Tip - Heat your spray cans in warm water before starting to spray, keep shaking between sprays & replace cans in warm water when you put them down if you are going to spray with them again.

@MrDVCHITTer

3 жыл бұрын

This only necessary in cold weather, if ambient temps are warm/hot you're good with just shaking the can well between sprays.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

I have tried that before and it actually seemed to cause the cans to sputter and splatter the paint.

@pmd7914

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrDVCHITTer as it is know where I am south of the equator.

@arealradgnarbar

3 жыл бұрын

Yes shake, shake shake.

@Tierone1337

2 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred no way Jose, the pressure is better and the spray is finer

This definitely seems to be a case of mastering the technique. It does look better than your first attempt. You have also gained knowledge about how to use each particular colour and paint, thanks for sharing and passing on the knowledge. This is good work and a great finish.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Hope the knowledge I've gained helps others!

Great paint job. A sign of how sophisticated you've become. And instead of talking about technique like another bike restorer, you got in close and put it on display. Even showed what happens if you spray too slow, plus the troubles with SdotB's zinc primer and discussed the pressure differences in cans. Valuable. I learned from this.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter. If it helps others - I've done my job!

Going to be spraying a beater bike in the coming months and revisited this to help guide what Ill end up using. Thanks for the detailed videos!

@MonkeyShred

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

You did a very professional job on this, and you being honest about uour second experience with the spray.bike paint. I know that I've had decent results with it.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I do believe you can get good results with it. I personally prefer other paints to use but I thought I'd share what I've learnt since the first video to create that much better finish.

@stephenstevens6573

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred it speaks to your character, that you can remain objective. And correct your initial findings. You're a good kid!!, love what you're doing, brother.

Thanks for sharing your experience with spray cans. Very informative.

Looks really good, lovely fade on the stays. Great vid 🚴👍😀

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm impressed with it myself.

I went exactly through the same learning curve and have now come to the conclusion that I will never be a master bike painter, neither with this nor with any other product. Here is what I do instead: Preserve the original paint and decals as good as possible but thoroughly remove any rust. Put on new decals where necessary. Clear-coat the frame with high gloss. Great results so far and I like the patina!

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

That can definitely work with some bikes, not with this one though. It definitely needed a paint job.

@geoffpoole483

3 жыл бұрын

Considering the amount of time involved in preparation of the frame for spraying, I wonder if it's not a better option to have the frame professionally resprayed or powdercoated.

@gregtaylor6146

3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffpoole483 - Powder coated??? FFS it's not a cheap rust-in-weeks mower from Homebase fella, powder coating is the one surfire way to devalue/ruin a decent frame.

Nice color scheme it pops 😎

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Gracias!

Hey the colours came out looking very nice. I think you are finding your own groove in painting, and stick with what you feel comfortable doing. Don’t second guess your self the results are showing how great your painting skills have developed. I’m looking forward to the final build. That frame looks like an older GT frame. Cheers and thanks 😊

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I do enjoy getting a bit creative with the paint. :)

Love the colour scheme!

That brazing looks sketchy thin man. Always looked at brazing like a metal glue... they need some surface area to have strength.. As for those spray.bike paint jobs... I'm right there with you. I have a vintage Trek that's a sweet purple to Blue fade.. almost perfect gradient and I don't want to paint it because I know it'll be very hard to get it to look like that again...& have a nice clear finish. and my last job was a body shop. Sadly automotive paint & 2K clear is the way to go. The bike still turned out ok. An alternative for the Karin flake is Dupli-Color color EFX I got it at an automotive parts store and use some Dupli-Color engine enamel black as the base for a Walmart cruiser bike. It turned out pretty sick

I would say Montana Hardcore are much better sprays. Coat is stronger by itself and if you clear coat it two, three times it does the job very well. The only thing Montana to becareful with is their zink spray, structure is a bit rough even after two layers of base colour. Three layers of base colour plus three of clear coat will fix that roughnes. Anyway, great video as usual and keep going with a great job you do ;)

I must have missed the story on this Nashbar frame! I have an aluminum cross frame they were selling back in 2011, got it brand new on sale for $74USD. It's held up shockingly well; I've toured on it, raced cyclocross on it, and now it's my gravel bike clearing 700x43 gravelkings like it's no big deal. I always love seeing something of suprising quality where nobody would have expected it.

@senorspiegel

3 жыл бұрын

I'm still riding my nashbar cyclocross frame every day. It's super high quality for the $100 I paid for it loo

@Merlmabase

3 жыл бұрын

@@senorspiegel hell yeah

Gun paint is worth a look if your after a metal look finish ,silly durable aswell

I have tried thier paint myself and would say I'm not a fan. The dark colors are not bad but the lighter and Brighter colors leave such a textured finish. I've sprayed close and normally and even contacted spraybike about the issues . They reccomend to smooth out the dusty finish with wax/parchment paper . I tried that but still had poor results. With a bicycle frame there are always areas that are tight and hard to spray . In these areas I've found that it will always end up with that textured/dusty finish. Due to that reason and the quality results I expect for any personal or customers bike I just discontinued offering or using their product. Cost wise it was not much different than buying a mini spray gun this also allows an unlimited amount of color choices and as long as you finish with a good 2-part clear coat I haven't seen much of a durability issue. But in the end it's all up to the user and what they are happy with.

