How to prepare your bike for paint, DIY

Complete guide on how to prepare your bike frame before you paint it DIY. I cover Aluminium, Carbon and Steel from removing the old paint, prepping for base paint and what primers to use.

Painting bikes is a lot of work and you want to have a proper base so you don't end up with a ruined paint job on your bike.

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   • Building the Moose Taiga road bike  

Materials used (US links):
Sand papers:
https://amzn.to/36ddCUc
Angle grinder
https://amzn.to/3I1nFJh
Flap disc
https://amzn.to/3pX21jl
Paint stripper
https://amzn.to/3w0bz0O
Ammonia hydroxide 25%
https://amzn.to/3CBFXzG
Scotch sponge:
https://amzn.to/36ajAoS
white spirit/thinner degreaser
https://amzn.to/3pYQiRf
Primers:
https://amzn.to/3J3bcGv
https://amzn.to/3KvGV3k (not 2K)


Materials used (EU links):
Sand papers:
https://amzn.to/3I6SMmO
Angle grinder:
https://amzn.to/3tOPYWp
Flapdisc
https://amzn.to/3t3OYib
Paint stripper:
https://amzn.to/3MSKN0u
Ammonia hydroxide 25%
Check your local paint shop
Cleaning thinner/degreaser:
https://www.nonpaints.com/en/euro-cry...
Scotch sponge
https://amzn.to/3pX5ePW
Primers:
https://www.nonpaints.com/en/spraymax...
https://www.nonpaints.com/en/spraymax...



Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:12 Choose your substrate
0:42 Strip the old paint
4:14 surface preparation
5:07 Aluminium preparation
6:04 final prep befor primer
6:25 Primer
7:52 How to do it in practice



Stock footage:
https://unsplash.com/

Sound effects:
https://www.zapsplat.com/

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