Atlantic Boulevard

I have just received a frame back from 'The Rude Defensive Manker'...

Just to say the standard of refinishing is shite...He has put a very thin layer of primer that barely covers the imperfections in the frame tubes which ultimately should have at least enough primer on to cover the imperfections in the tube...ie,...the marks left from the sand blasting medium...which is hasn't...the file marks around the dropouts and the chain stays and the rust speckles around the seat cluster haven't been filled either...all in all the work is BAD...and not becoming of the reputation that this Company have got...

The top coat is ok, and the varnish coat is ok...tho there is a fingerprint in the top coat that shouldn't be there that is now trapped under the varnish... tho to be honest this paint job and fork build cost nearly £650 ...

The forks had both blades replaced and the chamfer that meets the dropouts is different on each fork, the chroming is very poor as it is back to the braze colour on the underside of the crown, and on one of the blades it has marks halfway down the blade where the copper under the chrome hasn't been polished properly, also where the pantograph is on the shoulder of the crown it also has a strip of imperfections which is also under the chrome, also proving that the prep work has been particularly shoddy.

This clown uses his reputation and works on the premise that the people that use his service know absolutely nothing about painting or refinishing...

I have just tried to phone him to discuss any aspects of the work and he was incredibly rude, to the point of being ridiculous...

He had this frame for 4 months...??????????????

I was making this call on behalf of a customer and to be honest wish I hadn't ...

This Company are shysters... and If I ever could recommend paint I would send them to Mercian or Bob Jackson, and actually get a job back that is worth the nmoney that was paid...

And not the Kings new clothes, stitched together by a particularly untalented retard that cannot discuss his work without totally losing the plot...

Disappointing.

Might have to reconsider where I'm going to get my Talbot frame painted.

I've had the same shit experience Neill Shankland is a total COCK.

Thanks JimJam...I was amazed...I had always heard that they were amazing...tho no...fucking awful...

Let me add.....

I know if I had thrown half of that money at Mario Vaz...

It would be f*cking amazing...

I'm still burning about it, If I hadn't been phoning on behalf of the people I'm currently building for I would have told him to fuck right off...

He wasn't even willing to discuss his utterly shockingly bad attempt at refinishing or the standard that was lacking...

He is a fucking clown...with an ego larger than his talent...

Avoid at all costs.

I sent him a link to this page.

Any chance you got a photo of the work?

Yes, photo evidence would be useful

^^want to see this