After a few years of abuse, damp coastal mornings my RCP Roadeo started to show some signs of rust at the lug edges. The downfall of most coatings is surface prep. The beauty of the RCP is the Raw, but that is also the weak link. If you sandblast, it will be a different look, but probably hold up much better than RCP. Note at this point you have little choice other than to blast. The next step in protection would be to pony up the $$$ for liquid clear over the clear powder. You get a thinner high gloss topcoat, that will seal the micro cracks in the powder. Note this, liquid clear, also works over colored powders. I have heard reports that the liquid clear has hleped in some instances of rust bleed through on powder-coated bikes that see harsh duty.
When Waterford had to rework a fork dropout I mangled, the clear PC came back a mess of shatters and flaking. I am not sure if it was the heat or cold setting the alignment. Recently, last year or so, I have seen bikes on the web by Toyo, Tange and Ben's Cycle (Waterford) offered in clear. I am curios to learn about how they are doing it. Particularly since these are contractors that reputedly resisted Riv doing this, Riv backs off of the subject, and now it is "Cool" so said contractors are selling clear coated bikes through other channels? Rob (thinking too much about paint) - Oceanaircycles.com Ventura, Ca On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:54:02 PM UTC-7, kps wrote: > > I have a 2010 Rivendell Roadeo in RCP, and i've had no rust issues....love > it. also have a 1983 Serotta Nova Series that came to me with original > candy blue paint and TONS of rust. i had it stripped and powder coated > clear (gloss). absolutely love it. it was sandblasted after being > stripped of the candy blue, so it has an even overall "color"; similar, in > fact, to my RAL 6022 powder coated Sycip. I say go for it! -kps > > > On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:41:57 PM UTC-5, Bruce Baker wrote: >> >> Has anyone taken their Sam Hillborne, stripped it and gone with a clear >> powder coat?? Would there be any downside to this?? >> I really like the looks of the protovelos I've seen and think it would be >> interesting have a Sam like that. Any thoughts or comments?? >> Bruce >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/h4Q7jjbyFzEJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
