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I would like to avoid stripping the frame myself, from what I read it's just not worth it in terms of opportunity costs.
There can't be many people who've stripped one frame by hand, have done two!
It cost me £20 for the blasting alone.
I agree with MCamb that "ordinary" filler won't survive either method, but I've never come across what was used on your frame.
No doubt there are plenty of places in NL/BE with experience, but logistics are then more complicated and expensive. On the other hand, I assume you're saving a good amount on the paint.
It's definitely worth going to a little more trouble and expense to get it done right: as any sprayer will tell you, poor prep = poor paint.
You're not derailing the thread: Max & paint-chat is what it's all about.
PS No progress on my build, as I've been training most of the year and only just started working again.
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Cheers! I found a local shop that offers blasting with various different media. apparently they're specialists for vintage cars and know about the dangers of removing too much material (they offer low pressure blasting for example) so I contacted them and asked for their opinion and a quote. I'll start a cp thread and report back in time.
Sig_Arlecchino
I haven't given it a lot of thought yet, tbh. A friend of the friend who offered to re-spray the frame for me works in a body-shop for cars, so it crossed our minds that we could ask him but they don't have any experience with bikes let alone frames with 0.5mm wall thickness. I would like to avoid stripping the frame myself, from what I read it's just not worth it in terms of opportunity costs. The thing is that the frame in question already got a fresh paint job recently but I don't like the colour which led me to the idea to get it repainted. However, the longer I think about the cost and efforts of getting it re-sprayed the more I get worried that the bike will end up as a trailer queen. Basically I'm a bit torn atm and try to get a better idea of the costs, efforts and risks of getting it stripped and re-painted to help me make up my mind. Here's a pic of the frame, sorry for derailling your thread! Any news on the build of yours?
p.s. how much did you guys pay for getting your respective frames blasted, if i may ask?