the powdercoater company here in bellingham strips frames chemically and then you can have it sand or garnet blasted after that if you want. we have a local frame builder here too.
there is also a gentleman named Blake who will come out of his house and sandblast a frame in his carport for 25$. how much money do you want to put into a beater frame you want for a lockuip bike? if you are going to put 100$ of shop time into aligning a frame wouldnt it be cheaper and easier to pay 150-200 for a frame with better paint and straight, in the first place? or go with powedercoating it and riding it for years till the alignment became a perceptable problem? not as much fun, to do it that way, ... On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 7:25:26 PM UTC-7, drew wrote: > > > So i stumbled on a 1985 trek 870 frame and fork today and came home with > it for 30$. lugged, 48cm chainstays, tange prestige mtb tubing, my size. i > was and am pretty excited. part of the reason it was 30$ is because it is > pretty rough aesthetically. no dents (maybe slightly from a kickstand) or > cracks, but many scuffs and scrapes. rust on all the bare metal, inside and > out. not extreme chunky flaky rust, but an even coat throughout. i bought > some "metal rescue" > <http://www.homedepot.com/p/Workshop-Hero-1-gal-Metal-Rescue-Rust-Remover-Bath-WH290487/203247483> > > from home depot, with the intention of filling the tubes, flushing and then > framesavering. i taped up all the holes and filled the frame... but.. > > > *question 1-* anyone have recommendations for adequately closing up the > bottom bracket hole to make it water tight? i was getting an increasingly > leaky leak, preventing the metal rescue from sitting in the frame for the > several hours it takes to dissolve the rust. > > while doing this, i realized that the seat stays are VERY slightly bent > near the canti post. im aware that this kind of thing happens with high > pressure, and since the bend is slight, im not too worried about it... > but... > > *question 2-* should or could this be realligned by a frame builder? is > that a good option even? would one of those brake booster things prevent > this from getting worse? > > as mentioned, the paint is very rough, so ill be having it powdercoated. > > *question 3- *anyone in the Los Angeles area have a powder coater > recommendation? media blasting and powder coating seems to be what the > places around here recommend. i want to make sure that all the exterior > surface rust comes off and that it's done well. there seems to be a lot of > half assery with powder coating in my local area. > > *sub question 3-* having all color options open for the repaint is almost > crippling. how does one decide? maybe i should just keep it the original > color or black. that would be less stressful. > > > here is the rivendell content: prior to owning a riv, i went through a > series of mid eighties treks. rebuilding them was what led me to the > rivendell website for parts, and eventually they all turned into poor man's > rivendell bikes. since then ive felt like there should be a representative > trek in the herd. my plan is to move the parts over from an 88 rockhopper > and turn this thing into a clem-like fun bike that can take the abuse of > bus/car racks without the clenching of teeth that occurs when my > hunqapillar gets scratched. > > the good looking one isnt mine. > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e_195Dx-JHk/VeujfrMbblI/AAAAAAAAAbs/kw1H1J33LOc/s1600/15603916010_d1d492b70d_z.jpg> > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0vbCRzoHoT8/VeujxwEdH4I/AAAAAAAAAb0/92XR4AdZvII/s1600/image%2B%25286%2529.jpeg> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
