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  • Re: paint

    I know I often bang on about it and role them out...but...here is my old mercian.

    Before:
    http://static.lfgss.com/attachments/13699d1250238346-mercian.jpg
    http://static.lfgss.com/attachments/13993d1250855445-mercian4.jpg

    After:
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3503/3976074735_f967eb9e98.jpg

    Unless things are structurally fucked there is usually a way to touch-up or improve existing paint work.

    ...and those before pictures don't really show how bad it was in the flesh.

    That is genuinely impressive! I wouldn't know where to start with mine - the white base coat would be easy enough to restore, but the blue and pink layers are beyond restoration (I think - I'm no expert!). As Danno said, there is a snakeskin pattern on the TT and fork, which would be very difficult to restore. I am coming round to the idea of getting it fully resprayed exactly as it should be, but I fear it will cost way too much as it would be a full custom job. There was a guy on here who sprayed frames as well as vehicle bodywork and his work looked amazing, I'll have a search and get in touch with him to weigh up my options.

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