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Do you need to strip it? Can you not just key the current paint and hit it with a high build primer and all purpose aerosol? Stone chips could/would be a bit of a PITA but the Dart was a few hours work over a sunny weekend (admittedly i left the stone chips). Really not a fan of spraybike finish but the Halfords auto paint/primer i had left over from another project worked really well for its intended purpose.
Just need a sunny weekend...
Oh and FWIW if you still want to strip might want to test how thick the OG paint is laid on to see how much faff chemical strip would be. I'm planning on stripping the white CAAD and i know from the recent paint touch ups the paint is very thin so i'll likely take off the majority with wet and dry and dremel wire brush before using chemicals for the tricky bits. TBF that may just be a trait of ali CAADs, i suspect the steel On One's are laid on a lot thicker .
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I wonder if the On one might be powder-coated. No idea if that stuff comes off in the same way as paint - anyone?
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I guess I could just slap another layer of paint over the existing one. It's not like there are any nice lugs or anything I want to preserve. I am quite lazy so this low effort option is quite appealing.
AlexD
ltc
Thanks for the extremely detailed reply! And thanks to everyone else. This all sounds like a lot more hassle/expense than I'm willing to invest in a £50 frame that's supposed to be my lockable bike. I reckon I'll just put up with the dull, white paint job.