Comments on: Back from Powder Coat http://www.seanchon.com/2009/11/back-from-powder-coat/ Thoughts on a daily, weekly, or (more likely) monthly basis. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Handmade Bicycles: Frame Building Class | Sean's Blog http://www.seanchon.com/2009/11/back-from-powder-coat/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Handmade Bicycles: Frame Building Class | Sean's Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:15:07 +0000 http://www.seanchon.com/?p=167#comment-164 [...] weekly, or (more likely) monthly basis. « One (or Two) Man (or Woman) Bicycle Businesses Back from Powder Coat [...] [...] weekly, or (more likely) monthly basis. « One (or Two) Man (or Woman) Bicycle Businesses Back from Powder Coat [...]

]]> By: Sean Chon http://www.seanchon.com/2009/11/back-from-powder-coat/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Sean Chon Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:01:40 +0000 http://www.seanchon.com/?p=167#comment-105 I think there are two main ways to get chrome lugs, braze-ons, etc. You can dip the entire bike in chrome and mask off areas during painting. That way in addition to chrome lugs you can have chrome exposed in the tubes and braze-ons. I believe this is what was done on some classic bike frames. Although this entails bringing a frame to a chrome plater in addition to a painter. The other option is using stainless steel lugs and braze-ons and doing lots of polishing. Stainless steel will polish to a high luster and that's probably what you see on a more modern lugged bike frame. I have yet to use stainless, but I hear it's more difficult to work with and that polishing takes a LONG time. I would like to try stainless at some point because it adds bling. I think there are two main ways to get chrome lugs, braze-ons, etc.

You can dip the entire bike in chrome and mask off areas during painting. That way in addition to chrome lugs you can have chrome exposed in the tubes and braze-ons. I believe this is what was done on some classic bike frames. Although this entails bringing a frame to a chrome plater in addition to a painter.

The other option is using stainless steel lugs and braze-ons and doing lots of polishing. Stainless steel will polish to a high luster and that’s probably what you see on a more modern lugged bike frame. I have yet to use stainless, but I hear it’s more difficult to work with and that polishing takes a LONG time. I would like to try stainless at some point because it adds bling.

]]> By: Ken http://www.seanchon.com/2009/11/back-from-powder-coat/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Ken Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:45:13 +0000 http://www.seanchon.com/?p=167#comment-104 How do you do chrome lugs and chainstays and chromed head tube lugs? I think chrome really makes a bike. How do you do chrome lugs and chainstays and chromed head tube lugs? I think chrome really makes a bike.

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