Spray Painting a Bike - Trek Marlin 5 Custom Restoration

[@DanielCooper1]

These are the videos I miss. I love your custom paint jobs. They're amazing.

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@christardiff1714]

These are my favorite Old Shovel videos. New paint, new parts; creating a whole new bike!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@elias2338]

Oh my lord this paintjob looks SOOO GOOD!!!🤌🏻

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@michaeldiamod6173]

Give me bike pls 🙏😂 I'm form Philippines

[@tribestribes2555]

Lovely video. No music only the sound of tools and spare of talk. This is true art as it,s best.

[@vitorcosta8765]

You are an artist when giving an old bike a new life 😊 One thing that took me back was those amazing XT hubs, quite a status back a few years! 👌

[@oldshovel]

Thanks. They made for a clean build.

[@adamtieri143]

That bike turned out beautiful! Great choice going for the plus build too!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@birachdamir5149]

Extremely educational and interesting video. I have been following your work for a long time, as well as the other explanations you provide. What I hate the most in my country is that bicycles are not made in the best possible way, so most people are forced to buy or assemble a bicycle for themselves at their own discretion. I really enjoy your presentation. Many greetings from Serbia (ex Yugoslavia), Balkans - Europe. B.Damir

[@cancionesconimaginacioncon3301]

Thanks you for gif MTB to Venezuela's people in your town. Remember this? God Bless to you.

[@donaldfranklinjr7087]

Awesome build old shovel your wife will be a static that boy turned out great keep ringing the videos of you restoring bikes repainting them and putting new parts 🤘

[@WorldwideDarts]

Wow! What an amazing makeover! Truly blown away by how nice this bike turned out. Great job!

[@oldshovel]

Tha ks

[@marie7826]

Holy crap! This looked AMAZING! You breath a new life onto this bike!

[@ondrejmanych5688]

It looks like a paintjob that Trek themselves would use in their mass production, very well done, as always.

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@aking2974]

Love the paint on this one

[@nascarisawesome5018]

That's a beautiful job well done. I sell Marlins everyday and always wonder what they would look like with custom paintjobs. Thank you for showing us!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@hennings8078]

Classic Oldshovel video!! Missed for long time. The bike turned out great - awesome awesomeness 👍🏽

[@kiltymacbagpipe]

Best paint job yet. It’s stunning.

[@oldshovel]

Awesome thanks

[@belgianguitarist7503]

As a pro bike mechanic, this makes me so happy 👌😍

[@prestonnorman8968]

One of the best builds yet. Thing looks great man.

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@91rattoyota]

I really like your color combination that you used, good choice and great to see another bike reborn into awesomeness!!!!

[@johnnydoe66]

As amazing as this turned out, I can't imagine how it would have looked with the copper color. Nice build for your wife, I wish my wife liked to ride, but I am working on it.

[@oldshovel]

I was bummed on the copper

[@tedwingate]

That's a beautiful build. Those 2K spray cans are so handy.

[@oldshovel]

Totally

[@urbanrider429]

That looks fabulous,the black/ red really popped,Chris

[@oldshovel]

Thanks Chris

[@urbanrider429]

@@oldshovel you’ve inspired me to buy a few old bikes and fix them up

[@robalexander7348]

A very nice custom restoraion, you have done a excellent job, this TREK Marlin MTB looks fabulous done in those colours... I am a TREK 6000 MTB rider they are a very nice bike to ride 👍 Au

[@williamganshirt7312]

Nice job!! Beautiful paint and build

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@MW-ud8zp]

Cool to see a modern bike restoration!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@bebopman5]

The dope respray and rebuild. From the look of it at the beginning, I suspected it might be larger than a small 😅. But it all worked out at the end, and now you have a budget Roscoe (pre-2022 model).

[@oldshovel]

Lol thanks

[@interceptor7905]

Superb rebuild!Thank you!Greetings from Australia

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@mountainsnmoore256]

That ended up being a beautiful bike! Love the color combo! The school where it teach has the same colors…may have to swipe this idea for a commuter for me to ride to school everyday?? 🤔😂

[@DanielCooper1]

My high school was the same colors! Nice!

[@oldshovel]

Lol our school does too

[@gavinstubbings4271]

Awesome looking bike

[@michael61985]

Red and black goes good together

[@oldshovel]

Agreed. Thanks 🙏

[@montanaharkin]

Paint looks great. Solid build.

[@mountainsnmoore256]

Yes! Love to see these paint videos.

