Martin, awesome video as always! Question: what was the original color of the steel painted tube? Will the Montana Caribbean on a black primer give me that finish?
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One of the most helpful paint job videos on UA-cam. A lot of great methods and tips shown! Now I learned that matt coat is thinner then clear coat so it's best to do the matt after sanding the clear with vinyl attached. Thanks so much for spreading your knowledge!
Thanks Martin for this video, one of your best definitely ! Because of your videos, I bought 3 days ago everything to do a diy paint job on my old bike with 2k primer, 2k clear coats (mat and glossy) and 2 colors. Now I will be back here in 1 year when I'm done with the sanding the frame :)
😂 funny...but seriously. 😐 At least heres someone rooted in reality. 90% of painting is the prep work. Or else its a lot of money and time for nothin. Im curious to see how that came out.
This was so motivational!! I have a number of older bikes but never dared to even consider repainting them until I stumbled across this video. Thank you!
Martin, I just wanted to say how much I've been learning from your entertaining and informative videos. I've painted a few bikes with mixed results (well, poor actually) but I can see many mistakes that I made and can't wait to try out some new techniques.
Man I totally love your video. Please make a video about how to sand pain in the ass areas, such as joints, bolt holes etc etc. Do you have an easy solution for them?
When painting a bike (carbon frame with 2k primer) I need to sand after the primer. Do I need to sand again after applying the base coating? Or is it enough for a high quality paintjob to sand the primer and then sand again in between the clear coating steps?
Great job! Should I wet sand and buff after I spray the color? I finally got a smooth coat of black on my stem. Before I use the 2K clear do I wet sand ?
Watching these really makes me want to paint my helmet color shifting gold and black. I'll have to pick up another helmet to test and practice!!! Great tutorial! I've learned more here about painting than I have in industrial design school
Very nice detailed video of how to do it! But the great key to having an amazing paint job is that you need a dust free room. Otherwise you will see it when you apply any sort of glossy finish on top
Hello Martin. I have sand blasted crmo steel frame. I want to go crystal white finish with clearcoat. Should I prime with red baresteel primer? Or add another layer of white/grey primer? Thank you for your advice. Brilliant videos. Keep up. Thanx
Hey! What great tutorials!! I really love your feed. Just have one question for you. I’ve worked with vinyl for quite some time and was just wondering why you are working with masking tape and/or clear packing tape instead of transfer tape? I found that regular transfer tape works better with vinyl. It is easier to remove after application than other types of tape and have less changes to tear the vinyl.
After you wet sand each time, do you clean the frames just with water or alcohol? If i cleaned with acetone during layers would it effect the fresh paint?
Yes Baby must have gone through your head.... god knows how many times..... such perfection.... i 💌 it for a spray job..... such admiration and inspiration..... teach me please
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Well done videos man.!!! You are awesome. I am wanting to do my wheels and spokes matte black. In your opinion what paint would give the best matte finish?
I have aluminium frame with few visible paint chip. My question is after sanding should i use metal primer or epoxy primer? 2nd questtion is can i use paint remover for faster option?
I was thinking of spray frame black and then fog it with gold about 18" away! do you think it would work? or wrap frame with fishnet hose and spray gold.
If I wanted a matte clear coat on the frame (no base color, I want the natural carbon to show) with gloss logos, would I use the same method as your “more advanced method?”
Would it be enough to just paint the spots where i want the glossy finish with gloss clear coat or do i have to paint and then sand down the entire frame before applying the matt clear coat?
Martin, really appreciate your videos and the links with each. I have a carbon Rocky Mountain frame that I want to sand down, 2x primer, and color gloss black then 2x matte/satin clear like in the video. I have experience painting solid colors on bikes and feel like I can take it this far from your videos. Issue is that I want to paint on letters and some accents over the matte clear but have them show as gloss. Assume that I mask, then spray on the color for this but then spray 2x gloss maybe one coat before removing decals? Concern is will the lettering be too high with 1x color and 1x gloss clear. Thanks!
