Restoring bike frame paint in 4 easy steps
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The process of restoring bike frame paint basically involves disassembling the entire bike. At least the crankset, wheels and brakes need to be removed, so you can access all difficult to reach parts of the frame.
Before you can really work on the polishing step, the frame needs to be clean. If you polish the frame with tiny pieces of grit left onto it, you can actually increase the damage to the paint, by creating new scratches when you rub the grit into the frame.
First I spray the entire frame and especially the dirtiest parts with WD-40 bike cleaner and let it sit for 5 minutes.
The next step involves cleaning the frame with baby wipes and remove as much of the dirt as possible.
The baby wipes just didn’t cut it. A nasty film of grease stayed on the frame. So I decided to use a bit of white spirit on a wipe, which dissolves the grease, and continued to mop it up.
The last cleaning step was is to remove anything that’s the left on the frame with a wet cloth.
With the entire frame cleaned I continue with the following, which is using Meguiar’s Ultimate Compound to remove surface scratches from the paint.
The compound acts as liquid sandpaper and removes part of the clear coat. By doing so it enables the clear coat to more evenly reflect light. This in turn increases the shine of the paint.
Just to be sure, this is purely cosmetic, since it actually reduces the thickness of the clear coat.
To apply the compound to the frame, as well as the wax in the next step, I use Meguiar’s Foam Applicator Pads. Don’t hesitate to put some time and elbow grease into these cutting and waxing steps.
I use Meguiar’s Deep Crystal Carnauba Wax for the waxing step
Waxing the frame actually does protect it a little bit. It does so because it levels out the clear coat, by applying a tiny layer on top of it. This is another way to increase the frame’s ability to directly reflect light and make it shine.
Get the wax on the frame, let it sit for a couple of minutes to let it harden and then clean of the excess wax with a paper towel or dry cloth.
The final result is a beautifully restored paint job on your favorite vintage bicycle!
Products used:
Meguiar’s Ultimate Compound: www.meguiars.com/automotive/p...
Meguiar’s Foam Applicator Pad: www.meguiars.com/automotive/p...
Meguiar’s Deep Crystal Carnauba Wax: www.meguiars.com/automotive/p...
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looks good!
thanks for the video...i just painted a frame but there's orange peel on the clear coat... can i use the compound wax to smooth it out or do i wet sand ?
You can use the cutting compound to smoothen out the orange peel. That would be Meguiar’s Ultimate Compound. The wax won't do anything because it doesn't have an abrasive nature. Wet sanding is also an option provided you use a grit which runs into the thousands. But in my opinion wet sanding is much more of a mess than using the compound. And don't quote me on this but I believe the compound is relative to a 10K grit, so low risk of messing up the paint job. Make sure you've applied multiple layers of clear coat. A minimum of 3. That leaves you enough room to not remove the entire coating when you get a bit too enthusiastic. Start on a place on the frame you can't see; for instance the bottom of your down tube. And if your frame contains vinyl decals underneath the clear coat (not water slide decals), I would be very careful near the edges, because the clear coat is thinnest in those areas. And the last thing you want to do is damage the decals with a coating already in place. One of the safest methods of smoothing out orange peel, and something I've done on a frame that took me ages to restore, is simply to apply more clear coat. I did like 7 layers, was happy with the result and added protection, and left it at that.
@@restorationdotbike wow thanks for ur fast reply.. I try it
Would this help sun damaged paint? Im debating if to do this or paint over my current frame. The colors are less vibrant. What would you recommend?
There's sun-damage and sun-fade. You can polish faded paint. You can't polish away damage, which is the absence of clear coat and/or paint.
Got it! Thank you for your response. Would you recommend me following your steps in the video before painting my bike? I’m planning to paint over it since there is sun damage and faded paint with a gloss protective enamel can by rust-oleum.
If I were to remove the peeling brand stickers on my frame and do this, then reapply new ones (have found some on Ebay), would you recommend doing that before or after the wax?
Thinking about doing this as well, let me know what you end up doing
you polish frame to remove scratches. You wax the frame to further smooth out the surface, deepen gloss and protect the frame. Wax and decals don't go together well. So between polishing and waxing, clean the frame with alcohol and apply decals for maximum adherence.
Meguires stuff is good stuff
actually is only baby wipe helped
baby wipes can clean a bike, but cannot remove the dullness from a paint's clear coat.
Don't understand you would why you would go through so much trouble for a bike like this
So I could make a video for you to comment on.
This frame is in very good condition - so basically there's no need in thinning down the clear coat.
I understand it.
@@restorationdotbike Awesome reply!