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@NonLegitNation2]

I have a Schwinn hybrid bike that has 28 inch rims. I plan to totally overhaul it and use all of my spare parts to make it my winter bike. I'm going to get rid of the 28 inch commuter/hybrid skinny rims and replace them with 27.5 rims. Initially I wasn't so sure about this but then just like you did I realized with the smaller rims I can add bigger tires which is a definite plus because I need the biggest tires I can fit on there for when I'm riding in snow. It's funny, all the spare parts I have are from my current bike after I upgraded to better components. After all the upgrades I have all the parts to be able to completely tear down the Schwinn to just it's frame and use all my spare parts to rebuild it up. Once it's built, it's not going to be the most attractive bike but I don't need it to be considering it's going to just get covered in slush, snow and salt in the winter.

[@reinholdachleitner2069]

Awesome work,especially the paint job.💯👌🏻

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@bikesandbeyond618]

Careful...TREK may come asking you to head up their custom paint division... So much better than their factory looks. Was really hoping to see some of that copper color in action. Great job!

[@oldshovel]

I was bummed about the copper. 😁🙌

[@KotakMeister]

Great paint job! I'd have gone for just a normal clearcoat as the the first layer and used the 2k after the wet sand but that's just because I'm cheap and impatient. Beautiful work 👍👍👍

[@C0L1SSH]

that is an absolutely beautiful bike. the paint job is amazing. great video as always

[@jamesklarevas5091]

Re: the copper paint, metallic spray paints are always way more prone to clogging up caps/nozzles. Usually fine just with a swap to a fresh cap, sometimes helps to use a "fatter" cap if you can find something compatible at your local hipster graffiti supplier.

[@oldshovel]

That was my first thought also so I swapped a clean cap but it appeared to be the aerosol was spent…

[@armandogomez1381]

As always, very inspirational 👏 🙌 🙏 and educational Video's, your DIY hands on approach is by far one of my favorites and has help me convert a few of my bikes! "Keep up the good work friend "

[@oldshovel]

Thanks my friend

[@armandocardenas6094]

A labor of love.

[@oldshovel]

❤️

[@sebdries]

Great Build and awesome choice of parts!

[@giovannirestrepo7385]

Beautiful finish it’s great work you did.

[@lubomirkopriva4886]

Beautiful paintjob! 👍

[@gabingo]

great build! great new life for that marlin. Amazing work you have done.

[@sethh3605]

Beautiful! Paint looks 👌.

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@nickmassey9104]

As usual you knocked it out of the park

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@entme8905]

Thank you! You are an artist!

[@oldshovel]

You’re kind. Thanks

[@abhimonnubiswas2334]

work is seriously beautiful

[@oldschooldude3500]

Awesome paint job 👍. I would of loved to see what you had planned for the copper. Maybe another day and project. I know some of the metallic and others similar paints have a shorter life on the shelf than standard paints.

[@JhtsSolja]

I appreciate videos like this ❤

[@zolandamase8234]

I love this video,so much lovely work and mastery

[@backyardr.c.channel4732]

Great Job! Paint job looks sic!

[@ivangeraldo542]

Excelente trabajo amigo...... Me gustan mucho tus videos...... Saludos desde México!!!

[@miguelnieves1356]

Man the whole project was awesome

[@kipcc3918]

I’m glad you changed your mind on the radial fronts caused that would’ve ripped that hub outta there in immense braking. 🤣 Radial on non disc side and 3 cross on brake side would’ve still kept a good look. More XC style wheel Hehehe.

[@oldshovel]

Yah I wasn’t sure how it would be

[@robertmcfadyen9156]

Consider the wheel wind up characteristics under heavy braking torque . We use 3x pattern for this scenario .

[@peterreilly1803]

Good video Rob , I like them , nice bikes ,

[@marcomcdowell8861]

Beautiful bike!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@bmxscape]

are u kidding me that looks sick

[@DJLauf]

Nice job dude that looks rad

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@felixjackson2670]

Beautiful build. Top rate components.

[@raamn4920]

Perfect restoration ❤

[@grandesmomentosenbicicleta]

Usted hace el mejor trabajo de restauración que haya visto 👍

[@pablohi8]

nice job, your videos make me happy 😄

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@RoyBramlowe]

its one of your very best the paint job is awesome

[@Plast_and_Cars]

Nice looking bike!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks 🙏

[@tikas408]

Oh man, this is what I want to do on my 95 rockhopper. Paint it up, update the wheels, convert to 1x, and give it a new alt handlebar. It's on my bucket list to complete this one day.

[@chrisabuedo9571]

Very satisfying 😁. Your really good at repainting 🔥🔥

[@deathlock0026]

Ohhh yeah, I was waiting for this 😈🤲🏻

[@oldshovel]

🙌

[@gaming_halityt4149]

I love the bike you done it nice!😊

[@reggieringgoldjr68]

That's a Sweet Restore/Build, 🤝🏾🇺🇸💪🏾👍🏾

[@daryllMiyagi]

Nice Work U basicaly made a new Bike ❤❤❤

[@oldshovel]

Thanks 🙏

[@phrixos2826]

Very Very pretty bike! Nice Restoration!