ETEO What would I need to do If I only want a Raw finish but want the steel frame to be protected from rust? Thanks for all the informative bike painting videos.
Thx for the great videos! Question, if I use 800 grit sandpaper to prep a painted bike for new paint will using the same grit before I put the clearcoat on scratch the paint I just put on?
In this video you recommend wet-on-wet spray painting, but in another you recommend waiting for the primer to dry, sanding it with 800 grit paper, then applying a second and final layer of primer. As far as I can tell, one method saves time, while the other saves spray cans. Is there anything more to it or am I overthinking all this? Eager to try and apply everything I've learned from your videos soon, when I get my steel frame sanded :)
You produce nice work so you must be doing things right. I can see for sure you choose good paint products so that's not a question for me. What I want to know is your process and timing. In this video you primed and laid a base color all in one step. Would priming, off-gassing for 2 days and then wet sanding the priming coat, cleaning, drying and then applying a top coat be better or worse or same and why? How long did you wait to apply the gloss/matt clear coats? It's obvious you didn't do the base/clear in one step since you wet sanded the base coat. Thanks for the great video and your time in putting it together and sharing it.
All great. Help needed: If I have used sprayMax 2k 680061 and is still soft after a week in cabin 50% humidity, +26degree Celcius temp., should I wait more or sand it off and do clear coat one more time? Cheers.
First you have to train your spaghetti arms to learn how to push the valve in the can hard enough to do a proper mix of the hardener and clear in the can.
Hello Martin, really great video! I would also like to paint my bike in matt/gloss at the moment and I used your template with the white pipe Oracal 631. I bought exactly the same cans as in your video (2K Spraymax primer and Montana Black).... Me I have 3 layers of primer and one layer of Montana Black in a wet process, just like you painted it. After that I sanded down the pipe with 800 grit paper and cleaned it with Spraymax 1k silicone remover... I then have 2 problems. The first problem is the Montana Power Orange color, it looks flaky. The second problem is the masking tape (Oracal 631). When I pull it off, a lot of glue remains on the pipe and the flakes of orange settle on the glue... I've already tried Oramask 813 but the same problem... Do you have a tip for me?
Do you have an example of a monochrome bike frame using matte and gloss finish that isn’t black? How does mixing matte and gloss look on that very nice blue color that you used in this video? Thanks for the awesome video.
Great video! Questions: If I use black primer and want white logos do I need to repaint black around the stickers after I have finished with the white or should I just go to the colour I want for the rest of the frame straight away? Thanks!!
Just bought a new MTB with matte paint. I would like to spray it with clear coat…any special prep I need to do before spraying on the the clear coat from can.. which videos in here show that?
Hi Martin, great videos. I have this problem whenever I spray my bike frame using spray can the colour is not uniform. I can see dark spot and light spot. I believe the spray can pressure is not uniform. Any tips?
Hi Ive been watching many of your videos recently because I want to turn my brand new red bike to all matte black. I have a question, can I get away with not sanding the brand new new bike frame and just prime it, paint it, and clear coat? Or will skipping this sanding step be hazardous. I dont think it will be terrible since its not rusted and its new and clean. Maybe im wrong, but thanks for the info.
Question, trying to understand when would I do wet on wet painting versus your other videos that suggest sanding after each layer of primer, color and clear? Thanks in advance and GREAT videos as always !!!
As a non professional guy, I'd prefer to let the primer cure, then wet sand it I'll get the smoothest surface as possible and maybe correct some defaults (in the corner)
Hello Martin, perhaps you can explain in one of your next videos, when should I use black primer and when should I use the white one. Is this realy important for a quality result? Regards Uli
I would like to sand my carbon frame to bare carbon, then only spray color for logos and matte clear on everything... I plan to use 2K clear but I can’t find clear carbon/ epoxy primer, can I clear 2K clear directly on carbon...or any suggestion/link for clear carbon primer?... Nice and instructive video as always!!!
