I really tried to convince myself that the Windsor wasn't worthy of my time. I chipped and scraped the loose paint and it just kept looking worse. The lugs looked terrible. I put some navel jelly on all the chrome bits and the rust spots and later washed it off. The Lugs now looked great. What rust there was wiped off and left very little pitting. I started to scrape the paint off the fork. It turns out the whole fork and crown are chrome. The upper painted part was a little rough but I had an idea and sanded it with 400 grit paper to get a brushed chrome look on the entire fork. Not perfect but passes the 3 ft. test. Then I said what the hell and took a palm sander with 120 grit to the whole frame. Tomorrow I will fire up the sand blaster and blast the bottom bracket and seat binder and blast the nooks and crannies. I am not sure what color I am going to paint it. It was white originally and I have some White Rustoleum spray paint but I think that is a blah color so I will probably do something different. Something classy. I just finished painting a SR Semi Pro frame Hammered copper and it is a fantastic color. Unfortunately I rushed the clear coat and the paint alligatored in spots so I have to redo at least part of it. There are a number of hammered colors so maybe I will do one of them.
One way or another, I am going to make this girl beautiful again.