Pink? Purple? Sparkles? Oh My!!!

So I went through a change of decisions recently and opted to do something a little out of the ordinary for my own bike build. It's been pushed to the backburner for some time now, with all the other customer jobs, Kevin's bike build, and other miscellaneous happenings around the shop. Originally I was gonna shoot the bike in Gloss Black for a traditional bike, but I decided to go outside the box and do something different with it. The result of me using the ol' noggin and thinking, plus many hours of no sleep, alone at the shop working, came up with the decision to do one of the brightest, shiniest, most metallic colors we have. I mean why not right?

It's a two tone job. After stripping, blasting, and prep, the frame was shot in Columbia Chrome, which on its own is an awesome color. Unfortunately, it must be cleared over, and clear powder does dull down the chrome effect a little bit, but in this case, the topcoat serves as the clear. Here's a few shots of the chrome after the cure cycle:

Once the Columbia Chrome has completely cured, the frame was ready for the second coat. Here's a few shots of the powder booth, and the second coat getting applied, as well as some of the coated parts before curing.

Once the second coat has been applied and inspected, it's ready to go back into the oven to cure the second coat. And here's the final result.