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Old 04-10-09 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by RFC
When I stripped my 1985 Team Fuji down to chrome, I noticed the same sort of rust spots in the same location. I suspect that it has something to do with the brazing process. What I did that worked pretty well was to sand the rust down a bit with a Scotchbrite pad and then touch up the areas with Testors silver paint. I really helped to cleanup the frame. It's not a perfect match, but if you work to blend in the paint, it ends up looking like a roughish area in the chrome...
Very effective. I look at the pictures and can only guess at where you've touched up. Thanks for the tip.
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