Originally Posted by Chuckk

I completely disassemble the bike. Clean all the parts, replace all the bearings and wear items.
Then I unbraze the frame (or carefully cut apart the weld line on tigged or filleted frames.
Clean all the tubes, inside and out after stripping then hone out the inside of all tubes.
REBRAZE or reweld the frame.
Recrome and paint - now here's the secret - I carefully antique the paint and chrome before reassembly so they don't look too strange.
REASSEMBLE and post on CL.

I loose an average of $1300 a bike, but make it up in quantity.