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[Closed] New(ly completed) Bike Day! And terrible lawn content

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Having realised I'd had the frame 18 months and not managed to build it, I finally finished off the paint that i started a year ago and managed to use a mixture of parts bin and budget parts to get it together.

It's a Chromag Surface of the 142 rear axle era.

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Pretty happy with it, but the proof is in the riding.


 
Posted : 18/07/2019 6:15 pm
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How did you get that paint finish?


 
Posted : 18/07/2019 6:23 pm
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Montana Crackle paint.

Very easy to do, it would be more even, but I didn't read the directions and left about 8 months between the base coat and crackle coat rather than the <24 hours it tells you to, but I quite like it like this.


 
Posted : 18/07/2019 6:28 pm
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Nice.

Like my old Muddy Fox!


 
Posted : 18/07/2019 7:49 pm
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Like that, paint job is great.


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 9:03 am
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Paint looks great!

You should try Mr Greenthumb for the lawn - worked a treat on ours.


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 9:16 am
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I've thought about using that paint. Glad to see how good it looks.


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 9:20 am
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Love the paint job, bike looks great!


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 9:21 am
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In those colours it looks......engorged. Like


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 9:37 am
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I like it. I want to take the stickers off the rims and fork though.


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 10:02 am
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I love the paint!

You should try Mr Greenthumb for the lawn

TBH i think he did the paint !


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 10:10 am
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Your lawn is better than mine. Paint also looks ace.


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 10:45 am
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Wow! Can you make me one?


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 12:10 pm
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Scarify to get the kiss out. Top dress with fine soil. Add seeds and feed.

Paint looks great. Really like it.


 
Posted : 19/07/2019 12:22 pm
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Thanks! I’m really happy with the paint, it was very easy to do and more forgiving than standard rattle can paint jobs. I now want to crackle paint everything. The one concern is how well it’ll hold up though.

I will remove the fork and wheel decals at some point and perhaps a new stem and bar if I find something cheap.

I’m not much of a gardener, so I think I’ll just leave the lawn to do it’s thing.


 
Posted : 20/07/2019 10:21 am
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The twentieth feather board in from the left looks a bit bowed. What's the story with that?

Paint is dope, bike is nice.


 
Posted : 20/07/2019 11:13 am
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that's awesome!


 
Posted : 20/07/2019 11:33 am

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