Stripped & Teased: Updated 7/15

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Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

for some reason im wanting mint ice cream now :mrgreen:
all joking aside looks good and glad to see some different colors.....i think theyre asking for some pinstripes though.....
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

Karfer- The rim is an Electra one.

Sensor- Mint ice cream is a perfect description for the color. I'm planning on trying to do the stripping on the tank and I was thinking orange would be a nice compliment. I'd love to do it on the wheels, but I'm not sure I have the skill to pull it off.
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

sensor u know tossing lines on wheels is a whole nother ball game
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

Maybe try the Sharpie marker technique. The B6 I bought had that done in black and it doesn't look bad. They make them in orange.
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

That should look good. I say go for it!
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

sensor said:
dont give me that!!! ive seen your paintings and other art you know you could 8)
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I'll probably give it a try. It's just that pinstripping is like everything else and takes a lot of practice to do good work. So far I haven't had hardly any practice. If it turns out crappy I can just wipe them off. I would rather have no lines than wobbly ones :D .

Cman- The problem with sharpies is that they are somewhat transparent (especially the colored ones). So if you run an orange line on a green rim you'll end up with a nice brown :lol: .

bikebuilder- I thought about spinning the wheel too. I have a feeling that it's one of those things that sounds good, but doesn't work as well when you try it. Still worth a try though.

As far as progress goes it has slowed down a bit. My work is taking up pretty much all of my spare time at the moment. Hopefully I can get some time by the weekend to get most of the painting done.
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

I saw a video about assembling bikes that was made back when bikes were cool from the factory I think it was a short documentary of the CWC. I thought it was linked here somewhere, but can't find it. Part of the video showed how the pinstriping on the fenders was done. They put the fenders on rollers like a big wheel and held the brush while they rotated the wheel that the fender was placed on.
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

just be warned straight lines and circles are the hardest to do. good luck practice first u will get it
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

Very nice build.Sure would have been alot easier to have done your in tank shifter trick with the thumb shifter version instead of the twist grip. Bolting an arm with a piece inside to hit the two shifter buttons would have been super easy ...but you came through it with flying colors. Very ingenious. :wink: The Phantom camper....he he
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/23

I got a little bit of the paint work done. I stripped the tank and and polished it up a bit. Then I clear coated it and let it sit for a couple days. When I first sprayed it with clear I was a little surprised how much darker it made it, but I think it actually looks better that way. I laid the green on yesterday and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I still need to spray the front wheel and finish stripping the frame.

The tank was pretty hard to photograph because the bare metal really reflects the lights.
paintedtank.jpg
 
Re: Stripped & Teased: Updated 5/15

looks real purdy love the color on the bare metal. wait till u see what i did to my tank sensor u better not look but you have to wait till tues to see :p
 

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