Great video and advice. I always seem to think spraydot never seems to come out as smooth or shiny as standard paints with 2k clear.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Oh it doesn't. One can of 2K leaves a much glossier coat than 2 or 3 of S.B

Looks awesome!

Where did you get the decals made up? I would like to do a custom paint job sometime and get original graphics (as close as possible) back on the bike

I like the gold flakes

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they worked well!

nice work

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Zajebiscie ziomus na prawde.

@MonkeyShred

Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure if the translation of this was completely accurate when I first saw it 😂

gracias !!!

hi i was wandering if the undercoat is necessary if I sand the bike before and also I like a lot the Matt finish so do I need to put a finish protection or not??

Hi mate, sorry to ask this in the comments but I’ve just got hold of a 92 Raleigh Ravine. I’m looking at getting it resprayed and also live in the same area as yourself. Who would you recommend locally? I’m struggling to find decals for it too… any advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Rich.

2k clear coat is the way forward.

@MonkeyShred

2 жыл бұрын

It definitely is.

Not a fan of rattle cans ok for a touch up but a compressor and a good spray gun with proper paint in it would be my weapon of choice.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

It would be my choice too if I had somewhere to use them!

Always paint stuff the way it will be seen normally, otherwise your gonna have light spots and drips where you don't want them

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

You're likely to miss parts without rotating the frame though. The brake bridge and chainstay bridge are the main culprits there.

@skyb8687

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred yeah I just flash the bottom and finish right side up,if that makes sense, and I completely understand the response to the sprayer suggestion, you definitely have skills, we all saw that pinkish purple Scott you did that was really cool what you did,you love what you do ,it shows 👏

hi love the video, what shade of purple is this? thank you

@MonkeyShred

2 жыл бұрын

Erm… I believe it was ‘Plumstead’

kay-reen

Are you going back to power coating?

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Probably not.

I'd rather be careful with normal rattle cans. Just pay attention to what you're doing and you should be fine.

Yeah never been impressed with the powdery mess of spray.bike’s lighter colors. Spraying close as indicated also forces you to use/buy more cans. And they’re not cheap. Probably going with a powdercoater next time.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

On the contrary, I think you actually use less spraying close! There's less paint going to waste.

@jp93309

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred True spraying closer gives more focused spray pattern. But theoretically you cover less the closer you get to the subject. Also because of the powdery finish, having to flat it out and then respraying to get adequate coverage seems wasteful. I enjoy the spray paint videos so far and I’ve learned a lot so thanks.

@whynotride327

Жыл бұрын

I just had a frame powder coated and it looks great, much better than I could have done.

Ordinary thrift-store (Aldi/Lidl) spray can give -with the right technique - as good a finish, if not better than this over-priced stuff, I'd only use this product if obtained FREEly ...... as a promo etc, as I'm sure is the case in this instance.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

You'd be wrong there Greg ;) The only company to supply me with a free product has been TerraOne and through him, Classic Repro have also supplied two products I'm yet to feature. I bought this paint a while ago.

@gregtaylor6146

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred - Fair enough, my main point stands though, there really is no need to go to the extravagance of expensive so-called 'specialist' paints, they really are all much-of-a-muchness.

Wear a mask especially with zinc

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

But I like breathing in fine particles of metal :(

@paddykelly9226

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred zing is note toxov then normal paint mate caused all types of lung problems mate

Did you hurt your left wrist or is that a Michael Jackson thing?

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

I did. It just needed a bit of rest.

Other youtuber oldshovel uses these paints and those projects look ok until you get close and .... not so good

@MonkeyShred

7 ай бұрын

Yes I know. I've seen many of those videos

That is some shitty paint. Thanks for the video

@MonkeyShred

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Why not just invest in a compressor and spray gun.

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Because it's not just investing in those two items. It would be finding somewhere to use them. I don't have the space at home or the electricity points. If I had that freedom, it would have been done a long time ago!

From the sounds of this video it seems you're better off buying store bought spray paint .

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

I think they both have their merits. I'd never be able to get as close with store bought paint without causing runs but then again, the store bought may be cheaper and easier to grab in a pinch.

That is some shitty paint. Thanks for the video.

3 months rain and salty roads and the paint is fade away. Is gone. (Downtube)

@MonkeyShred

11 ай бұрын

Is it?

@yvesss_818

10 ай бұрын

Yea I used my bike every day. 7 years ago. I see a lot of people painting the bike with these cans and wondering if they got the same issue.

Brazing lol

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

Brazing?

@johnsonjay60

3 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyShred yeah u called the weld markingings brazing

@MonkeyShred

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnsonjay60 The brass coloured joints around the brake bosses etc? That's brazing.