A few coats of tung oil, some wax.... There's something (unexpected, to my eye..) really cool and beautiful about the raw steel look. I've seen raw steel frames that have been media blasted, and there's something kind of cool about those, but they surface is so uniform it's a little boring. The mottled-ness and surface stains (and scars) and variations is appealing. My plan was that I would just keep the bike raw for this season and then have it painted, but now I'm kind of wishing I'd maybe lined the lugs in gold before oiling and said that was that. There's a kind of 'elegant rat-rod' vibe to it. Well, I can always do that down the line..... or go back to the original plan of paint. Basement light doesn't really capture the quality of the raw frame, but it's rain, rain, and rain for the next bunch of days..... I was thinking I'd go for a full Campy build, especially since I scored a nice Rally RD, but I know the Cyclone mechs with Retrofrictions will perform better (and be lighter!), so there it is.