Re: [CR]Opinions about painting 2nd colors

(Example: Books:Ron Kitching)

Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:16:48 -0500
From: "James Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Opinions about painting 2nd colors
In-reply-to: <BFA64F22.61B7%fatticbicycles@qtm.net>
To: Doug Fattic <fatticbicycles@qtm.net>
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cc: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Hi Doug,

I respect your opinion, and I agree that there is no right or wrong way. I just prefer it the other way. I think that the lug edges should be the same color as the lug. Painting the lug edges the color of the adjacent tube looks wrong to my eye.

Regards, Jamie Swan - Northport, N.Y. http://www.centerportcycles.com (mapped) http://www.limws.org http://www.liatca.org http://www.cabinfeverliquidations.com

On Nov 20, 2005, at 4:04 PM, Doug Fattic wrote:
> Commenting about a Waterford on eBay Charles Andrews wrote:
>
> "The other problem: the paint goes all the way up the sides of the
> lugs. I
> know this is the usual way to do it, but it looks crummy. Much better
> to
> stop the paint at the lug/tube joint, and leave the sides of the lugs
> unpainted (chrome, or the color the lug is painted..). The look is
> very
> sweet. Baylis does it this way, and I think Bruce Gordon may have
> started
> doing it too, I can't recall now. Peter Weigle may do it the better
> way
> too. Do you paint that way, Peter? That paint detail makes the frame
> look
> cheap, imho."
>
> I would like to suggest that this is a matter of personal taste rather
> than
> a superior/inferior way of painting a second color on a bicycle frame.
> One
> of the great things about America is our freedom to express personal
> opinions and we all have a right to define to everyone what we like.
> My
> idea of what looks "right" is to have the lug edges be the same color
> as the
> head tube. That is what looks "best" to me. This is particularly so
> when
> the bike frame does not have a crisp edge between the lug and the tube.
> Many builders don't take the time or have the skill (like Brian B. and
> I do)
> in brazing just the right amount of filler so it covers the entire
> joint
> without spilling over onto the lug and rounding the edge. Then there
> is no
> defined line where the paint colors should stop and begin. A color
> transition at the bottom of the now rounded lug edge in this case
> would just
> emphasize the sloppy brazing.
>
> My motives for expressing a varying opinion is that since 1976, I have
> strived to paint bicycles in such a way that it is at a level that
> nobody is
> going to do a better job. Different styles, methods and looks from
> what I
> do, of course, but better in quality, no way. I've developed
> techniques to
> get a precise transition of color at the top of the lug edge rather
> than at
> its' bottom. I paint it this way because it is the look I like the
> best. I
> would hope that the dominate opinions of this elite list would allow
> that
> where a 2nd color transitions is a matter of personal taste rather
> than a
> best/poor way of doing it.
>
> Doug Fattic
> Niles, Michigan