J
Hi All,
My 80's Benotto track bike frame arrived in Santa's sleigh. It had
lived a life in a basement for many years with the frame wrapped in
electrical tape (80's theft deterrent) so it has very nice paint, but
unfortunelty a fair amount of flaking paint and surfce rust around the
BB. I am sort of restoring this bike (as opposed to just bodging it
together) so I'd like to repaint the whole thing rather than just do
some local touch-up.
So what is the preferred method for preparing a brazed steel frame for
repainting? I have a buddy who owns a car painting place who will paint
it for me, so the painting itself isn't a problem, just the prep which
I have to do. I'd like it down to bare metal so details like the text
on the Campagnolo dropouts, etc shows, instead of just painting on top
of the old paint. Are chemical strippers to be avoided? What should I
do?
Thanks!
Joseph
My 80's Benotto track bike frame arrived in Santa's sleigh. It had
lived a life in a basement for many years with the frame wrapped in
electrical tape (80's theft deterrent) so it has very nice paint, but
unfortunelty a fair amount of flaking paint and surfce rust around the
BB. I am sort of restoring this bike (as opposed to just bodging it
together) so I'd like to repaint the whole thing rather than just do
some local touch-up.
So what is the preferred method for preparing a brazed steel frame for
repainting? I have a buddy who owns a car painting place who will paint
it for me, so the painting itself isn't a problem, just the prep which
I have to do. I'd like it down to bare metal so details like the text
on the Campagnolo dropouts, etc shows, instead of just painting on top
of the old paint. Are chemical strippers to be avoided? What should I
do?
Thanks!
Joseph