Recommend a frame painter for my speedvagen
 

i did a dumb, and i left my speedvagen on the trainer during my #dadwatts phase -- there's a bit of surface rust and i'd like to take advantage of this to get it repainted.

Who are the go to painters now?

black magic and hot tubes are the two i know of off the top of my head.

Joe Bell is always another one highly recommended.
Located here in San Diego.

Does Speedvagen not repaint their own frames? The other people mentioned definitely do quality work but I'm curious, why not go back to the source.

Oliver Cleveland at Dark Matter Finishing is as good as you can get.

Does SV do their own paint in house?

Velocolour is another A+ option.

I’ve heard good things about Now You’re Finished

https://www.nyfpaint.com/

If it is minor frame corrosion in a few spots, velocolor can do touchups. They fixed a few on my SV and you can't even tell.

If you call Richard at SV and ask for touch up paint, it will beeven better as the matching will be pretty much dead on.

New shop here in my neck of the woods doing some cool stuff:

https://www.twcarbon.com/custom-bicycle-paint

Adam Blumenthal is also as good as you can get, too.

they do, but this is a 2015 frame that's been raced -- the cost to get the hollafade that i currently have has also gone up significantly. i'm inclined to just do something a bit different given the frame's age.

Where do you live? Shipping is expensive and a PITA.

Frame can also get damaged in shipping, ask me how I know.
Better to go local and drive it there if possible.

Pretty sure Oli is powercoat only. In case OP was looking for paint.

Ope, my b. Thought he was only doing powder.

Noah Rosen at VeloColour in Toronto. Velocolour.com
He and Suzanne are tops!

I should add the requisite, thread pointless without pics....

Great to know Velocolour can match and touch up.

Any issues with shipping frame across and back over Canadian and US border?

I can’t spend your money but I would send it back to SV. Were I to buy a used SV, I wouldn’t care if Vanilla repainted it, but if anyone else did, I would not want to spend as much. FWIW, I bought a used Vanilla and had them repaint it. Perfect job.

Another member of the Ollie Fan Club!

I reached out to Joe Bell but he wasn't able to take on the project. He recommended Toby Stanton of Hot Tubes. Reached out to Toby and he was a pleasure to deal with. Paid him my deposit. Then I had to back out of the project (unfortunately). Deposit was promptly refunded, no questions asked.

Toby was a real mensch and I will use him when I can commission the job again.

So, no experience with the actual work, but he has my vote all the same.

I actually asked SV, and they said they are booked solid, but they will maybe be able to open up in summer.

closed for paint? or closed for taking frame orders too

D&d
 

D&d ca

Jordan Low - used to paint for Hot Tubes, now off on his own with a paint shop in Lowell, MA. He did a ton of NAHBS bikes I think most of the Tomii frames.

https://i.imgur.com/olAkMc4l.jpg

yeah but i'm not selling this one -- it was a wedding gift from the wife :)

Todd Eroh is in NW Pennsylvania, he did an amazing job painting a sycip for me.

https://paintbytodd.com/

Likely just the cost of shipping back and forth. Our low $$ helps you folks a bit in terms of the work that they do though.

Closed for paint.

It's a tool not a jewel...
 

Seriously pretty bike based on the pic but you didn't show pics of areas affected with alleged surface rust. I think it's expensive to paint bikes professionally especially to replicate your bike's paint scheme and they are only original once. However with minor issues it's important to paint bikes when it comes to corrosion protection. That's why you need to get a nice color matching touch up paint and do it yourself. Have you considered this?...maybe feel around locally and see if there is a local auto body shop that can whip you up a batch of custom color matching paint? I dunno...it's your bike, your money and you do you booboo but all it is is a bike. I say that because I go thru this crap with all kinds of machines that I own and love and at the end of the day all though not perfect they are still mine and they look great and work great and are admired by many. only I know of their imperfections.

And another here!

Recommend a frame painter for Waterford in Chicago or WI
 

Hello, I am looking for a frame painter for my Waterford, preferably in Chicago or Wisconsin. Thanks in advance!

The name that comes to mind is Franklin Frames, but here's a thread about options in the midwest: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...e-painter.html

Another vote for tw. They did an amazing job on my Cryptic after I laid it down.

That being said, all of the aforementioned are great options.

I will say that the communication with tw and turnaround time was fantastic.

Yes, this is ABSOLUTELY who you want to use.

He painted the fork, seat topper, stem, and handlebars to match this frame that I bought at their warehouse sale.
From this:
https://i.imgur.com/ZhzrPb2.jpg
To this:
https://i.imgur.com/fc3t2Tz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Q9iziES.jpg

Toby did some frame work on an old steel bike of mine and repainted it as well. It turned out great, and he was a pleasure to deal with.

Thanks for all the great recommendations