[CR]Unusual paints...

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:57:40 -0400
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Unusual paints...

Steven Maasland wrote:

Twenty years ago, when working for a company that made reflective=0D safety equipment, I attempted to paint a frame using a then=0D experimental black 3M paint developed for use on road signs. It was=0D black with a metallic gold flake during the day and highly retro-=0D reflective gold when lights shone on it at night. It didn't apply very=0D well to the rounded surfaces of the frame (it was designed for flat=0D signs remember), but I have always thought it would be an interesting=0D finish.=0D --------------- Well, sometime around 1970, when I had access to my father-in-law's paint and booth (and walk-in oven), we liked the way he did the cabinets for some of the electronic test equipment he manufactured.

Anyone else ever do a bike in silver hammertone? Really was sort of neat, certainly the best dressed Sears Ted Williams around... :-)

harvey sachs
mcLean va