Stripped raw CAAD10 build
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Hi all, my first road bike, and also bike build.
Bought a custom painted caad10 frameset for lagrange club off ebay and then stripped the paint off using walnut shell blasting, and got the fork painted matte black
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Still not decided what I really want to do with the build. Getting a custom paint job is a bit pricey, might polish the aluminium down a bit, or maybe try to get friends to draw on it
Have a 6800 groupset to put on, and ordered soul 3.0 wheels
Bought a custom painted caad10 frameset for lagrange club off ebay and then stripped the paint off using walnut shell blasting, and got the fork painted matte black
Before:
After:
Still not decided what I really want to do with the build. Getting a custom paint job is a bit pricey, might polish the aluminium down a bit, or maybe try to get friends to draw on it
Have a 6800 groupset to put on, and ordered soul 3.0 wheels
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Awesome, good luck building it
whydobearsxplod wrote:http://slamthatstem.com/post/68914330775/dan-doesnt-have-time-for-bearing-covers-or-paint
Sharpie CAAD
Decided to go the art route for now, and then after the sharpie fades (a year maybe?), i'll polish it up. Getting friends to draw stuff on it, anybody here have any cool ideas as well?
Polishing is always time consuming, depending on what kind of finish you'd like. But yeah, I didn't use paint stripper, went with walnut shell blasting, leaves a coarse finish on the aluminium. Wet sanding with 500 grit, and then 800 grit should give a pretty decent shine on the bike. There is already a pretty good shine in the sun, I think a mirror finish would be blinding to other riders
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