Originally Posted by Wilbur76

Forgot to post the final pics for my GT Palomar rebuild. Never owned GT before but fell in love with the geometry and ride so decided to show some love.

I had actually gone through a costly and time consuming paint scheme with fades and mask effects. I was going for kind of an African safari theme with cheetah spots and zebra stripes. Instead I got Barbie Under The Sea / Walmart girls bike. BLECCHH. Plus the masks edges bugged the crap out of me. So started over with paint stripping, sanding and repainting to a solid shade of Pepto-Bismol pink. Turned out decent although 4 cans of clearcoat usually makes anything look shiny. All in about 10 cans of Montana Gold brand, 2 cans of etching primer and 6 weekends. Learned a lot, spent a lot.


BEFORE - Little rusty but sound

Stage 1 gold and blue fade, mask

Stage 2 pink and purple fade, mask removed. Looks like a Walmart girls bike!

AFTER - GT Paterno Because damnit I earned it!


Remnants of that safari theme

Remnants of that safari theme

Vinyl cutouts for the chainguard and seattube. Sealed in with lots of clearcoat.