Hip Hop Skid Bikes / Hipster Sleds / HHSB

Looks good, like the fork, it's too shiny to be a rat innit.

Did you paint it?

thanks dude.

yes i did, full story here https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/285704/

Nice work on the sparkles.

I'm thinking about painting my fixed but I'm impatient and although I've painted frames before I've never been 100% satisfied with result (mainly because I get impatient)

I'm the exactly the same can't ever wait for the layers to dry:).

This is probably my best creation.

If I knew I would get a finish half that good I would be happy.

What paints did you use?

Halfords car spray paints, primer and lacquer. Was really easy to use.

Was thinking about doing a quick one for mine as dull green looks shit.
Good to see that the paint I was gonna use can look so great.

@countryboj this, will get the main colour, primer and lacquer from hellfrauds

Hellfrauds for the win!

MTN 94 if you don't wanna pay £11 a can for something that does a worse job

£6.99 at the local I thought.

Thinking of re-spraying my pre-cursa, let me know how the paint holds up would you?

Is Halfords considered a low or high pressure paint?

Someone at a local graffiti shop (one of the major shops in the US) was saying it's much easier to get better results on a bike frame using low pressure spray paints like Belton or Montana.

je sais pas si tu m'as bien compris mais c'est pas grave

ba non, ta phrase peut avoir un double sens Funky_d
Bonne journée.
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i have no idea, that's still twice the £3.49 of some MTN though

Damn, that is very cheap. What kind of shop stocks them?

Fred Aldous in NQ (downstairs) sells Montana Paints (about £8.50/can)...
They also sell spray acetone in a can, which is sooo convenient and ideal for cleaning before applying primer.
Halfords paint is slightly delicate/brittle once fully cured. Apply as thinly as you can with primer and base coat. The thicker the paint becomes, the more likely it'll chip later (weird sort of logic).

I only ever skid/ride in Rapha FKW ;)
@Borek current hot commodity is Sugino 75DD .. BUY.

chas has done it so you are right

desperately needs a velcro strap at the front to get it parallel to TT.

The best imo

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Functional HHSB

That used to be one of the top image results in google for stans iron cross .. /csb

I'm impatient too. only solution can be to add hardener into the mixture, I was using a compressor and a spray gun though not cans. don't know much about cans but isn't there anything that dries quicker?

Riolett Custom Aerosols sell 2k aerosols (with a hardener cartridge inside)...
Handy, but not the safest thing for any backyard DIYer without a suit & respirator.