Check out our "Bike Frame/Fork Display" at the XXX Hygienic Art Show in Downtown New London, Connecticut. Our mixed media piece is titled, "Roses". We took an early 1980's FUJI Cromo frame and fork and hand-sanded it, used inexpensive rattle can primer and paint (two coats of each), applied store bought stickers, then gave it one coat of name brand clear coat.
What we learned from all this was:
1.) Always do you work in a well lit area
2.) Always work in a well ventilated area
3.) The area should be as clean and dust free as possible, not like the basement of a bike shop with cobwebs
4.) Clear coat is not like paint, it runs and it also lifted up the stickers
In spite of the clear coat catastrophe, it was still an enjoyable project which brings me to the point of all this; RE-CYCLE Your BI-CYCLE. So do not throw out those old frames, they still got life in them.
What we learned from all this was:
1.) Always do you work in a well lit area
2.) Always work in a well ventilated area
3.) The area should be as clean and dust free as possible, not like the basement of a bike shop with cobwebs
4.) Clear coat is not like paint, it runs and it also lifted up the stickers
In spite of the clear coat catastrophe, it was still an enjoyable project which brings me to the point of all this; RE-CYCLE Your BI-CYCLE. So do not throw out those old frames, they still got life in them.
