Hi Velosophy. Well as you know life gets in the way of living. Work is demanding and energy has been in short supply! LOL.

I have given it a great deal of thought in how to restore. Full repaint and re-chrome or oily rag wipe-over? I am going for a mix of the two. I intend to take the rust away from the frame and clear coat what is left whilst polishing what should be polished and chroming what should be chrome. So in effect make everything except the frame look as good as it can. The frame has been the difficult decision.

I have been experimenting with rust removal mixtures. Evaporust is good but so expensive to do a frame. Sulfamic acid (which I tried earlier) is very good but I wanted something a bit gentler. I have found the best to be a mixture from Beyond Ballistics. Link below. Really, try it.

Title: The ultimate HOMEMADE Rust Remover (Better than EvapoRust)
The weather is against me now and the bike is stripped down waiting for its bath which can wait until the beginning of the new year when it warms up a bit. To be honest I have been distracted with gathering the parts for two Raleigh Clubmans and some Sturmey-Archer hub rebuilds.

I will document each stage but realistically it will take momentum early next year.