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Saoirse Malone

Saoirse restores old bicycles and the occasional small motorbike in a shed outside Cork. She writes the spray and restoration guides, from frame colours to rattle-can technique in a cold garage.

Spray and restoration

Luminous RAL colours and why screens cannot show them

The five luminous RAL Classic shades glow because their pigments turn invisible light into colour. Here is why no screen can show them and how to paint them.

Saoirse Malone, 23 September 2025

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Spray and restoration

Choosing a colour for a vintage bike frame restoration

Old bike frames wore their makers' own colours, not RAL. How to find the original shade, pick a RAL number a coater can use, and handle fluorescents and decals.

Saoirse Malone, 26 November 2024

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