How long do you wait before you pull the vinyl off the paint to reveal what's behind? I tried doing this, but each time, the corners ruined the paint when removing the vinyl.
@@ETOE hah! So, in other words, as soon as I paint over the vinyl lettering, I can remove the lettering to reveal the color that's behind? Just want to make sure I'm practicing properly.
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Martin, awesome video as always! Question: what was the original color of the steel painted tube? Will the Montana Caribbean on a black primer give me that finish?
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@@ETOE Martin I have a black matte finish and I would like to get satin finish ... Can you do that without painting it? Any recommendations, Thanks
@@ETOE I'm surprised you didn't say ask your girlfriend...😄
No one else gives this sort of detail. Thank you!
One of the most helpful paint job videos on UA-cam. A lot of great methods and tips shown! Now I learned that matt coat is thinner then clear coat so it's best to do the matt after sanding the clear with vinyl attached. Thanks so much for spreading your knowledge!
Thanks Martin for this video, one of your best definitely ! Because of your videos, I bought 3 days ago everything to do a diy paint job on my old bike with 2k primer, 2k clear coats (mat and glossy) and 2 colors. Now I will be back here in 1 year when I'm done with the sanding the frame :)
Please share your results once done 😎
@@Cronff sure 👍😊
@@patriceo344 so you done sanding ? :D
How’s the sanding?
😂 funny...but seriously. 😐 At least heres someone rooted in reality. 90% of painting is the prep work. Or else its a lot of money and time for nothin.
Im curious to see how that came out.
OMG is this for REAL ?!?! I've been digging down the pits of old message boards, trying to pieces together all this information.
Thanks for much !!!!
This guy is a genius painter. Every detail. Also very relaxing to watch. Afraid to ruin my frame but may go for it after watching this.
"Same temperature you use to wash your kids, i recommend 60 degrees Celsius" lmfao, this guy is hilarious.
🤣
I love these videos. I've been trying to learn how to do a nice diy paint job on my bike and this gives me the confidence to try. Thanks, Martin.
🎉🎉🎉
This was so motivational!! I have a number of older bikes but never dared to even consider repainting them until I stumbled across this video. Thank you!
Martin, I just wanted to say how much I've been learning from your entertaining and informative videos. I've painted a few bikes with mixed results (well, poor actually) but I can see many mistakes that I made and can't wait to try out some new techniques.
Wow, well done on that Matt finish on the gloss
I was thinking to paint my bike and that video just came in time, very helpful Thank you.
Glad I could help
Fab video. Does anyone know what I'd search for to get those kind of stencils where you peel them off?
www.amazon.com/VViViD-Low-Tack-Adhesive-Stencil-Masking/dp/B07PW95WW3
Man I totally love your video. Please make a video about how to sand pain in the ass areas, such as joints, bolt holes etc etc. Do you have an easy solution for them?
Wow! Really impressive! You are like the Bob Ross of frame painting!
When painting a bike (carbon frame with 2k primer) I need to sand after the primer. Do I need to sand again after applying the base coating? Or is it enough for a high quality paintjob to sand the primer and then sand again in between the clear coating steps?
bro this is top of the shelf guide! thanks Etoe for the work u put in it!
Great job! Should I wet sand and buff after I spray the color? I finally got a smooth coat of black on my stem. Before I use the 2K clear do I wet sand ?
Watching these really makes me want to paint my helmet color shifting gold and black. I'll have to pick up another helmet to test and practice!!! Great tutorial! I've learned more here about painting than I have in industrial design school
Your the man Martin. Been following your videos for a couple months. Painting my daughter’s bike. Thanks for all your advice.
Very nice detailed video of how to do it! But the great key to having an amazing paint job is that you need a dust free room. Otherwise you will see it when you apply any sort of glossy finish on top
I’m definitely going to be painting some tubes. I have tons of scrap tube to practice with
This is my new favourite channel! So much detail explained. Exactly the sort of tutorials I want to see before attempting my frame project.
