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That stem came out great, very creative!

I read somewhere about the 3M stuff too. Might be worth a shot

Looks great! I love the bare metal look. 👍

That's a great looking frameset!

I'll look for some of that too, thanks!

And a few hours later the stuff is shinier. I think I’m mostly ready for assembly now.

This was the worst of the rust on the chrome. Aluminum foil, hot water and elbow grease got it as good as it gets. The worst of the chrome damage will be under the grip.

Yeah. The stuff I’m using is only 3%. I’ve been told 40% will work, 60% is better.

Time for my favorite part, clean and polish. 🫤

Wow! The paint scheme looks great! And 38 is the size I was running on this so hopefully these 38s measure out the same as the ones I had on it. 😆

And more decals. I went with the earlier style head tube decal as it has more white in it, which seems appropriate for a bike that has white accents.

Welcome to the forum! From the dropouts it looks to be post war to me, but I'm not too familiar with these models. Some of the other guys are though. Great bike!

Next question. Can I use regular 3% peroxide from the drug store to whiten plastic? We don't have a salon close by. Also, has anyone had issues with peroxide damaging chrome?

Thanks! I am pretty happy with it. Now I just have to try to keep it nice during assembly.

Bad pics but the decals look great, this is a custom design that @CRASH did for a previous build. Good stuff

It may not be real easy to see in the pics but the paint is super sparkly. It looks terrific. It was a ton of work but I’m impressed with the way it turned out. Very happy with this paint job.

I think all three options could work fine but color matching sounds cool.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be lost over there for a while. 🤣

From the Sheldon Brown website: This is why I'm going to switch to 700c tubless, also from Sheldon Brown: I put a 27" wheel in the forks yesterday and the brake pads were halfway below the rim edge, to the inside of the wheel. So the tubulars on this bike are a few millimeters smaller...

I think it was worth the drive. These can be hard to find on this side of the pond for a decent price. The one I was looking at was 5 hours away, and not a particularly nice drive. So I think you did great on picking this one up. Have fun with it!