The Crimson Horror - Men's Beach Cruiser

The Crimson Horror

If you have a look at the Chameleon bike post, you will see that I started a second bike. A men's beach cruiser. I have decided to do a Candy Red Metal Flake.

I have aptly named this after the Doctor Who episode called "The Crimson Horror".

So I will skip the first few steps I would normally take with sand blasting, priming and base coat as they are already done.

Step 1. Mix the Candy Metal Flake with the Acrylic Clear coat for first coat of flake. I will post photos of the flake as it goes on.

Step 2. Apply Clear Coat (with no flake) to build up the bike so I can get a smooth finish to cover up the lumps from the Metal Flake.

Flake is laid and clear coat is complete. Photos below of pre-sanding stage.

Step 3. Wet Sand all parts of the bike.

Step 4. Polish all parts of the bike.

Step 5. Assemble bike.

I will be posting a lot of photos in this post as I am really looking forward to the finish, the bag of flake I have looks really shiny and I like shiny things :-)

See you back here soon for more updates.

Step 6. Back to the drawing board on this one. Something happened with the clear coat and it went all milky. I will have to order some new flake and sand blast it back to bare metal again :-(

Step 7. I have applied a Candy Apple Red over the top and then I applied around 100grams more of the red flake. Now it looks Amazing!!!! Check out the video below. Wet sand and Buff to come shortly, I am so excited for the finished product on this one now!!! I think all flakes will now get a candy base of some sort!

Here is another video of post 1200 Grit wet sand and polish, you can really see the difference!!!

Last night, I assembled the majority of this bike. I have to make a custom mount for the front fender braces and bend the Sissy Bar at the bottom to fit over the axle (Shorter axle than my usually 144 Spoke Wheels). I have ordered a new crack and chain disc too, this one is just way too small...

Anyway, pictures:

    

As soon as it is finished I will take some pictures in the sun so you can see the flake shimmer like the video just above.