Hey, i've got this uni: (except the rim and seat is blue, not red) [image: http://www.unicycle.uk.com/Images/Shop/nimbusii24red.jpg] and am over the chrome finish on the frame. i want to paint it a new colour but i'm not sure which one will suit the blue parts and look really cool. (i suck bad at art and colouring in and stuff). i've worked out i probably need to get it powder coated, but how bad is it if i do it myself with spray paint and whats not? is the difference in qualitiy worth the cost saving? i'm open to all suggestions. thanks
-- iridemymuni
The past is in your head, the future's in our hands
no paint it orange because it is the oppiste of blue, oppisit coulors always look god togethr, red/green *orange/blue* yellow/purpule you get the idea😎
White looks good. Go for a blue seat post clamp and blue pedals, and it'll look great. Maybe even a pair of Bedford flame stickers going up the side too!
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i'm thinking of painting it house paint white colour.
House paint is a really bad idea. It'll look [censored], will be hard to do, and won't last long. Get yourself down to your local car spares shop and get a can of car spray paint, and primer.
yeh i think i'll go with white, white usually looks good.
can i paint straight onto the chrome, or will i have to take off the stuff first? i'll give it a few coats of white, after one of primer, then i'll hit it with some clear coat a few times.
-- iridemymuni
The past is in your head, the future's in our hands
The chrome has to come off, the surface needs to be roughed up with sand paper so the paint can bite. Any canned spray paint won't stick very well, two part(epoxy type) auto paint would be best AFTER a self etching primer. You must clean the surface really well before each coat, lacquer thinner works, but special cleaners are made for this. I have restored a car so have a bit of paint knowledge. You could put several coats of clear over the color for protection. On the plus side, a Muni should look banged up anyway!!
Powder coating is by far the best way to go; they will "powder blast" it to remove the chrome, but it wont "pit" the metal. The result will be a professional, high quality finish that will hold up well. I had two unis p coated and was very pleased. The cost is not that much either.
-- terrybigwheel
Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings".
I have a black frame i want to paint with canned spray paint. Do I need to sandpaper the frame or can I just spray a primer over the black and then the colour???
i think i'll go for a white, black and pink colour, like in stripes or something like that.
how do i get the chrome off? vigorous (sp?) sanding?
The easiest way is to sand blast it off like ur supposed to. Hmm...if u dont have a sand blaster u could take it down to a car body shop and have them take a minute to blast it off.
Another *long long long *way of doing it is to sand paper it, or wire brush/wire wheel it off. Trust me this will take many hours! I wire wheeled my cranks off and it took about an hour and a half for each crank!
I remember that at moab. how did yous top them from rusting?
i didn't! they rust like crazy! because its just the metal. i just buff them and wire wheel them every now and then to keep them rust free. One day they will probably break from being so thin.
