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Can't decide paint color

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What color should I paint my parts?

  • White

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • Blue

    Votes: 6 85.7%
  • Mix

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    7

dogdart

I live for the CABE
I'm in the home stretch on this original paint 1936 Hawthorne. I kinda want to paint the guard and rack white. Partly because the color match will be easier and partly because I think it will pop. Blue on both parts would be more correct, but matching the paint with proper fading would take more effort. Or maybe a mix of color......

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From your photo, the guard looks great the way it is. Yes, the rack would look nice in white, but the bike is beautiful, whatever you decide.
 
I'd do the rack and guard in blue as close as you can get to a match. Then 0000 steel wool and WD the new paint shine out. Don't be afraid to go down through the paint very very slightly in the wear areas.
 
She's a beaut Clark. I too am leaning blue. I've had success going with a darker base coat under the top color and then slowly working it with the wool and WD40. Brings out some depth and darkens the top coat a bit if needed. If you want to incorporate a little white, I can see the area of the guard where the paisley cut outs are being white if you feel like experimenting. No one is going to arrest you if it don't look right and you can just redo it. 👌
 
From your photo, the guard looks great the way it is. Yes, the rack would look nice in white, but the bike is beautiful, whatever you decide.

It is bare metal, just stripped it today. Also, the bracket was moved and I brazed the spotweld holes
 
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