Just wanted to put up a couple shots from Sunday morning….
Enjoy!
-André
Monday, February 25, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
When Dad came to town (aka OPA’s here!)
We had a great visit from Dad recently, got some photos taken by a friend of mine of our group(s) as well. Had some great food, some dancing time, saw some galleries, visited some fine clothing stores, and even went bowling! All in all it was awesome! We did miss Marianne though…
Long overdue – Bike Makeover!
I mean to post this a while ago, oh well, life is busy….
Last summer, Alex inherited Hope’s old bike. He wasn’t all that fond of the orange colour and the flowers, I thought it was a great excuse to try painting a bike!
I am lucky that I have a friend/coworker who is a wiz with bikes and doesn’t charge much to strip/rebuild/replace/fix, etc.
So I took the bike to him, and he removed everything but the chain. I did some research online to get a plan, then set out to change it to flat black.
Step 1: Clean it well to remove the dirt and any grease. I just used dish soap and microfibre cleaning cloths.
Step 2: Remove any decals – I used a razor style paint scraper – this was a pain! (they didn’t just peel off!)
Step 3: Sand gloss off – I used sanding sponges of various shapes, regular sand paper, and Dremel sanding attachments. Gettinginto the crevices was the hard part here. (wash well afterwards)
Step 4: Tape anything you don’t want paint on, plug holes with tape/newspaper (like seat hole, pedal area, threaded hold for brakes, etc.)
Step 5: Prime with gray metal primer like Tremclad – did a couple of coats with one spray can.
Step 6: Paint with flat black metal paint – did a couple of coats, I think that was just over 1 cans worth.
Step 7: Coat with clear coat, two coats – about 1 can.
Note: Follow all directions about drying time between coats for best results so the paint can dry/cure properly. In retrospect it would have been better to remove the chain as it go in the way.
Step 8: Have your friend put it all back together.
Step 9: Apply decals you found on the internet!
I learned that this is a long process, not particularly hard, but detailed and long. It took a few weeks, mainly because of the paint drying between coats.
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