How To Restore Bike Paint
Do this only if you are considering stripping and re painting your bike.
How to restore bike paint. Enamel paint takes longer to dry but is hard wearing and does not require a base primer. The primer and paint was purchased from pound land so its nothing. Inspect your frame analyze the rust and make a decision. Cycling is a great way to exercise and to explore your area.
If you are unable to find an enamel paint to match your frame we recommend humbrol model paints. This videos is part 1 on how to prep your bike for paint tools you need. We explain how to prepare and respray rusty handle bars on your bike. This is demonstrated on hybrid road bike using basic tools.
I am referring to paint which is faded chalky covered with surface rust etc. Restore an old bicycle. On metal frames an alcohol such as nail varnish remover will clean away the grease and paint flakes. It can get pricey.
Some will argue with this method but i have had excellent results. Now that we ve removed all the parts we can from the frame and forks it s time to prepare the bike for primer and paint. First i use a 000 gray scotch brite pad soaked with wd 40 to gently scrubb the old paint. The first step and by far the longest is to remove the old paint.