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Love it! That blanky reminds me it's time for my afternoon siesta.

Stunning! Looks fresh off the showroom floor.

Absolutely stunning!

Sweet! Somehow I missed this build along the way. A great group of parts and a cool match to your other build.

From the U.P., aye? Gotta be almost fall up there by now ;) Fun build ... my old back and .... says "get me off this thing before I hurt myself"

Thanks ... I watched OddJob's posts and just went for it with the Fauxtina

Simple, clean and fun!

A thread like this is what I call "old gold" Came in super handy tonight!

One more thing ... A BIG shout-out to the Mrs. for once again taking the photos that count

Thanks. That means a great deal coming from a master. I'll be watching the end of your build to learn even more tricks! Rode 12.5 miles on it Saturday. The way it's geared is friendly to old knees. The girls frame is a goner. Donated it to Lewis, another RRB member.

As I stated at the onset of this Build-Off, I wasn't looking to reinvent the wheel nor approach this with a Dr. Frankenstein "lets create a new monster" vibe. My intent was to save this beautiful Prewar Schwinn 1940 DX while maintaining as much of the originality as possible. The inherent...

Original Build Journal thread: https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/iron-oxygen.119744/

Calling this thing done ... be on the lookout for a finished build thread coming soon!

Looking to do the same My garbage can gets the same treatment at our house :rofl:

Congratulations on a most outstanding build. Bravo 🙌

Personally, I used 0000 Steel wool. I had no issues with disturbing the graphics. I have seen 60s Schwinn silk screened logos come off with just water and soap, so hard to say. Test small.

Pondo is absolutely right on this method. My build off bike tank and frame this year were done utilizing this technique. I had heard horror stories of red bikes turning pink in the OA.