What kind of paint on a bike?

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2007-06-21 10:26 AM

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Subject: What kind of paint on a bike?

I've got an old cruiser that someone gave me. It needs a little pizazz, so I was thinking about painting some flowers and skulls on it (naturally). What kind of paint should I use for this?

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2007-06-21 10:33 AM
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Are you going to spray or use a brush?

If you're going to brush, I'd think that either an enamel (like model paint) or a good quality artist paint would be the way to go.

For (rattlecan) spray paint, I have had good luck with the dupli-coat paint from the auto parts store.

For an airbrush I gots nothing

2007-06-21 10:40 AM
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I was going to leave the background color as is and just add details. I should take a pic of the bike and get ideas from you all.

Thanks, rlusi!

2007-06-21 1:42 PM
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Subject: RE: What kind of paint on a bike?
Upon reflection, model enamel (Testors) is really runny and could be a bit tricky to deal with on a vertical-ish surface.....go with artist paint, maybe a bit of clearcoat to gloss it up a bit.
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