Could use vinyl wrap but that probably won’t look like paint
Used-Bake6137 on
If its aluminum youll have to inform yourself on which paint stripper doesnt harm the alu, disassemble the whole bike down to the frame, apply paintstripper, clear the paint off and youre good. You could wrap it aswell but that never looks as good as just blank metal.
BugsBunnysCouch on
Disassemble the whole thing. Sandblast the frame, and then either pay someone to powder coat it or Spray.Bike it. Or just buy a silver bike, seems a lot easier.
SubtleScuttler on
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AssignmentOk99 on
Paint it
Bannnerman on
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JollyGreenGigantor on
Aircraft paint stripper. It’s nasty stuff
Content-Weird4241 on
Powder coating is the way to go. If you don’t know somebody/some place that does it, it can be hard to find. But if you really don’t care about perfection, you could follow this tutorial that I did and have excellent results. Perhaps if you know what you’re doing when it comes to taking the bike apart this would be the easiest, cheapest option. https://youtu.be/14cvmIubfrE?si=2QxXjoXmO6G1yC2w
219_Infinity on
Buy a 2023 Kona Process 153 DL
cltncrts on
You would probably blast the paint off with some sort of light abrasive. A powder coat shop would do this. And then powder coat it. But it’s gonna cost ya. I would just learn to like what you have
PsychologicalLog4179 on
Strip the paint and then apply a clear coat of some sort to protect the raw aluminum. Propain raw frames are raw aluminum with a protective coating, they look amazing.
BlazeBuilderX on
sandblast the frame.
Deelystandanishman on
To make your bike silver, give it prune juice, dress it up in cardigans and loafers, and feed it a steady stream of Matlock reruns.
Falsefir on
I went to autozone and bought a bottle of aircraft paint remover. I coated the entire frame in it and waited several hours and the wiped it off. Repeated that 3 or 4 times and also used wire brushes and scotch bright. Giant bikes have really good paint, so it took forever and was very tedious. You’ll also need to replace the bearings because the seals will be ruined. It took way more effort than I anticipated.
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Could use vinyl wrap but that probably won’t look like paint
If its aluminum youll have to inform yourself on which paint stripper doesnt harm the alu, disassemble the whole bike down to the frame, apply paintstripper, clear the paint off and youre good. You could wrap it aswell but that never looks as good as just blank metal.
Disassemble the whole thing. Sandblast the frame, and then either pay someone to powder coat it or Spray.Bike it. Or just buy a silver bike, seems a lot easier.
Cum in second
Paint it
Photoshop
Aircraft paint stripper. It’s nasty stuff
Powder coating is the way to go. If you don’t know somebody/some place that does it, it can be hard to find. But if you really don’t care about perfection, you could follow this tutorial that I did and have excellent results. Perhaps if you know what you’re doing when it comes to taking the bike apart this would be the easiest, cheapest option. https://youtu.be/14cvmIubfrE?si=2QxXjoXmO6G1yC2w
Buy a 2023 Kona Process 153 DL
You would probably blast the paint off with some sort of light abrasive. A powder coat shop would do this. And then powder coat it. But it’s gonna cost ya. I would just learn to like what you have
Strip the paint and then apply a clear coat of some sort to protect the raw aluminum. Propain raw frames are raw aluminum with a protective coating, they look amazing.
sandblast the frame.
To make your bike silver, give it prune juice, dress it up in cardigans and loafers, and feed it a steady stream of Matlock reruns.
I went to autozone and bought a bottle of aircraft paint remover. I coated the entire frame in it and waited several hours and the wiped it off. Repeated that 3 or 4 times and also used wire brushes and scotch bright. Giant bikes have really good paint, so it took forever and was very tedious. You’ll also need to replace the bearings because the seals will be ruined. It took way more effort than I anticipated.
Wrap it with car wrap
With… paint??