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 Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:02 pm |
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| kc0yef |
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I just got the paint stripped off it was originally Blue then white then green
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:16 am |
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| scozim |
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| So what color are you going back with |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:19 pm |
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| kc0yef |
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| I am hoping to do the blue jewel tone if I can find the paint |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:03 am |
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| scozim |
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| I had a frame I was contemplating painting a few years back and really like the metallic blue. I had a body shop with some leftover metallic blue from a Subaru WRX they repaired that would have looked nice. Lighter shades of blue can be had with the colors from Ford and GM trucks in the early to mid-90's. That's assuming you have a shop paint it. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:16 am |
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| Frenchbuilt |
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| whats interesting is the brazing everywhere even in areas where it looks like it just dripped about like on the bottom bracket. |
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Brazing | | | | | |
| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:18 am |
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| ftwelder |
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| Frenchbuilt wrote: |
| whats interesting is the brazing everywhere even in areas where it looks like it just dripped about like on the bottom bracket. |
I think I would secretly take it to a frame builder for a little clean-up since the paint is already off. Someone could move some bronze around, wick a little of the excess away and give it a good grit-blast. Having gaps under the lug points is a bummer though I didn't see any of that.
You don't want to file or sand it off yourself. Those are some really pretty photographs BTW.
I had to fill a dime sized hole in the top of the lug on this 1900 Nashua. It was packed with coal slag and painted over at the factory.
http://flic.kr/p/bySnWs |
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one whole Gitane tandem and a "just found" TDF. oh, so sweet. |
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