So everything that s attached to the frame needs to come off.
Best way to spray paint bike frame.
Quality spray paint degreaser or rubbing alcohol lint free towel sandpaper sanding your bike allows the pain to stick better.
Then i painted it my favorite color with automotive paint and finally coated it with 5 coats of automotive clearcoat.
Painter s tape for covering parts you don t wish to paint.
Hold the can of epoxy paint approximately 6 to 10 inches from your bike s frame.
Look online or in your local hardware store for spray paint that.
Only use if the frame isn t made of raw aluminum carbon.
Paint a bike frame step 1.
Use a high quality spray paint to paint the frame.
Appliance or automotive spray epoxy should work fine on a carbon bike.
Spray the paint on in long even strokes.
Here i show how to prep your bike for painting apply.
Strip off component parts.
Clean it up with something good to get rid of all the grease and.
So now you have the bike frame.
Start stripping the bike.
Don t use any epoxy paint that requires heat to seal it unless you are an expert at heat sealing paint.
Apart from the headset and bottom bracket bearing cups a.
In order to end up with a professional looking paint job i stripped all the paint off the frame to bare metal.
That s the seat wheels.
The paint of choice for bicycle frames is dupont imron enamel.
Break out the tape.
I bartered for a bike recently and i was not digging the purple color scheme so i decided to paint it.
An auto body shop or professional bicycle frame shop can spray more efficiently than you can.
Painting and reassembling the bike 1.
Hold the can of spray paint around 1 foot 0 3 m 30 48 cm away from.
How to refurbish and respray your bike frame.
This is essential to do a proper paint job on a frame.
For painting your bike.
Spray paint the first coat on the bike frame.
Setup your work station.
I decided to try spray painting my own track bike frame using some special bike spray paint i was sent.
6 tips for painting your bike.