Re: [CR]Painting frames to hide/highlight workmanship

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 09:42:09 -0700
To: The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>, Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Brandon Ives" <monkeylad@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Painting frames to hide/highlight workmanship


At 12:27 PM -0500 7/13/02, The Maaslands wrote:
>Isn't black also a very hard colour to get away with any 'errors'? Apart
>from white, what are the best colours if you want to hide minor
>imperfections?

Oh no. . . . well if you painted it matte black maybe. Any of the high-gloss dark colors will show blemishes and any paint flaws with ease. I had a good friend who built his first frame and painted it a dark English racing green, the frame looked fine with primer, but once the painter got that nice dark color on was he bummed. Most car companies rank their body's before painting and will only paint the "perfect" ones darker colors. Like Brian said white is a great cover-up, so is red and any matte colors. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Santa Barbara, CA.