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Spray Bike  is a collaboration between three different companies: Brick Lane Bikes – a major international manufacturer, retailer and wholesaler in the bike industry, based in London Vicious Cycles Athens – an urban bike workshop in the centre of Athens, Greece Cosmos Lac – a high-tech paint manufacturer based in Greece Spray Bike was created out of frustration with existing products. If you’re not an experienced pro, it’s so difficult to use metal or car spray paint on bikes. It drips and dribbles and is extremely hard to control. And professional electrostatic or powder coating can get super expensive. At VCA, while trying to repair a damaged frame using a standard RAL spray, they were so disappointed with the results that they phoned up the manufacturer, which happened to be Cosmos Lac. “Well what do you want the paint to do?” was the reply. After 2 years of development, Spray Bike was the answer. VCA and Cosmos Lac sent samples over to Brick Lane Bi...

Thanks to popular demand from customers we now stock Fleur Chalky look paint! In today's blog post we will be looking at the brand in more detail.  THE FAMILY In 1946 Luigi and Adele Dallamano founded the company Colorificio Centrale S.p.a. in Brescia dedicated to the production and sale of painting for decoration and restoration. From the beginning, the company has been characterised by the value attributed to research, innovation and dedication to the development of high quality products. To date, the family business, run by the third generation, has established itself on the market also internationally, thanks to its particular sensitivity to changes and new trends in the world of colour and decoration. PRODUCTION Fleur Paint has its origins in the 70 years of experience gained by our company in the production of high quality colours for decoration and restoration, traditionally used for the recovery of historic artworks and buildings. The e...

Montana UV-EFFECT is a transparent effect paint that is only visible under direct UV light. Able to be sprayed on nearly any substrate, the colourless and semi-gloss paint is not visible in sunlight rather illuminates when exposed to UV light with a glowing, blue-purple colour. Ideal for indoor use, the luminous spray can be a great tool not just for making art or art happenings, but also in practical contexts such as Guerilla Marketing, night clubs, venue and property marking. The Montana UV effect Spray can be applied to numerous substrates such as coated and uncoated screens, masonry, wood, glass and more. The UV light effect becomes more prevalent, the more coats are applied particularly when applied with a stencil. Visibility: Due to the UV EFFECT’s semi-gloss finish, the UV EFFECT spray can be slightly visible if painted on a matt substrate. The application of the Montana GLOSS Varnish can be used to create an all over gloss finish which discretely hides the UV ...

The Montana Metallic Effect Spray Paint range will bring state of the art paint technology to traditional metallic effect colours. The paint cans come with a Montana Standard paint cap, these cans provide excellent delivery and reliability under medium pressure output. Not only are the Montana Metallic Effect colours ideal for application on functional objects such as bikes and furniture, they can also add a metallic flare to any creative or artistic project on paper, cardboard, primed canvas, wood, glass, metal, ceramics, porcelain, stone, acrylic and other paintable materials. Made from an Acrylic-Nitro Combination base, the paint surface dries to a durable semi-gloss finish which is both hard wearing when cured (24+ hours) as well as flexible. Offering great lightfastness, the Montana Metallic Effect line can also be combined with the Montana GOLD, Montana BLACK and Montana ACRYLIC marker lines. The Metallic paint range comes in 9 exciting colours. Some tips to achieve the bes...

One of our favourite brands here at Fat Buddha Store and one of the most iconic brands of the 20th century, till present day has to be Converse . The good folks at the brand commissioned renowned Glasgow based Graffiti artist Smug to paint an ad for the brand, using the Converse Jack Purcell slogan "Shoes are boring, wear sneakers".  Smug is known for specialising in characters and photo-realistic graffiti, and around Glasgow you see lots of his work scattered around the city.  Since discovering graffiti 15 years ago Smug's work quickly grew into a perfectionist's obsession with heavy line work, letters and characters which has developed into a more photo-realistic style that has been exhibited widely.  Smug's paintings are meticulously rendered works which draw upon an eclectic range of influences, often making uncomfortable subjects into stunning pieces on canvas and in industrial and abandoned settings. You can check out some pics of the piece b...

Available online by the end of the week we have the latest drop from OBEY, including some of the collab pieces with the Keith Haring foundation. Keith Haring, who was a massive influence on OBEY founder Shepard Fairey, was a contemporary artist based in New York in the 70's and 80's. In the 80's his art took him to a level of international fame and he was then also was known as an activist and public figure. His work was a strong example of early downtown New York graffiti subculture and devoted much of his time to public works. In 1988 he was diagnosed with the HIV virus and established the Keith Haring foundation in 1989 to provide funding and imagery to AIDS organisations and childrens programmes. In 1990 he sadly passed away but his legacy lives on in his art and his foundation. The Keith Haring Eyes sweat and tee from OBEY are a collaboration with the foundation using one of Haring's most popular images.

