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Location: finland,baltimore
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Bikes: hans lutz, , puch mistral ultima,2x Austro Daimler Smoked chrome Ultima,Austro Daimler Mixte,Austro Daimler 531 mixte, flying arrow,F Moser,
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if you go very carefully with a very thin coat of paint stripper you should get the blue off and not the paint under it.do not leave it but watch it and wipe it off when the blue starts to react.
I have found that original paint is very hard and stubborn, odds are the top coat will fall off very easily.
try in a place where there wont be decals first- then when you can contro it go to the downtube and decal areas.
about the 531, on the forks it will be stamped in the tubes very near the top, the seat tube will be 1/3 of the way up marking the reynolds tayper, the steering tube is as mentioned.
Last edited by puchfinnland; 05-01-12 at 06:05 AM.