Re: [CR]Finishers in London, UK

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:05:10 +0100
From: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: Julius Naim <julius.naim@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Finishers in London, UK
References: <0579069C-6CAE-42EF-8FA2-1E06F104EC72@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <0579069C-6CAE-42EF-8FA2-1E06F104EC72@gmail.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I would say that £100 is extremely cheap and would normally only buy a single colour respray. Realistically if there are panels etc I would expect the bill to be a minimum of £150 and at the top refinishers in the country you'd probably pay more like £250... Colortech in Dartford can do very good work and are not too expensive.

Hilary Stone, Bristol, England

Julius Naim wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a finisher to restore my Sun's original paint work
> in the London region?
>
> I made a couple of calls to local shops and am looking at about £100,
> this seems a little steep to me and if it's going to cost I'd like to
> make sure it's going to be a special job that will last so
> recommendations would be much appreciated.
>
> For ref:
> It's a '66 Worksop Sun (built in the Carlton factory), strangely it
> never had any decals (I had it in it's original livery direct from the
> original owner) and have never known it's model. After some frame
> damage was repaired to a seat stay I stripped the rest of paint
> and repainted it (very badly, I know) and now it's looking very sad;
> http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7243/3469/1600/image-1.jpg
> The original paint work was identical to the Huffy Corsair pictured on
> the CR site so can use this for reference (although the colours in
> day light look half way between the two pictures);
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com/images/British/Carlton/CarlHuf3L.jpg
>
> Best regards
>
> Julius Naim
> London (Alexandra Palace) , UK