Re: Barber Pole

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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:18:06 -0800
Subject: Re: Barber Pole <Re: [CR]Looking for pics of Doug Fattic frames>
To: "Olof Stroh" <olof@stroh.nu>
From: "Brandon Ives" <brandon@ivycycles.com>
In-Reply-To: <015b01c64cc8$2410f8a0$0300a8c0@olof>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

looking at Mercian's page they charge 34 pounds for the barber pole these days. The reason it's expensive is it's a very tricky mask to get correct. First you pain a base color. Second you need to get the spiral right and tight without any gaps. Then you need to mask two lug

edges which can be a pain. Lastly you shoot your top color. Then you

get to remove the masking and a piece that long can also be quite tricky to get off and keep the edges crisp. I think the cheapest priced

I was quoted was $125. Most painter charge in the ballpark of $50 just

for just a contrasting band on the seattube so $125 seems about right for the work involved. Any additional color involves quite a bit of extra time that has nothing to do with spraying paint. My guess is Mercian can do it so cheaply because they have a system set up inn place that saves them time and are familiar with the job. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Vancouver, B.C.

On Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006, at 01:16 US/Pacific, Olof Stroh wrote:
>
> Brandon Ives wrote on the subject of barber poles:
>
>> Don't apologize I'm a total sucker for barber pole too. --------
> I'd like to offer
>> it to my customers, but the two quotes I've gotten from painters
>> basically doubled the price of the paint job.
> _____________________________
> Why?
>
> Bought a barber pole bike from Mercian two years ago and they didnĀ“t
> charge me a penny extra. Must be a way to do it in a rationall way.

>

> cheers

>

> Olof Stroh

> Uppsala Sweden