I have two nearly identical forks. The difference is color. One is a metalic silver and weighs more (nearly 100g). Could it be that the paint is the difference or they were welded differently or ? Thanks!
I have two nearly identical forks. The difference is color. One is a metalic silver and weighs more (nearly 100g). Could it be that the paint is the difference or they were welded differently or ? Thanks!
I weighed a steel frame before and after paint, and the difference was 60 grams.
I have two nearly identical forks. The difference is color. One is a metalic silver and weighs more (nearly 100g). Could it be that the paint is the difference or they were welded differently or ? Thanks!
Something other than the paint. Or an amazing amount of primer and clearcoat on one.
I stripped a fork that had a heavy clearcoat on it and it lost 40 grams. But that was severe.
The metallic silver is not the issue. Any paint has binders and pigment- metal flake has, well, metal flakes instead of pigments, but most of the rest is going to be the same. The paint to do a fork might have 1-2 tablespoons of metal flake at most. Which might (guess here, but...) weigh 10 - 20 grams at the most. And the pigment in the other paint will have some weight to it. No way you get 100 grams of metal flake to even stick to a fork unless you glue it on by hand 🙂
On 31 May 2004 13:00:03 GMT, [email hidden] (Bike Camano) may have
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I have two nearly identical forks. The difference is color. One is a metalic silver and weighs more (nearly 100g). Could it be that the paint is the difference or they were welded differently or ? Thanks!
I doubt that you could put 10g of paint on a fork without having it get mucked up with sags, runs, etc.
Clearly, they are only "nearly identical* in *appearance*; there must be differences in materials, material thicknesses, or both.
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On Mon, 31 May 2004 08:48:13 -0700, Jay Hill <[email hidden]> may
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Re: How much does Paint weigh?
What weighs more: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
non sequitur
Orange.
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On 31 May 2004 13:00:03 GMT, [email hidden] (Bike Camano) may have
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I have two nearly identical forks. The difference is color. One is a metalic silver and weighs more (nearly 100g). Could it be that the paint is the difference or they were welded differently or ? Thanks!
I doubt that you could put 10g of paint on a fork without having it get mucked up with sags, runs, etc.
Actually you can put 10-20 grams on without any problems, going slow and with a urethane clearcoat. Been there, done that. But you are right in that it takes an effort and time to weight down a fork.
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Clearly, they are only "nearly identical* in *appearance*; there must be differences in materials, material thicknesses, or both.
On Mon, 31 May 2004 08:48:13 -0700, Jay Hill <[email hidden]> may
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Pistof wrote: >> Re: How much does Paint weigh? > > What weighs more: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
non sequitur
Orange.
Orange paint weighs less than blue paint since the photons it emits are more energetic.
Only if they're Irish.
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Chorizo.
Not in a Greek salad!
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I have two nearly identical forks. The difference is color. One is a metalic silver and weighs more (nearly 100g).
Dunno about 100g, but apparently different color paints do have different weights. I'm not sure whether the weight per volume is different or it just takes a thicker coat/more coats of some colors that others.
What I base these assumptions on is that I had a surf ski that came in a couple pounds heavier than what I expected. The buider's explaination was color. He said yellow was one of the heavier colors. Can't remember what he said the lighter-weight colors were. -- PeteCresswell
