Painting a 1983 Nishiki road bike frame

Painting a 1983 Nishiki road bike frame in white epoxy gloss enamel. The frame is Tange CrMo and will be used for a single-speed project build.

Frame was stripped, sanded and painted with a heavy duty metal primer prior to the colour coat.

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[riparato]

All paints chip. Rattlecans paint gets harder over time, so leave it at least a week in primer stage, and again at least a week in colour stages. Be patient, because spraying, assembling, and riding a bike over the weekend will just result in wrecking the paint. It is soft in the early stages and will even take impressions from jeans etc. My first Riparato bike was rattle canned, and now it is very durable. Any chips you get you can touch in yourself with some filler and your leftover paint!

[cleanmachine08]

Agree with you there!

Prepare the frame well, use good quality paint products and make sure the paint is applied correctly under correct conditions (temperature, humidity).

As above do ensure that you give it sufficient time to fully harden / cure. I try to allow a few weeks.

Follow the directions for the brand of paint, but generally there is a safe window to apply colour coats after primer. If you miss that window, you have to wait for the primer to cure fully (often a week +).

[conscienceking10]

wow this is really cool. Is that a Nishiki Prestige frame?

(Also- what is the song playing? It sounds kind of like gui boratto?)

[cleanmachine08]

I'm not sure what model of Nishiki it is. I acquired the bike incomplete and without stickers. I also live in Australia where certain Nishiki models were branded 'repco' and painted horrible colours (in this case, fluro pink!)

[iconxmonkey408]

Gay ass bike

[Metriohn]

Hey! i got a 83 nishiki too, and i also used it for a singlespeed conversion, except i havent repainted mine, i need to strip it clean, mines also tange CrMo, except i think i might paint mine with auto paint.

Happy riding from Mexico!

[TheKid254921]

Hello I have a question I want to sand my forks and keep them chrome what kind of clear coat should i use to stop it from rusting?

[fukdyamum]

Another great method is, paint stripper, a drill and a buffing pad! polished and clear varnished. looks quite good if I must say.

[ace587]

Telepopmusik: Just Breathe

[PerfectStranger41]

what is the song in this video?

[trogedon]

@cleanmachine08 I spent an hour and a half trying (not there yet) to cut an alloy seatpost out of a steel Repco branded steel frame with my air powered reciprocating saw this afternoon. I'm in New Zealand - where we have very few of these frames. It looks like its well built and reasonably light for its age. I'm going to be doing what I do to all the frames/bike I do up - sandblast and then paint with two pot with decals and two pot clearcoat.

[alanisanass]

what type of paint do u use?

[GeekUltra]

I have either a 1981-1982 Nishiki Marina. If anyone has any information on it I'd like to hear about it. I heard it's kinda rare but idk. Thanks

[killedbygirls]

was it originally gray or did you put primer on it?