I really must chime in here and mention the Colnago Super I painted back in the mid 80s to look like a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10 WW2 fighter plane. No markings, but a beautiful 6-color camouflage, back before camo was cool.
Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio
> Steven Maasland wrote:
>
> Twenty years ago, when working for a company that made reflective=0D
> safety equipment, I attempted to paint a frame using a then=0D
> experimental black 3M paint developed for use on road signs. It was=0D
> black with a metallic gold flake during the day and highly retro-=0D
> reflective gold when lights shone on it at night. It didn't apply very=0D
> well to the rounded surfaces of the frame (it was designed for flat=0D
> signs remember), but I have always thought it would be an interesting=0D
> finish.=0D
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> Well, sometime around 1970, when I had access to my father-in-law's paint
and booth (and walk-in oven), we liked the way he did the cabinets for some
of the electronic test equipment he manufactured.
>
> Anyone else ever do a bike in silver hammertone? Really was sort of neat,
certainly the best dressed Sears Ted Williams around... :-)
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>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va