JimboMartin

Hello All:
1999 Match built Paramount with 1984 Waterford Paramount fork. Frame is fresh from the Powder Keg in Salt Lake City. Fork was chromed by a local Harley customizing shop. It will soon have Velocals 1972 Paramount decals. About as anachronistic as I could make it. Color is called Illusion Wild Copper.
Cheers,
Jim

Ex Pres 

Looking good, but is that powdercoat inside the BB shell and seattube?

repechage

There will be some clearing out, but not much more than it probably took to install the headset.

JimboMartin

Thanks.
Its nicely masked and that's powdercoat on the tape. These guys know what they're about and do a great job.

Lascauxcaveman 

Technically speaking, isn't that "powdercoat pr0n?"

Take it out in the sunlight and take some pix that'll knock us out of our panties I bet it looks amazing in good light.

My first PC job was also done in a prismatic color, can't remember the name, but it's like firey orange. Cool stuff.

MiloFrance

Not gnome pr0n, surely?
I had my GT Karakoram (of which a couple have been posted recently!) done in Arancio, a kind of burnt firey metallic orange years ago, done by argos cycles in Bristol. I had a spare Fatty fork, so I also got them to put a 2" head tube on. I don't think there are many like that on the planet!

And a defo +1 on the sunny pics please!

ColonelJLloyd 

That is good looking powder coat. Do you know what brand they use and how many coats/stages your frame has? I'm going to have a frame powder coated soon and I'm thinking I'd like metallic or metal flake.

Lascauxcaveman 

I am soooo not going to Google that.

MiloFrance

You don't need to. It's a World of Warcraft reference... I used to dabble in Azeroth

jamesdak 

Looks Beautiful! So what size is it and what's your address??

JimboMartin

Thanks Colonel. That color (see the link in the original post) requires a clear coat. I believe it is just one base coat and one clear coat but I didn't ask.
FYI, powdercoating two frames and one fork cost me ~$220 and bought the powder directly for ~$75. The other frame and fork is a Trek 950 ($15 at a garage sale) which will soon be a pretty cool commuter.

Loomite

I've been meaning to show off my new/old Mercian in it's powdercoat. It a monochrome (RAL 3004 IIRC). Done by PowderCoatIt in Sacramento. I thought they did a pretty good job.

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George in NoCal

WolfRyder

@George hey thanks for the tip. I am in the Sac, Davis area, and was thinking about doing something with this faded Bianchi electric rose trofeo. The color as it sits is kinda bugging me, don't actually mind the original if it was fresh, but was thinking about an Argentine Celeste. Don't want to drop that much cash on it though. The bikes mid-range, but has Formula One tubing and no dents, not much rust.

Hey George what about the decals on that Mercian? Those look good, did you do those or did the shop?

WolfRyder

Probably be hard and too expensive, but If I could get a half -way decent job in this color, I would do it. I know it is not a Grail X-4, but some mid-range Bianchi's had the color.

Loomite

Thanks, my powdercoat job was the basic one, $165. I was very happy with the work but I did have to clean the coat from the BB threads. They have a huge variety of colors, the metallic finishes are about $50 more. I'm pretty sure you'll find a shade close to what you're looking for.

I got the stickers from Cyclomondo: CYCLOMONDO - BICYCLE RESTORATION DECALS

They're very good quality and reasonably priced. Fairly easy to apply but you don't get a second chance when applying them!! Make sure you've got the location right when you start. My placement wasn't perfect but they look pretty good anyway...

George in NoCal

Loomite

It's hard not to like a Celeste Bianchi, but that rose shade is kinda attractive and different. Color is always a tough choice for me. Well, there's lots of colors to chose from, here's a basic RAL color chart: https://unitf14.com/wp-content/uploa...olor-Chart.jpg

Maybe RAL 6019 to approximate Celeste?

George in NoCal

WolfRyder

Ok thanks, what about the prep work on it? Did you do some of that and hand it off to them to powdercoat it or did they help with it?

Now that on subject, what is the best way to prep a frameset for Powdercoating? so the job takes well.

Loomite

A good powdercoater will do the surface prep.

All I did was disassemble the bike. I brought the bare frame and fork to them. They are not a specialty bike finisher but having said that, I found their work came out pretty well. I inserted old M5 bolts into the water bottle eyelets and also some old adjuster screws in the rear dropouts to protect the threads although it seems that they have some sort of plastic stuff for that. I didn't do anything for the dropout eyelets but they came out fine too.

They sandblast the bike of all old finish since the powdercoat should adhere to bare metal. As I mentioned above, there was some "overspray" on the BB threads that required some judicious scraping by me to get the BB back in.

WolfRyder

Ok thanks that is all good info, I will check into that, thinking a job like that will work for that Bianchi bike. I like the way your Mercian turned out.

JimboMartin

Circa 1972 decals applied:

RosyRambler

I thought that powdercoat ends up with a matte, opaque-ish kind of finish like the way the Mercian looks. Does it also end up like the shiny, wet look of the OP's Paramount?

arex

Powdercoat can have pretty much any finish you want...matte, semi-gloss, glossy, wet-look.

https://www.prismaticpowders.com/

WolfRyder

Nice job on that Paramount so far Jimbo. Powdercoat is showing fresh and bright, like the color and good work on the decals. Chrome fork is looking great as well.

WolfRyder

[QUOTE=Loomite;

Maybe RAL 6019 to approximate Celeste?

George in NoCal[/QUOTE]

After a little poking around and googling, I think RAL 6027 actually comes pretty close to nailing the Bianchi Celeste color in a powder coat.

This BF thread covers it with same kinda bike and color I want to change up.

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...-wheelset.html


Now to try an match that Agentine Black shouldn't be that hard. Not sure about what sheen to go with on the powder coating. The name itself seems to connotate a Matte finish, so not sure about the level of sheen that is appropriate for the desired effect.

RosyRambler

Thanks for clearing that up for me arex.