Originally Posted by
mountaindave
Holy smokes!! How bad was the rust? The checkers are a nice accent. Powder or paint?
The rust was mostly surface rust on the prior paint job (that was not original either) - I wire brushed and sanded best I could - none of the rust (as bad as it looked) was down to the steel. I painted it rattle can believe it or not. 1 coat primer, 2 color and 3 clear...
Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
Looks like a test crash bike now!! LOL
I had that checker flag contact paper and I knew since I was going to be 'flipping' this bike (it is way too big for me) - I did not want to spend the $40 on the repro decals off eBay... next owner can do that if they want. But - I needed something there was so much real estate since the frame is large!
Originally Posted by
ButchA
Wow... That is amazing!
A pile of parts and pieces and slowly but surely, a beautiful bicycle is the end result! Well done!
Thank you!
Originally Posted by
J.Oxley
That, dear sir, is effing
amazing.
...and I'm a big fan of those checkered stripes.
I debated on the checkered contact paper but at the end went for it - glad it is well liked!