Joined: Aug 2003
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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
SlowRoller
These are good tips. Can you by any chance post some pics/links of nice shellac jobs? That'd be a good reference. Also, what do you look for in your 8th coat? I always stopped at 4 because it had a nice look and still had a nice feel to it. Finally, what's the shelf life, approximately?
Thanks!
This awful mess is 8 coats:
This is 4 coats after I stripped it off and re-did it:
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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