Big Bada-Boom paintworks

Frame painting services for old and new bicycle frames.

Custom Bicycle Frame Painting & Respray Services in Scotland and Across the UK.

Big Bada-Boom specialises in custom paint for bicycle frames and professional respray services for both new and well-ridden bikes. Every finish is applied by hand, designed in collaboration with you, and built to last. Whether you’re in Scotland or across the UK, we can transform your bike frame into the ride of your dreams.

Custom Frame Painting and Respraying

From subtle finishes to bold, head-turning designs, our bike frame painting services are tailored to your ideas. We use high-quality wet coat systems for a durable, factory-level finish that elevates your frame — whether aluminium, carbon, or steel.

Main services include:

  • Custom paint design for your personal or commercial bike project 

  • Respray/paint of new or unpainted bike frames (custom builds / imports)

  • Refurbishment and respray of frames in need of a refresh or repair 

  • Colour matched components and other parts.

  • Portfolio

    Examples of recent and past work, including carbon frames, steel frames and components.

    Paint Gallery

  • Price Guide

    Prices vary on what’s required with different options shown on the price guide.

    Price Guide

  • Colours

    Standard colours are shown in the colour chart with additional colours mixed as required.

    Colour Charts

Background and experience

Based in Scotland near Edinburgh, Big Bada-Boom is an independent paint shop managed and operated by Russell Stout with years of experience in wet coat paint application for production and custom frames, delivering a professional finish that matches the quality of high-end factory bikes.

Professional paint designs are produced in collaboration with the customer to create a design that complements the type of frame, components, and finishing kit, ensuring your bike stands out at the local café stop or blends seamlessly into the landscape on the trails, wherever you are in the UK.

From a full bicycle frame respray to a unique custom paint bicycle frame project, every job is approached with the same dedication, detail and lasting quality.

Bring your ideas to life

If you’re looking for a cheap and cheerful refresh of a much-loved two-wheeled workhorse, another paint shop might be a better fit. However, if you have something special in mind get in touch to discuss your requirements and bring your ideas to life. From respray bike frames to full custom paint jobs for bikes, you’ll find an outline of the process and a price guide below.

Many customers from central Scotland typically drop off and collect, but for riders in the rest of the UK, Parcelforce offer a good 48hr delivery service from around £15 (for a frame sized box up to 5kg) and collection can also be organised.

FRAMES & COMPONENTS

  • • Carbon

    • Steel

    • Aluminium

    • Titanium

    • Stainless steel

    • MTB full suspension (aluminium and carbon).

  • • Carbon forks

    • Bars and stems

    • Carbon wheels

    • Aluminium mudguards

PAINTING PROCESS

  • • Chemical strip and degrease

    • Media blast to bare metal

    • Acid etch and primer coats

    • Basecoat colour and graphics

    • Clearcoat (2 layers)

    • Denib, polish and wax

    • Clean threads and facings

    • Framesaver coating inside frame.

  • • Flatten original paint with wet and dry

    • Fix of chips or damage to gelcoat

    • Primer coat

    • Basecoat and graphics

    • Clearcoat (2 layers)

    • Denib, polish and wax

    • Clean threads and facings.

Supply of frame

Frames should be supplied clean and free of grease/oil with bottom bracket and headset removed. However, both can be removed and refitted for a small cost if required. This ensures every bicycle frame respray or bike frame painting service begins with a properly prepared surface, giving your finished frame the durability and quality it deserves.

For any hidden damage revealed during prep (cracks/excessive corrosion, threaded mounts etc) you will be notified and provided with a recommended course-of-action. For damage that stops any further progress (e.g. repair not viable), your deposit will be retained to cover costs incurred up to the point of discovery.

Colours & design

Standard colours are shown in the colour chart with additional colours mixed as required. The paint process is based on an automotive paint system so most automotive colours can be reproduced based on make and model as reference.

For design inspiration, checkout the Pinterest custom paint board here. to see past custom paint bicycle frame projects and bike frame resprays — each finish designed to suit the rider and the ride.

Price guide

Prices vary on what’s required with different options shown on the price guide. Whether it’s a simple bicycle frame respray or a complex custom project, costs are clearly outlined so you know what to expect.

Based in Scotland and serving riders across the UK, we keep pricing transparent and fair, reflecting the time, detail and quality put into every finish.

Contact

For custom paint or frames, get in touch to discuss you requirments. We welcome enquiries for both custom paint jobs for bikes and professional bicycle frame resprays. Whether you’re nearby in Scotland or sending a frame from elsewhere in the UK, we’ll guide you through the process and help bring your ideas to life.

Get a Paint Quote and bring your frame to life.