Can you paint chromoly

Vital BMX. Related: Edit Tags Done. Edit Tags Done. Tweet More The Latest. Bike Check: ryanlightfoot's Colony 4. Maycon Duarte for Cult 1. Bryce Tryon on Free Agent. I had forks pc'd before - I asked them to strip it and clear it and when they showed me, it looked like some weird yellowey color. Wasnt sure if they messed up or if it was actually the color underneath. Depends how much you polish it. If you leave it, it looks dark grey.

If you spend alot of time polishing, you can get it like chrome. Some people actually let it rust a lil, then clearcoat it. It depends on what look your after. TGK Guest. I don't understand? The only "yellow dingy tint" you may notice is from looking at 2 different clear coats side by side. Different manufactures or different applications.

Now this may not be the same as any traditional powder coating , so would you mind elaborating more? You might need to polish it out some Not sure I used the clear correctly, or if it was the brand I used. Well let me start by saying this pc shop sucked. They screwed up my order 2x. The first time I asked for stripped paint, then pc'd clear. It came out yellow and I was told that was the color of chromoly. So if I use airplane stripper, it should be raw underneath? And when you say polish, do I do this by hand?

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I believe the answer is no, just use a good primer. Painting Chromoly Steel Ask Question. Asked 4 years, 10 months ago. Active 4 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 3k times. By the way, these are the instructions on the can: It doesn't say how long the paint dries. Improve this question. Not knowing exactly what you used it is my guess that the solvent from the topcoat softened the primer. Did you follow the directions on the can for the primer? As far as runs go practice your technique to minimize them.

Then sand them smooth after they cure and respray a topcoat. While no expert, I think there are several errors here. The first was the sandpaper - grit is the coarsest I've heard of people using, and going in stages to , or even The second is applying way too much paint in each coat; many thin coats produce a better outcome. The third is incorrect timing between coats. Read the instructions on the can carefully , then follow them to the letter. In particular I guess you didn't wait long enough between coats.

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