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  • July 9, 2021 at 9:55 am #31674
    pauld

    HI, I’ve just bought a  new (2nd hand) commuter and would like it resprayed. Does anyone have any recommendations within the East Midlands? I’m in Lincoln.

    Single colour for the frame, keeping the forks as they are. 

    Thanks in advance

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  • July 11, 2021 at 12:04 am #982011
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    zero_trooper

    I thought that the idea with

    I thought that the idea with commuters was to leave them tatty, so that they don’t attract the attention of thieves?

    July 10, 2021 at 10:21 pm #982009
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    David9694

    Spray.bike got me into rattle

    Spray.bike got me into rattle-can spraying, but I didn’t stick with it long. You can get better results from Holts, Halfords, Canbrush, etc that are no more difficult to use.

    July 10, 2021 at 8:14 pm #982007
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    Oberon

    Check out Spray.Bike. There

    Check out Spray.Bike. There is a review here on road.cc.

    I tried it myself, and with no experience, got really good results. Used the smoothing putty, a colour layer and then the transparent finish. Perfectly acceptable for a commuter.  

    July 10, 2021 at 2:30 pm #982005
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    matthewn5

    I recommend Ellis Briggs –

    I recommend Ellis Briggs – they did a beautiful job for me.

    Bike Frame Painting, Frame Resprays & Restorations

    July 10, 2021 at 12:32 pm #982003
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    Chris Hayes

    Difficult to paint chrome.  I

    Difficult to paint chrome.  I have a 1996 steel Gios that has a chrome plated bottom bracket for some reason… and the paint is coming off. 

    July 10, 2021 at 11:47 am #982001
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    David9694

    4 month wait at Argos and

    4 month wait at Argos and likely to be similar with all the pro-cycling places.

    Bear in mind that you have to submit the frame stripped of everything. 
     
    You might want to go the powder coating route – cheap, quick, simpler finishes and local. Are the forks chrome or something? 

    July 9, 2021 at 6:57 pm #981999
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    SaveTheWail

    I had my frame resprayed by

    I had my frame resprayed by Argos fifteen years ago – they did a good job.  There’s also Mercian Cycles in Derby:  https://www.merciancycles.co.uk/renovations/

    July 9, 2021 at 6:31 pm #981997
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    Richbeck

    http://www.blue-whippet.com/
    http://www.blue-whippet.com/

    July 9, 2021 at 6:25 pm #981993
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    Chris Hayes

    Painting bikes is quite

    Painting bikes is quite expensive and I’d also question whether painting a commuter is worth it, unless its a special frame? I scoured the country and was been quoted £600 to repaint a Pinarello Prince in the Deutsche Telekom livery, for example – which is bright pink with some stickers…..

    July 9, 2021 at 5:18 pm #981995
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    Secret_squirrel

    Depends what you want. 

    Depends what you want.   Argos always spring to mind as top dogs.   Have a look on the Retrobikes respray thread here – those guys get stuff done regularly.

    https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/official-recommended-or-not-paint-shop-thread.232111/

    I can recommend Armourtex in Hackney if powdercoat floats your boat – bar some slight issues with overspray on some of the threadholes – I got some headset spacers and pedal bodies done at the same time.  Red base with sparkly top coat on my old MTB/MonsterCross/GravelStein.  They’ll do any RAL colour.  Not massively cheap. £150-200 from memory.  If you are willing to risk it you can find some guy with a paint booth or powercoat set up in most local industrial estates.

    https://db3pap007files.storage.live.com/y4mSItjoQ99_hULc8e3PP0jKpinL1Nuf2Oc9_a6teWKcx2MX8A-K7kEm4ljvgEbf-Xqnl6tQC4CgdMf-oH4xk-nEJCPd0eiXd_XOO3adx_MgtNaB1B68Du7KMXumFg_Kh45WAiAscajAQ7C4fxaVpJRt3Graz4y3tVJKGEbkfwGeYhpUQyvwkKHFdxvSuIEP6pn?width=256&height=145&cropmode=none

     

    July 9, 2021 at 12:29 pm #981991
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    TheBillder

    Bear in mind the cost. A
    Bear in mind the cost. A recent repaint cost me £200 (not local to you). That was decent value – £165 for the painting plus £35 to cover BB removal (I lacked the tool) and rebrazing a canti brake mount.

    For a commuter, is it worth it? Mine was – a fairly good bike I’ve owned for 30+ years, and it looks amazing now. But I’d not do that for any other bike I own.

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