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 jedi
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but what colour? im thinking back to black? had yellow,black and white, raw and paint splatter grey so far


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 7:22 pm
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Bright green? Though to be fair all my bikes are black.


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 7:28 pm
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http://www.argoscycles.com/colours/colours.html

had my old Heckler done here a few years ago in Italian Yellow was a fantastic job. 😀


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 7:29 pm
 J273
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Primer grey


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 7:30 pm
 OCB
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This is a layer of a kinda yellow/green tinted powerdercoat over 'chrome' powdercoat (which isn't chrome like metal-chrome, it's an uninspiringly flat, cheap chrome-effect plastic look in it's own right - but, it supports a tinted layer really well).

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The colour is pretty deep and moves around with the light, but not like a metal-flake does - hmm, hard to describe in narrative, but (subjectively) it works.


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 7:41 pm
 IHN
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Red. Always red. Still.


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 7:56 pm
 jedi
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hmmmmm


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 8:21 pm
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I had a gloss black that looked great at first, but after a few dirty rides, the scuffing made it look dull all over.


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 8:23 pm
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Alright dude 🙂

Matt black with gloss black decals gets my vote

Edit: and 2nd Argos, they did a wicked job on my chameleon


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 8:23 pm
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Argos did a great job on two frames of mine: an Orange Five in light metallic blue (now sold) and a Cotic Soul in two-pack white. They don't powder coat.

I went for the tougher two-pack finish (smaller colour range) on the Soul as the finish on the Five chipped easily, as you'd expect a wet paint to do.


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 8:30 pm
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Matt grey with a very heavy metalflake.


 
Posted : 26/02/2014 8:35 pm
 OCB
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I [i]very[/i] nearly went for a dark'ish blue with a very fine, pale lilac metalflake in it (almost like glitter) when I had that ^ done as that worked well too.

I did think about just clear over a bare stripped frame, but I was steered away from that given 'clear' does go (randomly) opaque over time.


 
Posted : 27/02/2014 6:49 pm

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