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paredown
08-23-2016, 07:53 AM
Pretty sure I saw it on Paceline--searched, but did not turn it up... (Too many threads with red bikes, & not in the recent 'Favorite Paint' thread.)

It was a thinning red fade going to clear from head tube to rear. You could see the carbon weave through the red, but I think it started from a solid finish at the headtube.

(also interested if the pros think this would be doable as a repaint, or would it require a bare frame that had not been clear coated to get a good job)

TIA, Dean
staggerwing
08-23-2016, 08:37 AM
Calfee has done some transparent finish work. Didn't see a fade, but here is a clear red.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bvTi-3ZT9zXdKzqsdRbjFj0UR8w8WDY-2nCWVPXZPKiV-CUgGWB2yA11KtSAX4POh6unHbQ59CJPZw=w5718-h3218-rw-no
cadence90
08-23-2016, 08:57 AM
Pretty sure I saw it on Paceline--searched, but did not turn it up... (Too many threads with red bikes, & not in the recent 'Favorite Paint' thread.)

It was a thinning red fade going to clear from head tube to rear. You could see the carbon weave through the red.

(also interested if the pros think this would be doable as a repaint, or would it require a bare frame that had not been clear coated to get a good job)

TIA, Dean

That Calfee pic is so huge that I only see the dropouts.
They will certainly do a fade as you describe, but do you recall perhaps the brand/model of the specific frame you saw here?
Tickdoc
08-23-2016, 09:05 AM
mcalren p1:

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/wjb3dgipqlvusatdq5eo.jpg
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/sdo4k3q84npknhbqffhe.jpg

oh, did you mean bicycles?:p
paredown
08-23-2016, 09:08 AM
Calfee has done some transparent finish work. Didn't see a fade, but here is a clear red.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bvTi-3ZT9zXdKzqsdRbjFj0UR8w8WDY-2nCWVPXZPKiV-CUgGWB2yA11KtSAX4POh6unHbQ59CJPZw=w5718-h3218-rw-no

Not seeing the picture--but I looked on the Calfee site, and if I found the same bike--that is nice but not quite what I remember.
That Calfee pic is so huge that I only see the dropouts.
They will certainly do a fade as you describe, but do you recall perhaps the brand/model of the specific frame you saw here?
The trouble with old age... don't remember the brand, although it looked like a 12k weave pattern--Tickdoc's picture of the McLaren is more like the carbon pattern I remember, but it was a brighter red...

Maybe it was a manufacturer's website for a boutique brand?

Just dumped my browser cache too, because of a malware threat, so can't look there. Hmm...
Thanks for the help, guys.
CampyorBust
08-23-2016, 09:11 AM
Give me a picture of the frame you want to see this effect on, I'll whip something together for you if you want. Just please none of this 20,000 edits malarkey, you get one image thats it!:)
cadence90
08-23-2016, 09:25 AM
Not seeing the picture--but I looked on the Calfee site, and if I found the same bike--that is nice but not quite what I remember.

The trouble with old age... don't remember the brand, although it looked like a 12k weave pattern--Tickdoc's picture of the McLaren is more like the carbon pattern I remember, but it was a brighter red...

Maybe it was a manufacturer's website for a boutique brand?

Just dumped my browser cache too, because of a malware threat, so can't look there. Hmm...
Thanks for the help, guys.
Gawd, these huge Calfee images are insane!

If not here, then where?
Velocipede Salon?
Hors Categorie?
WW? (Doubt it, not their real concern.)
Can you narrow down the suspects in any way?
cadence90
08-23-2016, 09:30 AM
@ mods: can you possibly please resize the images above?
It is really difficult to help the OP with those gargantuan images.
Thanks much.
paredown
08-23-2016, 09:37 AM
Give me a picture of the frame you want to see this effect on, I'll whip something together for you if you want. Just please none of this 20,000 edits malarkey, you get one image thats it!:)

Thanks for the kind offer! Here's a headtube shot where you can see the weave.

The red (although the carbon gave it that slight gray cast) was a bright red--Ferrari red?
CampyorBust
08-23-2016, 09:48 AM
Like this?

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/PedalPusher33/headtube_zpsfolskoow.jpg
paredown
08-23-2016, 10:24 AM
Like this?

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/PedalPusher33/headtube_zpsfolskoow.jpg
That looks great!

I'm thinking you must be a pro! I get near Photoshop and I can't do anything...
CampyorBust
08-23-2016, 10:55 AM
That looks great!

I'm thinking you must be a pro! I get near Photoshop and I can't do anything...

Nice! Yeah not pro enough. Photoshop is good fun, its like being drunk with power, you can do anything, and sometimes the results are a bit too silly. :D