Painting Scooter

[feebletailwhipout]

I don't care about the people who think it is gay, this thread isn't for you. How do you paint your scooter? And tips or tricks would be grand.

 

[Chris_Bartnicki]

pay spray paint (and primer if desired)
take off wheels and grips (or diassemble the whole thing if you want to do a really good job)
spray (primer if you bought it let it dry then spray paint)
wait till dry
assemble and enjoy
<span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Fri Apr 01 2005, 11:56AM ]</span>

 

[Brian Boston]

yeah what chris said.. i think 2 colors looks better.. like doing the clamps and stuff one color and tubes the other... but if you want it to look nice take care of the scooter because it chips easy

 

[Chris_Bartnicki]

yea it chips easier without primer to if u do like 2 coats of primer and like 3 coats of paint it last a long time

 

[seankane]

just be creative if u want it to look good. if u want to designs and stuff just lay down masking tape and cut out the design or whatever u want with a razor

 

[vash763]

then u gotta do sick griptape like andrew

 

[Thomas Agasid]

Don't go crazy with the spray paint. It will cause it to drip or w/e. Do a few thin coats first and see how it looks.

 

[johnmattes]

im thinking about airbrushing my scooter i have an airbrush and i used it like 4 times

 

[Eric_E]

If you put a clear coat over it will last longer and not chip as easy.

 

[Kenny Giguere]

I had the ugliest headset a while ago that Tim gave me... it was like spraypainted brown and it was SO damn ugly

I also had a black T-tube thing, that looked pretty badass while it lasted

 

[Brian Boston]

i remember that headcup, it was like poop brown

 

[Miles Quirk]

haha nasty

i paint the fork and clamps usually and leave the rest normal

 

[dreads3213]

i think one of the coolest paint jobs is cary mosbrucker's from his minivid with the bright orange on the folding mech area.

 

[nitrosport182]

mines like dark metallic gray

 

[Steezeman]

If you liked that then you would like mine.

Yours is so cool.

 

[Jake Carlyon]

Im thinking of painting the clamps and headset and stuff white and the deck and T tube black..thatd look cool.

 

[feebletailwhipout]

a razor, or your weird australian scooters?

 

[Thomas Agasid]

a razor, or your weird australian scooters?

Does it matter?

 

[DoubleYou]

^^^im going to assume thats rhetorical and move on.

headtube is usually all i paint. Some times the steering tube also

 

[feebletailwhipout]

a razor, or your weird australian scooters?

just trying to make a funny. sorry.

 

[JoshToy]

The Rad Scooters group up in WA all paint their scooters. It's rad and such. I might paint a scooter later on if I get around to it. If you want the paint to last, I would suggest auto body paint instead of spray paint. Doesn't scratch off as easily is you primer it and put a clear coat over it. My buddy and I used to do that to our motorized scooter frames all the time.

 

[Steven_T]

Ya but my scooter was super hot with my pink parts.

This is True.