Hello Martin. I have sand blasted crmo steel frame. I want to go crystal white finish with clearcoat. Should I prime with red baresteel primer? Or add another layer of white/grey primer? Thank you for your advice. Brilliant videos. Keep up. Thanx
questions.....do you wet sand after each clear coat or just on the final one? ....thanks steve
Hey! What great tutorials!! I really love your feed. Just have one question for you. I’ve worked with vinyl for quite some time and was just wondering why you are working with masking tape and/or clear packing tape instead of transfer tape? I found that regular transfer tape works better with vinyl. It is easier to remove after application than other types of tape and have less changes to tear the vinyl.
Cause I have reasons.
The Montana clear is mainly UV protection? Would the 2k clear bond well to the Montana for better rockchip protection or is the Montana sufficient?
After you wet sand each time, do you clean the frames just with water or alcohol?
If i cleaned with acetone during layers would it effect the fresh paint?
Were you sanding down the vinyl as well to make it as smooth as the metal surface so you wouldn't feel it?
You're an artist Martin.
Yes Baby must have gone through your head.... god knows how many times..... such perfection.... i 💌 it for a spray job..... such admiration and inspiration..... teach me please
I am absolutely blown away. Damn good job and attention to detail 👏
Martin, after the 3 primer coats, color coat and 800 sanding, what do you clean the surface with post sanding to prepare for gloss?
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@@ETOE Thanks Martin!
Well done videos man.!!! You are awesome. I am wanting to do my wheels and spokes matte black. In your opinion what paint would give the best matte finish?
You do beautiful work. I think I’m going to try this on my new Roadlite 7.
Hello Martin, i have a question what is the brand name of your signwriter printer and cutter you use' thanks great videos.
I have aluminium frame with few visible paint chip. My question is after sanding should i use metal primer or epoxy primer? 2nd questtion is can i use paint remover for faster option?
Love this guy , he’s kickass every time 🤘
Hello. How about stainless steel? the paint will stick? Thank you.
How I love the way you explain things you do. Very clear. Like to learn from you
What if it's painted and there's some rust where the paint chipped? What do you use?
I was thinking of spray frame black and then fog it with gold about 18" away! do you think it would work? or wrap frame with fishnet hose and spray gold.
Great vid Martin, thanks for the indepth process description.
If I wanted a matte clear coat on the frame (no base color, I want the natural carbon to show) with gloss logos, would I use the same method as your “more advanced method?”
No you need clear carbon primer. Clear coat will not stick on carbon.
@@ETOE thank you for the reply! I found it in your links on this video. Your other video did not list the clear matte primer. Thanks!
Would it be enough to just paint the spots where i want the glossy finish with gloss clear coat or do i have to paint and then sand down the entire frame before applying the matt clear coat?
Quick question.... Is it not necessary to wet sand after spraying primer?
Or is it just a spray can thing?
Great video! Do I need to paint the whole bike with a glossy clear coat, or just the areas where i will apply the stickers?
I am using the same respirator mask as you do. Which filters do you use on it for spraying? I've been wondering for a long time....
Martin, really appreciate your videos and the links with each. I have a carbon Rocky Mountain frame that I want to sand down, 2x primer, and color gloss black then 2x matte/satin clear like in the video. I have experience painting solid colors on bikes and feel like I can take it this far from your videos. Issue is that I want to paint on letters and some accents over the matte clear but have them show as gloss. Assume that I mask, then spray on the color for this but then spray 2x gloss maybe one coat before removing decals? Concern is will the lettering be too high with 1x color and 1x gloss clear. Thanks!
There’s nothing to say: you’re the best!!!!
Thank you so much for this video. It will be one of the guides for me to paint my bike.
🙏🏼💗🙇🏻♂
Love the techniques and great tunes too.