Brooklyn was a great place to be last weekend, it witnessed a rooftop piece getting done by Lamour Supreme, Twerps (Greg Mishka ) and Debs. The end result is quite fine and good to see Montana Gold & Montana Black being the paint of choice, as most writers will testify, the new Black range is pretty much the best line out there, especially for coverage and consistency. If you want to catch up with some of these guys other works, then follow the links below. Deb , Greg Mishka , Lamour Supreme -

Since we moved to the new shop on 73 St Vincent Street we have carried the full Montana Gold range, and now we have added it to our online store too. The paint comes in 204 colours and is the best paint that we stock - the true artists choice. All our paint is shipped by next day courier, no matter how many cans you order, so bulk orders are encouraged! Fraser

We just took delivery of level 1-6 of the all new green Montana caps. From the finest Skinny yet to the Widest Fat Cap - we got you covered! The following caps are recommended in combination with the new Montana GOLD Heres a break down of what we are dealing with: Level 1 - Ultra Skinny (0.4cm-1.5cm) Level 2 - Fine Skinny (0.6cm-2.5cm) Level 3 - Skinny (1cm-4cm) Level 4 - Soft Fat (3cm-10cm) Level 5 - Fat (4cm-15cm) Level 6 - Ultra Fat (5cm-25cm) Fraser

DEAL ALERT! Monatana Basic is now 6 cans for £20 - whilst stocks last. This deal is unfortunately INSTORE ONLY and we only have certain colours instock! Montana Basic is Gloss Paint as comes in the colours below. GO NUTS! Fraser

Have you checked out the newest editions to the Montana clan, the 'White' range? Made up of 40 new opaque colours this new collection provides a great quality GLOSS paint for the same, affordable price as our old friend, Montana 'Black'. This great collection is now available in its entirety exclusivly at our webstore ! And once we move next month you'll be able to buy it in store too! Remember, if you're a local character there is the option of buying online and picking up in store to save you those pesky postage fee's! Katie

Brand new to the shop is this fantastic Molotow Streetwise Spray Glue . The Perfect Street Art Tool! Molotow Spray Glue has a three-way adjustable valve, for variable working. The product is made of high-tech fiber adhesives for permanent and temporary gluing. It is perfectly suitable for all interior and outside applications. It sticks fast and reliable on: foam material, plastic, rubber, textiles, metal, glass, leather, wood, carpet, expanded polystyrene and soft foam. This bad-boy is a whopping 600ml can and comes with Flowmaster Valve. Fraser.

We alway get asked where you can buy street art style stencils, well we just got a book in store that has them already made for you, so no sore fingers from hours of cutting! For those who think that's cheating, I found a good tutorial to create your own... Stencil Graffiti Stormtrooper Photoshop Tutorial Even if you don't have photoshop, most of the steps can be recreated in free programs like Gimp or Aviary . Here at Fat Buddha we have all you need to create amazing stencils, with nearly 200 different colours of spray paint and sketch books to work out your ideas. If you pop into the shop, we even have spray adhesive for holding down your stencils to avoid underspray. ©

We keep going on about how many different colours of spray paint we have in the shop, about 200 or so if you were wondering, so here's some colour charts to help you make a decision on what colours you would like..... Montana Basic (400ml Gloss Finish) Montana Black (400ml)  Montana Pocket Size (online soon) We also stock approximately 30 different colours of Montana Gold, and between 10 and 15 different colours of Belton, MTN Mega, Nitro 2G as well as 750ml Molotow burners in black, chrome, copper and gold. ©

When I started working in Fat Buddha Store a few years ago now I knew nothing about spray paints or painting. Now, while I still don't paint myself, I do notice it a lot more and find myself fascinated by it. Glasgow is smothered in great (and some not so great) pieces. As some of you know, when I am not working in Fat Buddha I am out taking photos. Last week one of my photo shoots happened to be in Graffiti hot spot, St Peter's Seminary. So I took the time out while the models where getting make up done to photograph a few of my favourite pieces. I am pretty sure most of the painters get their paint from us too but shhh... This one is by far my favourite...  If you are interested in St Peter's please check out the Hidden Scotland page here and also here is a wee creepy video. It looks a little different now because some more of it has collapsed but you will get the gist. PS... This place is very freaky at night. Check out my website if you are old eno...