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Old 02-03-21, 08:28 AM
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Bianchi with paint is my vote.

On coatings, powder allows for 'invisible cancer' situations, at least paint bubbles to let you know there's a problem underneath. Paint is thinner and just looks more natural at the lugs, whereas powder requires a certain skill and experience.

Bianchi because it's not original anyway, it's begging to be Celeste, it's the best bang-for-buck of the lot, and it's pretty banged up. That Serotta is one of a kind, and the damage I see - deep chips - can actually be corrected with a skilled hand, I just had to do it on my 4-wheel contraption and it turned out great. The Raleigh, chroming is expensive and chrome these days just isn't as resilient. Removing the old flaking chrome is extremely expensive and ... why is the chrome flaking?

However, if I had a #2 option and money was limitless, I'd tell you just to go full-chrome on the Raleigh, or go full chrome and give it a chromovelato smoke finish for retro-modern appeal.
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