Re: [CR]Keeping a steel frame without any paint idea?

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Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:17:17 -0700
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "joel metz, ifbma/sfbma" <magpie@messengers.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Keeping a steel frame without any paint idea?


my off-topic-except-for-the-rear-hub work bike is clearcoated (powder), and while it has held up for 5 years as such, this is mostly due to the fact that the main tubes are covered with clear motorcycle number plate material.

ive found clear coating to be notoriously non-durable - everywhere on my bike that isnt covered with the number plate material started to chip and flake within a year or earlier. clearcoat, in my experience, tends to flake off much more rapidly than paint, which has lasted far better on other bikes with similar abuse dished out to them.

however nice it might look, i wont be having a bike clearcoated again unless a substantially more durable method can be found... if it werent for the plastic, my bike wouldve needed a repaint within the year it was built.

everyone i know whos had a bike clearcoated in recent memory has had similar experiences...

-joel
>On Sunday, April 13, 2003, at 05:52 PM, OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
>>One of my employees had an off topic bike (Salsa mtb) clear powder coated and
>>is held up astoundingly well.
>
>Salsa must have done this with a few frames. One of the regulars at
>a shop I worked for had one of these frames. Alas, his frame
>started to rust under the clear after about 6 months.
>enjoy,
>Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>SB, CA
>
>_______________________________________________

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