Custom Bicycle mud gaurds

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raleighnut

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Question is, how much silver to put in. Just a smidgin or a dollup?
I'd go with not much at first (on the test piece) you can always whack a bit more in later but my idea was to just give the pale blue a bit of zizz.
 
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loopybike

loopybike

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First coat. Not too bad. Paler than I was going for, but hey that's what you get when you mix colours late at night after drinking wine! Lol
 
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loopybike

loopybike

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I am SUCH an idiot!

The paint was looking pretty good, just needed a second coat of clear. Then I got a bit of grease on the down tube off my hand, I reached for a squitry bottle of thinners and gave it a light spay. BANG, instant paint reaction!
Bugger!

So now the down tube has been sanded back to metal and given a new coat of primer.

The question is, do I have enough of the "special" blue paint left, or "Red Wine Blue" as its now know? It's going to be touch and go......
 
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loopybike

loopybike

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I'll just leave this here :smile:

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loopybike

loopybike

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Got some leather for the handle bars. It's a really good colour match and excellent quality.
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Fitting it is going to be a challenge for me as I've never done anything like this before. I have got some cream leather that I'm going to use to practice with as I only just have enough of the brown. If I mess it up I'll be gutted.
 

raleighnut

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Got some leather for the handle bars. It's a really good colour match and excellent quality.
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Fitting it is going to be a challenge for me as I've never done anything like this before. I have got some cream leather that I'm going to use to practice with as I only just have enough of the brown. If I mess it up I'll be gutted.
Invest in one of these to punch the lace holes.
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