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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
karmat
NICE looking UO-8 Kommisar. The paint looks practically new in that shot. Nicer than mine, anyway! I really love the look of classic cloth tape shellac'ed. You can use any color you like under it, though typically people use white or yellow. You buy the amber colored shellac, and a smaller paint brush and coat the whole thing. Once it dries, coat it one more time and it will get a shine to it. Whenever it starts to wear down, you just coat it again. Looks very cool, particularly with a nice leather saddle.
Here's a mixte I sold last year that had this treatment (on white tape):
It's amazing what the camera can do - the paint really does look great in that picture. Up close it's not nearly that nice but still not too bad. Eventually it might get a new paint job but that would be in the next restoration a few years down the road.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista