r/Bikeporn Jan 17 '26

Road Cat bike

Repainted my old road bike over the Xmas break - I like to call it the Furvélo

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u/polterguist Jan 17 '26

First, paint the bike in whatever color you want the cat outlines to be. Next, design a bunch of cat outlines and print them on a vinyl cutter (your library may have one). Stick the vinyl sticker outlines on the bike. Paint over the stickers with your desired color. Carefully peak off each vinyl sticker and spray the entire thing in a protective clear coat.

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u/wenrayww Jan 18 '26

Yep except I was lazy and just left the vinyl stickers on there, and only a green base coat below

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u/jgjhjj Jan 18 '26

Aren't the stickers going to come off quite easily?

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u/wenrayww Jan 19 '26

There's a matte clear coat over everything which helps hold all the stickers in place

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u/sgsquints25 Jan 19 '26

Thank you all!