Iused to think that putting decent paint on a bike was like chrome plating, something you simply couldn’t do outside a professional paint shop. I’m not saying you can do this from home and make a business out of it, but what does make it worth the effort is the pride of someone saying what a lovely bike it is and you can truthfully say that the chrome was the only bit you farmed out.
I don’t profess to be especially brilliant at it, but I have produced some paint work that has been of better quality than other stuff I paid money for. I’m not going to say it’s easy, but amazing results can be achieved at home with some rudimentary gear. Throughout this series of articles, I will guide you through highs and lows…
Whilst I have painted quite a few bikes in the past, I have not used my spray guns for quite a while, but with the help and guidance of my friend and paint mentor,