[@janeblogs324]

My Marlin 5 had a seized DS crank too. Trek and giant don't grease the square taper, its frustrating. If you can feel it's tight you can dump a full can of deodorant or co2 on the taper and freeze shrink it. Or when the tool is tight then smack the cranks or tool with a hammer to shock it off as you would car ball joints

[@oldshovel]

Interesting

[@simonecozzini3318]

Era proprio messa male, ma tu riesci sempre a trasformare un ferro vecchio in una stupenda e formidale mezzo a 2 ruote A vederla ti viene subito voglia di farci un giro. Troppo bravo 😎😎🤙🤙🤙🤙👋👋👋

[@kswsquared]

I remember buying a janky used bike once because it had good handlebars I could use on another one. Haha. Though I still ended up restoring that janky bike. All it needed was a good deep clean and a frame repaint :D

[@oldshovel]

Sometimes that’s all they need

[@wongalan4573]

It's really sick and amazing I really like it so much

[@Bikeops2021]

Nice work!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks my friend

[@GokkunGuru]

Very cool. Did the original crank self extractor threads strip out? Why did the new front wheel need to be removed and rebuilt? Edit: ah I see, radial lacing wasn’t strong enough. Went with 3 cross.

[@stephenlord599]

That wheel was so bugging me as well! Obviously I wasn’t paying attention either.

[@oldshovel]

The threads were mostly stripped before I startes

[@ptidom29fr]

Hello, I like your work! After my old GaryFisher, I built a "workcycle" with an old RCZ 26" with 29" wheel and gravel 28" tires, 38t-10speed 11-32t, and a chineese carbon fork =>11kg. Same of the MTB, I used old pieces and new. Next step: unbuild it and paint the frame. I need time...thanks you

[@oldshovel]

Sounds awesome

[@edgarkohlmaier3960]

Beautiful work. 👌

[@ALONSOSRC]

pretty clean 👍

[@oldshovel]

🙏 thanks

[@HUKIT.]

Your pain jobs always looks so good on KZbin. I’ve never rattle canned a bike so how do they look in person up close?

[@oldshovel]

This one ended up quite good

[@qwertyazerty2137]

Too bad the copper paint failed. I love this color and mixing it with red and black would definitely give a killer paintjob, but the good old red-black mix never fails and it's the fastest 👌 I was surprised you opted for the radial lacing in a mtb bike.

[@marknelson5736]

Gives me inspiration to upgrade my Trek Marlin 6. I would like to go to a one by drive train and add a new fork and wheels.

[@pedrocoimbras.castagna4997]

Thanks. Absolutely great video

[@CSIPSD]

Looks great!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@cedricclamaran]

That could be a factory paint job from Trek, it looks awesome.

[@oldshovel]

They should 🙌

[@martinwakawaka5265]

An awsome Shovel bike

[@bmxscape]

that looks awesome.. i have enough parts lying around for a nice 27.5 build i just need a frame that fits the tapered forks i have. where can i find a nice bare frame?

[@danmidkiff5416]

Too bad about the copper paint not working out. It really popped when you got some to come out. BUT, the final paint job was perfect!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@danielstormy3660]

Very nice bike, these 2,8 tyres looks massive on HT :-)

[@E.T_rode_bikes_As_well]

Amazing job!

[@MR-ys7tg]

This is ART❤

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@abdellahzaidi1257]

Un bon travail de précision. Merci pour la video 🌴🌴🌸🌸

[@brianemunroe]

The bike looks soo good! Quick question, if you don't mind: It looks you applied the first layer of CC, wet sanded with 1500, and then applied a final coat? My son and I are about to take on a very similar paint job project using the 2k CC and just I wanted to try to gather as much knowledge as possible. Thanks!

[@oldshovel]

Yes I sanded it to smooth the bums from the under layer after 2 coats and then did a light 3rd coat but I know its meant to continue to higher grits and then polish also. I didn’t polish. 😁

[@brianemunroe]

@@oldshovel Haha, it is certainly a learning process. I'll totally take some time to polish it at then end. Thanks again!

[@Nicoya]

The radial lacing on the front wheel seemed weird to me, I almost thought you might be building it up as a DJ with no front brakes or something, since I didn't see any rim brake track on the rims. I'm glad you switched it out for a normal cross lacing, it definitely would not have lasted as a radial.

[@oldshovel]

Yah I thought it may have been ok until I attached the disc and it was flexing the spokes with just the 6nm

[@ronniek.7331]

Love the paint job, looks amazing. I have a 2022 Trek Marlin 6 & would love to upgrade to a better fork & run tubeless. Could you list the fork & wheel set part numbers or maybe links to them? Thanks, keep up the great videos.

[@Emof18]

Great build video's.. What are you using to make the decals for painting.

[@StanicEnemy]

Such amazing work

[@mohannadgharaibe9888]

Amazing work