[northwind]

Really? That'd be ideal, but (no offence) it's a pretty minority opinion. I know you can get as good results with spray cans if you put the work in- I've done it myself- but I'd generally heard it's far harder to get a decent finish. Certainly laquer from a can seems to orange-peel like a mofo whenever I've used it...

The other thing,wouldn't buying by the aerosol work out expensive for a whole bike? I just used most of a 500ml can to spray my mudguard- obviously you get a lot of wastage with smaller parts...

I had a couple of PMs on the subject so here's a wee bit of clarification- I'm not doing it myself to try and save money, Big Al made me a very good offer to do the bike a while back. I'm doing it because it's as much about doing it for me as it is having the job done. I'd sooner have a 9/10 spray job that I'd done myself than a 10/10 job I'd paid for...