How would you paint an assembled bike?? like a black Giant Glory 01 that want to turn red
I just bought a Nukeproof scout & I want to clear cote it. You have a few different links in description & I don't know which to get🤷
ETEO What would I need to do If I only want a Raw finish but want the steel frame to be protected from rust? Thanks for all the informative bike painting videos.
Not possible. Let it rust if you want raw steel. No clear will protect it from any rust.
Martin I have a black matte finish and I would like to get satin finish ... Can you do that without painting it? Any recommendations, Thanks
Can i ask if i can copy other bike brand?
Thanks for your answers 😀
I’m currently pimping an old BMX, this was hugely helpful! Subscribed!
Is there a video of the frame in the thumbnail/screenshot being painted?
Great energy, great work. Wunderbar!!
Martin you put also 3 layers of primer on painted aluminium tube?
Can I use 3 coats of gloss clear coat then use the matte one at the end?
Great video. I also recommend having a shop sandblast the metal parts of the bike. It costs about $50 and saves me hours.
When you say curing, are you curing in a high temperature environment since you have a booth or just letting dry for 20min?
How do you prepare the stencils/masks for complicated designs?
Thanks for video. Can you tell me how long between the colour coat and 2k clear coat please?
15 minutes.
@ thank you
Hi Martin, Your englisch is so fluent that makes you nobody after!
Regards Arne Bollensen .😀😀😀👌👍😎
Thx for the great videos!
Question, if I use 800 grit sandpaper to prep a painted bike for new paint will using the same grit before I put the clearcoat on scratch the paint I just put on?
Yes you can!
In this video you recommend wet-on-wet spray painting, but in another you recommend waiting for the primer to dry, sanding it with 800 grit paper, then applying a second and final layer of primer. As far as I can tell, one method saves time, while the other saves spray cans. Is there anything more to it or am I overthinking all this?
Eager to try and apply everything I've learned from your videos soon, when I get my steel frame sanded :)
You produce nice work so you must be doing things right. I can see for sure you choose good paint products so that's not a question for me. What I want to know is your process and timing. In this video you primed and laid a base color all in one step. Would priming, off-gassing for 2 days and then wet sanding the priming coat, cleaning, drying and then applying a top coat be better or worse or same and why? How long did you wait to apply the gloss/matt clear coats? It's obvious you didn't do the base/clear in one step since you wet sanded the base coat. Thanks for the great video and your time in putting it together and sharing it.
Is there a spray can primer for carbon fiber bike frames? Would you just use epoxy primer or is there something else you recommend? Thanks
There is no spray can primer for carbon.
Can i use anti rust primer on alumnium? Before apply the main color (metallic black)
All great. Help needed: If I have used sprayMax 2k 680061 and is still soft after a week in cabin 50% humidity, +26degree Celcius temp., should I wait more or sand it off and do clear coat one more time? Cheers.
First you have to train your spaghetti arms to learn how to push the valve in the can hard enough to do a proper mix of the hardener and clear in the can.
@@ETOE Accepted. So, sand it and recoat it with proper mix. Cheers.
Hello Martin, really great video! I would also like to paint my bike in matt/gloss at the moment and I used your template with the white pipe Oracal 631. I bought exactly the same cans as in your video (2K Spraymax primer and Montana Black).... Me I have 3 layers of primer and one layer of Montana Black in a wet process, just like you painted it. After that I sanded down the pipe with 800 grit paper and cleaned it with Spraymax 1k silicone remover... I then have 2 problems. The first problem is the Montana Power Orange color, it looks flaky. The second problem is the masking tape (Oracal 631). When I pull it off, a lot of glue remains on the pipe and the flakes of orange settle on the glue... I've already tried Oramask 813 but the same problem... Do you have a tip for me?
Yes, visit a paint shop and pay them to do your bike. It's the easiest and fastest solution for me. So I have time to do new videos.
