 
Splatter is the easiest part I’d say. Just get a 1/2 inch brush spray paint into to cans lid and flick away. I did find that you’re better off using a little at a time to get smaller spots of splatter, as the paint starts to go off quickly and starts to string together more.
 
Finished building it now with the exception of the shark fin.

here’s the spec:

Frame: Tange prestige tubing
Forks: Kona project 2 with 1 inch steerer
Paint: spray.bike black with Montana gold blue and pink splatter. Lacquered with spray.Bike kerin metallic fleck.
Decals: Gil
Headset: Tange Falcon sealed bearing
Stem: Kona velocity 1 inch
Handlebars: ITM alloy
Seatpost: Kalloy
Saddle: Avocet Kona
Seat binder: Shimano Xt
Grips: ODI
Brake levers/Shifters: Shimano Dx m075
Cables: Jagwire
Brakes: Shimano dx m650 cantis with Shimano straddle wires
Front derailleur: Shimano Xt M735
Rear derailleur: Shimano Xt M735
Chainset: Shimano Xt M 730
Chainrings: Middleburn outer, Shimano Sg middle and granny
Chain: KMC X8-93
Bottom bracket: Shimano XT Un7x
Pedals: Shimano Dx M650
Rims: Araya rx7
Rear hub: Shimano XT M732
Front Hub: Shimano Dx m650
Spoke: Dt Swiss plain gauge
Tyres: Vittoria freedom dual direction

weight:27lbs dead on

Thanks to Everyone who’s helped with parts👍
 

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