Originally Posted by obrentharris

The 1 Shot formulas would have left you even more confused. The formula for one of my colors was:
4002 - 15 parts
163L - 1 1/2 parts
164L - 2/10 parts


So close!



My son, upon first seeing this bike asked "So did the Easter Bunny commission a vintage bike?" My wife calls it the Jordan Almond bike.

I first sprayed a 2-part automotive primer, then the color coats, then a 2-part automotive clear. Alas, this is perhaps the worst paint job I've ever done, but no fault of the 1 Shot color coats. the clear finish I used was over 5 years old in partially used cans. In those 5 years it appears that the hardener lost much of its efficacy. I didn't recognize that the first clear coat had not hardened sufficiently in the 10 minutes that it usually takes, so when I applied the second clear coat to the still-very-wet first coat I was greeted with runs galore, one running almost the entire length of the seat tube.

It took 4 hot days in my highly sophisticated south facing Subura drying oven for the clear to harden enough to sand.


Spot sanding drips without touching the surrounding area is not a skill at which I excel.

Nevertheless I'm very pleased with the result in spite of the very flawed finish.

Almost all the components came from my rather eclectic collection of older and newer bike bits. The matching cranks, originally blue, are left over from my son's MTB racing days circa 2002. The Primo bars and stem, with their "Giro di Sicilia" theme, are actually an English product sold by Holdsworth I am told. 10 speed Shimano indexing drive train.






Brent