I love the way you explain stuff you be real specific thanks
Do you have an example of a monochrome bike frame using matte and gloss finish that isn’t black? How does mixing matte and gloss look on that very nice blue color that you used in this video?
Thanks for the awesome video.
i was curious if it was okay to paint over decals with a clear coat (3 layers?) for final product without removing decals?
I don't use decals. Best is to ask somebody who uses decals.
Great video! Questions: If I use black primer and want white logos do I need to repaint black around the stickers after I have finished with the white or should I just go to the colour I want for the rest of the frame straight away? Thanks!!
Just bought a new MTB with matte paint. I would like to spray it with clear coat…any special prep I need to do before spraying on the the clear coat from can.. which videos in here show that?
Just sand the whole frame with 800 grit to prepare the matte finish for a new one.
Hi Martin, great videos. I have this problem whenever I spray my bike frame using spray can the colour is not uniform. I can see dark spot and light spot. I believe the spray can pressure is not uniform. Any tips?
Ater you 800 wet sand the lacquer with the decals still on, do you wipe down again with alcohol before final clear coat?
no
Hi Ive been watching many of your videos recently because I want to turn my brand new red bike to all matte black. I have a question, can I get away with not sanding the brand new new bike frame and just prime it, paint it, and clear coat? Or will skipping this sanding step be hazardous. I dont think it will be terrible since its not rusted and its new and clean. Maybe im wrong, but thanks for the info.
You won't have any adhesion of your paint job and it will peel of.
@@ETOE okay thanks for your input I decided to go with a liquid deglosser and metal brush 🙏👍
This guy is bonkers and I love it. Fantastic video 👍
Thanks for this awesome videos! When a video for a carbon sight frame? It needs primmer? Just only coat? etc...
I understand we still use primer. I'm about to do it.
Yeah top creativity & great finishes
Question, trying to understand when would I do wet on wet painting versus your other videos that suggest sanding after each layer of primer, color and clear?
Thanks in advance and GREAT videos as always !!!
When you want to save time you go for wet on wet. When you aiming for quality you go for lots of sanding.
For painted steel, if there are different colours will that still work or do you need to sand it down to bare metal in that case?
Yes.
my second favorite German painter 🙏
Can you use PVC pipe for paint tests? Cheap and eazy to cut.
Polyvinyl chloride is super hard to paint. Def. nothing for neewbs.
@ thank you
What if i will not use anymore uni primer on my bike frame with paint? Thanks
Thanks martin, superb video... So handsanding the primer is unnecessary for spray can paint job?
Depends on the primer and if you do wet on wet or if you let the primer cure.
As a non professional guy, I'd prefer to let the primer cure, then wet sand it
I'll get the smoothest surface as possible and maybe correct some defaults (in the corner)
What's the difference between a spray can and the powder paint is it more durable?
Hello Martin,
perhaps you can explain in one of your next videos, when should I use black primer and when should I use the white one. Is this realy important for a quality result?
Regards Uli
if you paint white base coat on a black primer, it will be darker or need much More paint than if you paint White on white
This is what I am waiting for thank you for this. More power to your channel bro
you are such a good painter
Would it be ok to clean the frame with alcohol wipes, before primer
Yes.
I would like to sand my carbon frame to bare carbon, then only spray color for logos and matte clear on everything... I plan to use 2K clear but I can’t find clear carbon/ epoxy primer, can I clear 2K clear directly on carbon...or any suggestion/link for clear carbon primer?... Nice and instructive video as always!!!
I see you used montana paint, have you ever used Krylon to paint a bike?
How long do you wait before you pull the vinyl off the paint to reveal what's behind? I tried doing this, but each time, the corners ruined the paint when removing the vinyl.
3.5744 seconds.
@@ETOE hah! So, in other words, as soon as I paint over the vinyl lettering, I can remove the lettering to reveal the color that's behind? Just want to make sure I'm practicing properly.
Martin are you using rubbing alcohol after every sand?
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