Joined: Mar 2012
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From: finland,baltimore
Bikes: hans lutz, , puch mistral ultima,2x Austro Daimler Smoked chrome Ultima,Austro Daimler Mixte,Austro Daimler 531 mixte, flying arrow,F Moser,
I bought 2 sets of NOS reynolds 531 decals this year, one set is on the PUCH, the other is for the future.
decal tricks.
My Moser junior I noticed had the lower band decal exactly where the campagnolo deraileur will go,
(I am replacing the crankset from ofmega 36t to campy 48)
as the frame was bare, I mounted the bike in the vise, put the electric heatgun down the seat tube-and vented out the BB
I waited untill the tube was nice and toasty, then I could just start to losen the lower decal, I got a razor blade under the edge, and slowly working with temp and patience removed the band, it is in perfect condition-
I will mount up the cranks and deraileur and then use adheasive to re-locate the decal slightly higher then where it was.
wow- this is a 33 year old frame and i could remove the original decal intact!