I ordered a standard torker lx seat and cranks on amazon but for the pedals i had something a little more creative in mind. i found these awesome transparent pink pedals on the internet that i knew were the perfect match for this project from the moment i saw them. i wanted to get a pink tire but it was out of my price range and i was already splurging on the pedals so i settled for an equally cool bright orange tire.

while i was waiting for the new parts to come i sandblasted the old frame to get all the old grime, paint and rust off. using the sandblaster was really fun and easy and i was really happy with how well the pieces came out. after i got all the paint off i went to the sherman williams auto paint store to figure out the best way to paint it and they said that auto paint would be too expensive so they recommended i use their self-etching primer and get enamel spray paints from a hardware store. i hung the frame up in the school’s paint booth and sprayed a coat of primer and followed by a few coats of light pink. then i did some math to figure out the size to needed to cut the diamonds so they would wrap around without over lapping. i cut the diamonds out of blue masking tape and stuck them on the frame while being carful not to touch the paint with my bare hands so the oils from my skin wouldn’t mess up the next coat. after the tape was just how i wanted, i did another coat of light pink so if any paint leaked under the edges of the tape it wouldn’t show. then i sprayed a couple coats of the dark pink and pulled off the tape. there was one spot where the tape pulled up the paint and i had to re-mask it and touch it up. after the paint peel was fixed i sprayed three light coats of clear to give it some gloss and put all the parts together. i wrapped the finished unicycle in a big box and gave it to jenny for christmas and she loved.