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RAL 1035 metallic finish

I'm very happy with it, I think it is kind of greenish gray with a little gold. My wife says it is taupey-gray.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3..._4385Large.jpg

Did you notice that a used Holdsworth head badge just like that went for £155 yesterday on eBay?

Bonkers.

nice dude, very nice.

very nice man

it does not look like a modern paintjob either. some nice decals next?

+1 Very nice colour for a Holdsworth

lug lining next?

Cheers dude! After the what Carlos said I think I need to get those rivets off you. I broke these putting them back in. Did you get this kind (I don't know the technical name):


Thanks a lot, that is exactly what I was going for. The colour looks a little strange on my work computer screen. I may attach some hi-res tonight when I get home.

I was not going to stick any decals originally, but now that I've seen how nice it looks I think I have to. I Nitromor'd the original paint and oversprays down to the "HOLDSWORTH" logo so I have an idea what to look for. And I'm envious of your 531 Awesome. I love your colour too by the way!

Cheers!

Errrr, probably not. The frame was pretty beat up when I got it (you can see the dent in the top tube on one of the photos). I had intended on doing as little as possible to it but felt that without a paint job it would annoy me too much. Slippery slope...

Nice holdsworth... 1035 is a metalic goldy colour according to the ral chart in front of me... looks much greyer in the pic...

Anyone got an idea of the RAL match for the Mavic ti grey used on the open pros and some Cxp 12s?

hlloyd should have the proper decals. will look great.

Nice RAL 1035. Very beautiful.

This doesn't make sense... the rivets (normally!?) would have to be put inside out, otherwise
the rivets ends stay where they shouldn't. I'm I making sense?

That's called 'split pin' use to clip soft material but good idea.
If you want more secure fix, use solid rivet(but much thinner) like this.

http://www.sapphireproducts.co.uk/4620t5.htm

There should be alu, copper, brass ones and various length and diameter. May be alu is easy to use. And buy these rivet snap (not the simple punch. snap has negative spherical shape at the top) which should be suitable size for the rivet.

http://www.toolshopdirect.co.uk/shop.php/tools/Priory

To use it, you need solid steel round bar or equivalent slightly thinner than the head tube but long enough so that you can fix the bar with vice or, steady table with c clamp.
Put the rivet from inside the head tube, through the badge, put the head tube with the bits through the steel bar and rest on it. SO that the rivet is pushed against the steel bar. Then hammer the head of the rivet with the punch, till the head become round like mushroom, and secure the badge.
You ve got hammer very carefully and slowly so that you don't damage the badge.
I recommend to do a test before you try on the real.
Hope I m making sense.

If you are on a budget, simply buy alu bar or equivalent in desired diameter, cut it short, hammer it to make your own rivet and use it.

@ Epic and Nuknow - Cheers guys! Epic, that is very helpful. Rivets seem like the way to go.

@ Ricochet - Very lovely! I especially like the tone and the blue rug/red stool compliment the grey nicely :)

Nice RAL 7047. Very beautiful lug cut. Is that with clear?

yes ral and lacquer on top. rug and ikea stuff provided by landlady hehe

My Fort 1.25DB just back from Armourtex in RAL2003 Pastel Orange. It's only my indoor bike, so I couldn't be arsed to get 2004 Pure Orange special ordered, so it's come out more Tango than KNWU

so it matches the color of your tires.

er...wow!

That wasn't really the effect I was going for, but as Conti HomeTrainers only come in that shade of yellow it does look like some sort of colour coordination is happening.

Thats a fixie skidder right there that.

MT i´m trying to figure out where it is:

Is anybody having anything sprayed white soon? I'm getting my frame done in blue but would like white forks without having to pay an extra £45. If I could pay for a piggyback (ahem) on somebody elses order that would be awesome.

Do all the threads come back clean so it's easy to get the BB and headset back on?

Yup, just grease it up proper

I recently had a frame/fork shot-blasted and powdercoated.
Before I delivered the F&F, I protected headtube and BB-shell with big steel spacers (M12 / M16), kept together with a threaded rod and nuts.
This protected the sides of the headtube and the BB shell well.
Unfortunately, the paintshop removed the washers fron the head tube, because they had to hang the frame somehow. :-(
Anyway, the BB shell came out very clean and the headtube had some paint. I could easily remove this with a file. Same for the inside of the seat tube.
Before I removed the washers, I cut the painted edges with a hobby knife, to avoid that I would damage the paint when taking off the washers.

The top of the threaded steerer tube,I covered with masking tape. Also worked well.

Armourtex do a pretty decent job of masking the vital areas from powder, although the phosphate coating covers all the metal and may need reaming/facing/chasing if things were on the tight side before, as the coating has a non-zero thickness.

My dropouts had to be filed cause of this^^^.

Threaded hub axles are great files...

I need some cranks powdercoated black.

If anyone is getting a frame done in the same colour, can they let me know and i'll pay a bit extra for my item and therefore bring the cost of yours down.

Cheers

Sounds the nuts, any chance of a pic or even the RAL number?

I love those forks.

It's only a cheap and nasty Kinesis RoadFoil

I love the way those forks look.

Fixed.

I'm thinking about getting my new frame sprayed there, not powder coated. Anybody have an idea how well the jobs turn out?

Anyone know what the score is with getting the larger type of metal flakes done in a powdercoat? I'd like to get the bigger flakes but less of them... Anyone seen a p/c frame like that?

OK, here's my respray.

the bike is a Bianchi Pista with a 3Rencho fork. to paint it I used rattle can primer, base color (BMW's Mini "Electric Blue") and clear lacquer. (yes, it is small, size 51).

that is super nice

+1
I want to lick it

definitely

and that's the best fork to match the pista. ever.

Great job. That's going to look lovely. All silver parts?

And did the fork cost more than the frame?

+many

thanks (everyone). painting with the rattle cans turned a hell to get it right, and some parts don't look perfect, though that can't be seen on the photos.

all parts are going to be silver.

got the fork from NJS Export not because it was a 3Rensho, but because it was the only one I found that I thought that would go well (aesthetically) with the frame. the fork was $120, and I bought the Pista 2nd hand for 400€ (before knowing what the Pistadex was, etc.).

Does armourtex have a website? Google says no.

Google says http://www.armourtexltd.co.uk/ and even provides a map

... Ouch!

I know, I know (now). at least it was only 3 months old and unused, and can't get them here were I live without importing.

Anyone ever get issues with stability of colour on powder coat? I had an alu frame done signal red which for the first week was red, but now I am sure it is more of an orangey red. Must be a trick of the light I guess but my eyes feel like they are deceiving me!

Wouldn't surprise me if something went wrong as the place I took it to didn't turn out great. The plus side is it was only £30, with the downside being you get what you pay for (took 3 weeks even though said it would be a couple of days, had to paint stripper BB, Headset as they didn't cover as they said they would, and it has a few areas which are not smooth) Just put it down as a loss as the place seemed a bit back street and not really worth arguing with if you know what I mean, plus I wanted to get bike back on the road.