Re: [CR]Unusual paints...

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

From: "Tom Martin" <tom@wilsonbike.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <3ED69064.2060403@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Unusual paints...
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:00:38 -0700


Jet Hot coatings were popular a few years ago for hardtail mtn bikes and some Jamis Road bikes (or maybe I got em reversed....)

Tom Martin
Oakland CA


----- Original Message -----
From: HM & SS Sachs
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:57 PM
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