Re: Velocolour Bicycle Painting
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Craig Ryan
This is pretty cool Noah. Thanks for taking the time to organize all these posts.
Craig
Thanks Craig,
It is very time consuming but as long as people are interested or curious than it is worth it. By the way, the last time I documented an entire repaint was a here a few years ago on a 1950's Cinelli. Pretty stark contrast to this project. I have learned a lot since then and still have a lot to learn.
Thanks for looking Craig.
noah
Re: Velocolour Bicycle Painting
After a few beers and a few bike rides I thought I'd get a little colour on this machine.
Everything was clear coated to seal the edges and make sure there would be no bleed through or running under the masking. I lightly primed the frame to give a bright and even base for the colour. Scuffed and then colour by colour the sections were filled in staring with white on for the down tube font and arrow. As previously stated everything but the section to be painted was masked to keep the paint from building up.
I didn't want to bore with too many pictures but you can see the white has been painted and is being masked. The inside of the arrow is masked and the outer section will be painted next.
It's hard to wait until the enitre thing is done to see how things are coming out so I took of some of the inner maskings as I went to make sure it was going as it should. As well I prefer not to leave masking on for too long so I was more comfortable removing some of it along the way.
On it goes. All of the colours were filled in and masked then all that was left to do was paint the main frame colour.
I wanted the frame to be bright but not completely white so I went with a very light gray. In my head the white of the Pinarello font with carbon black outline would create a really nice gentle contrast to the gray.
Once the paint cured enough the exciting and and terrifying part came happend.
Unmasking...
You finally get to see if you've gone horribly wrong with colours and/or design and also find out how much clean-up there will be. Generally there should be much but there are always a few areas where the paint mask may have lifted up and paint has made it's way underneath. The Prince frame with all of it's undulations is a bit of a masking nightmare. It can be a real challenge to keep the masking down in the groves as it wants to gently lift and sit flat with the rest of the material. It is imperative not to stretch the paint mask or tape when you are laying it down. It will almost always move and shrink back to its original shape and position. As well, the solvents in the paint soften the material some and can increase the likely hood of this happening.
A few small areas to scrape at with a knife but over all everything went pretty smoothly.
noah
Re: Velocolour Bicycle Painting
Noah,
As a pinball enthusiast and a hack painter, I admire the vision, and cringe at the amount of time and precision involved :)
Enjoying watching your process.
cheers,
rody
Re: Velocolour Bicycle Painting
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Originally Posted by
Rody
Noah,
As a pinball enthusiast and a hack painter, I admire the vision, and cringe at the amount of time and precision involved :)
Enjoying watching your process.
cheers,
rody
Hey Rody,
I thought I was the hack painter here.
Yes, lots of work here. I have been trying to keep it to evenings and between coats on other projects as not to lose too much time to the regular work load. Big projects like this always manage to distract from what you "should" be doing though I think in the long run this stuff is really important.
The really labour intensive part comes after all the colour is on.
noah
Re: Sanding the Painarello
Fantastic Noah, I can't wait to see the finished product!
Re: Sanding the Painarello
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jmoote
Fantastic Noah, I can't wait to see the finished product!
Thanks Jeff.
Re: Sanding the Painarello
Once the sanding is done you're on your way. Blow the frame (and yourself) off with an air gun. Tack it, clean it, tack it and... This is your last chance to make sure everything is good. Look it all over. Cleaning with light mineral spirits help you see what is there and if there are any flaws.
Then one or two good clear coats to bring back the gloss, shine and depth.
Well, I think all the sanding was worth it.
Walter Lai came in on Saturday to help shoot some final pictures. The pictures I took weren't bad but no there is no replacement for a professional.
noah
Re: Sanding the Painarello
Here's a few more detail images. I don't have the final full shots yet. When I get them, you'll get them.
I've also noticed the colour really dulls down in these small sized images. I will get the full sized photos up on flickr shortly. The full sized images are much better and the detail really comes out.
Now I just hope someone buys this thing after all this or at least likes.
Final images and details to come.
Thanks for looking.
noah
Re: Sanding the Painarello
And the computer drawings for context.
Re: Velocolour Bicycle Painting
And a few final pics. Left, right and one in the middle. Ooh, they don't look very good here. To Flickr shortly.
So, this frame set will be auctioned on ebay apparently. If I were Richard Sachs I'd probably have all of the details sorted out but my small brain can only handle so many things at a time. After the time demand of designing and painting I am left with little little time for more than continuing to work through my current wait list which has been steadily growing for quite some time.
Ebay may not have been my first choice as I find it a bit cold and a pretty un-sexy way to do this. I guess others have decided it to be a reasonable way to handle it.
And so it goes...
The Pinarello currently hangs at Blacksmith Cycles in Toronto. They have graciously offered space to display the frame while the auction takes place.
Once again, more details when I have them.
Flickr added if you're interested
noah
Re: Velocolour Bicycle Painting
The press release posted by Mike at Blacksmith
Head on over and have look for yourself.
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Carl&Rose an introduction
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Carl&Rose is a new product design company I recently started with my partner Suzanne.
Suzanne Carlsen, cyclist, jeweler, textile artist, florist, should I go on? She formerly operated Poka Cycle Accessories creating custom and small run head badges and chain guards along with bike bags (including the Velocolour Musette).
Noah Rosen (Me) yeah you know me.
Carl&Rose is a wide ranging product design company focused on cycling goods, interiors from individual objects to large scale installations and wearables (jewellery if you like).
We are starting to get some media attention across the board and are getting our current products in to LBCs, shops and galleries accordingly.
New products are coming out shortly including musettes, alternate design saddle bags, tool rolls and panniers to speak of the cycling products and more for the other categories as well.
I was going to post the bags in the classifieds but thought the smart, good-looking crowd here at VS deserved the whole thing.
Carl&Rose
Thanks for looking and hope you find this interesting.
Noah
Mods if you want to move this than do what you must and I'll post more personal stuff relating to this in the SO thread.
Re: Carl&Rose an introduction
Thanks for letting us in on the ground floor Noah. As we are coming to expect creative and wonderful things from you this is another welcome surprise.
Re: Carl&Rose an introduction