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Anyone has an advice on deglossing a shiny black bike?

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  • March 27, 2019 at 8:46 pm #29472
    Huckfinn

    I’m interested in a lovely (second hand) cx bike.

    I love the bike, but I don’t love the paint job.

    Does anyone have a suggestion on how to give it a matte, or better satin, finish without covering up the existing color and decals?

     

    Thanks!

    H.

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  • April 12, 2019 at 8:37 pm #938373
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    matthewn5

    Gloss is much easier to clean

    Gloss is much easier to clean. Stop worrying and ride your bike!

    March 30, 2019 at 7:46 am #938371
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    Mungecrundle

    Rub down lightly with some
    Rub down lightly with some 1000 grit wet and dry, then apply a spray can of matt lacquer.

    Probably a good opportunity to strip the bike down anyway for a thorough service and clean.

    I’m planning on adding some colour and gloss to a matt black bike the next time it is due a strip down.

    When we was kids we used to go down the tip and buy bikes for £1. Fix them up, paint them, then destroy them in the woods doing stupid things. Now my bikes are a bit more expensive, but I think people are far too scared to paint flames and go faster stripes on stuff these days.

    March 30, 2019 at 7:11 am #938369
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    madcarew
    Mybike wrote:
    Just wet sand the clear coat off with 1000 grit sand paper and work your way till 2000 to remove sanding marks But really why risk your warranty over this  just ride your bike and enjoy no really cares if it shinny or not 

    Warranty? On a second hand bike? Novel idea 🙂

    March 30, 2019 at 4:25 am #938367
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    Mybike

    Just wet sand the clear coat

    Just wet sand the clear coat off with 1000 grit sand paper and work your way till 2000 to remove sanding marks But really why risk your warranty over this  just ride your bike and enjoy no really cares if it shinny or not 

    March 29, 2019 at 7:18 pm #938365
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    madcarew

    PRSboy has the answer. The

    PRSboy has the answer. The floss of the final finish depends entirely on the gloss of the final coat. I’m sure a local spary shop could do a really decent job of a matte clear coat.

    March 29, 2019 at 12:10 pm #938363
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    PRSboy
    mike the bike wrote:
     

    Not really on-topic but you reminded me of the seventies, which I spent living on the continent, and the way that trendy French lads would set about their Renaults and Citroens with scouring powder – Vim anyone? – to produce a matte finish.  This may have played no small part in the way cars of that era rusted at a truly astonishing speed, almost visible to the naked eye in fact.

    I remember aiding and abetting a friend who’d decided to ‘clean’ his father’s Renault with sand, when we were nippers.

    Luckily, friend’s Dad truly did not give a hoot about his car.

    March 28, 2019 at 5:29 pm #938361
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    mike the bike

     

     

    Not really on-topic but you reminded me of the seventies, which I spent living on the continent, and the way that trendy French lads would set about their Renaults and Citroens with scouring powder – Vim anyone? – to produce a matte finish.  This may have played no small part in the way cars of that era rusted at a truly astonishing speed, almost visible to the naked eye in fact.

    March 28, 2019 at 10:03 am #938359
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    PRSboy

    Satin finish laquer would do

    Satin finish laquer would do it.

    https://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-body-repair/specialist-decorative-paints/halfords-satin-lacquer-300ml

    March 27, 2019 at 11:48 pm #938357
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    ktache

    Rise it like crazy in the

    Rise it like crazy in the filth.  Clean everything but the frame.  We are a bit late for the salty road filth, so maybe squirt it with a bit of brine.  Leave it out in the sun and rain.  This will add a satisying patina to any surface, at least it’s done to almost everything I own.

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