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Old 01-19-15 | 11:14 PM
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Bikes: 72 Cilo Pacer, 72 Gitane GT, 72 Peugeot PX10, 73 Speedwell Ti,l, 75 Peugeot PR-10L, 80 Colnago Super, 81 Zinn, 85 ALAN Cross, 85 De Rosa Pro, 86 Look 753, 86 Look KG86, 89 Parkpre Team, 90 Parkpre Team MTB, 90 Merlin

The hoods were in bad shape. Very dried out, so I figured I didn't have much to lose. I started by removing/cleaning the white hoods. Then I sprayed several light layers of Plasti Dip onto the hoods. But I was still getting little holes in the top of the plastic dip due to the uneven surface of the dried out hoods. I then went over the Plastic Dip with some fast drying silicone caulking, which I may have brushed on with a nylon brush if I recall correctly. So far so good, and, with the new coating on the hoods, they actually clean up really easily with Simple Green.

Yes, it's got a heavy coat of wax. There are a lot of areas where the paint has almost entirely faded away. The bike spent far too many years outside, against a wall, unused.
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