Painting Stainless Steel

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4597401, member: 9609"]straight onto the bare metal ?

Heat wrap (paint substitute or whatever it is) must have a different name, I'm just finding manifold/exhaust tape[/QUOTE]

Yep, straight onto bare metal.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heat-Shri...hash=item2ecb1fbfa4:m:mC41it0U8iLDNHXoqZ4BUIw

 

[screenman]

There are loads of youtubes showing it's use.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4597440, member: 9609"]I have some of that stuff good for cables but never thought to use it as paint, for the OP frame would it not end up a bit crinkled and the joins would be awful.[/QUOTE]

I though he only wanted it for the stays, in which case cut slightly over length and away you go. Certainly would not be crinkly, well it should not be.

 

[Drago]

It should be fine for doing his rack mounts, should go on with little or no wrinkling.

 

[themosquitoking]

Choice of sizes here. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3METER-LE...hash=item2113dcfe10:m:m16rGQAmCL4mCGvAqsjtUww
I use heat shrink all the time, you can even do it with a decent hairdryer and it'll look fine. If you don't like it cut it off and you're only a couple of quid worse off.

 

[Drago]

And you can get it in different colours if that's your thang.

 

[themosquitoking]

And you can get it in different colours if that's your thang.

I think we've established black is the only colour, probably a cycling goth.

 

[RichardB]

The heat wrap will cost a couple of quid, a micro butane torch about £8. Once you have that torch you will find a lot of uses for it, soldering, cream brulee topping, lighting candles and loads more.

I use heat shrink extensively on car/bike wiring mods as it gives a professional finish. I started using a small flame, but a cheap heat gun is worth its weight in gold. With a flame (gas or whatever), it's easy to char the shrink wrap. With a heat gun, it just shrinks on in seconds. And there are a lot of other uses for a heat gun - paint removal, stubborn fasteners, bearing race fitting and removal and so on. I think mine was under £20 from Homebase and I wouldn't be without it.

 

[Goggs]

Choice of sizes here. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3METER-LE...hash=item2113dcfe10:m:m16rGQAmCL4mCGvAqsjtUww
I use heat shrink all the time, you can even do it with a decent hairdryer and it'll look fine. If you don't like it cut it off and you're only a couple of quid worse off.

Excellent news. I wondered if a hair dryer would do it. Cheers for the link too but it says the biggest size is 6.4mm and I doubt that would be enough. Or would it?

I think we've established black is the only colour, probably a cycling goth.

Cycling Ninja sounds good. Actually, off-topic I know but one of the big things I've noticed since switching to hub gears is the complete absence of chainline noise. You don't really notice it until it's gone.

 

[RichardB]

Excellent news. I wondered if a hair dryer would do it.

Give it a try, but I have not found any hairdryer to be anywhere near hot enough. Maybe my wife just has cheap hairdryers

 

[screenman]

I use a heat gun in the workshop, I was just trying to keep things cheap for the guy. Micro torch I find very useful and have no problem with charring, bit like using a pressure washer on a bike.

 

[screenman]

Stick it in a warm oven until done.

 

[screenman]

My heat guns helps me earn, great on those big bumper dents that have not damaged the paint.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Heat guns rock. I bought one to use with Gorilla Tape to repair the seat on my tractor, and have found endless uses for it. Heat wrap is a new one on me, gotta look into it.