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Had the wrong bike. It's off a Gene Autry bicycle. I got my cowboys mixed up.

I finished up the rear fender today. It finished up it's time in the oa bath and got a coat of dead flat clear. I got the newly relocated brace drilled and attached. The inside of the fender had the same blue paint i stripped off the outside. Didn't want to break out the stripper again so i...

Found that out the hard way. You cant go back from there.

I picked these pieces of trim up at the most recent memory lane swap. The dealer told me they were off a boys 20 inch hopalong. I bought them for something else on a future project. He also told me good luck finding a set of the jewels that fit in the holes.

Good find on those fenders. I've had great results with the oa bath. Except that one time i left a tank in for about 8 hours to long. Didn't work out so well. Looking forward to how you remove that reflective tape.

Awesome detail work.

I really like the bare metal look with some clear over. I think this looks good as is. Flat clear always looks better to me.

I haven't tried the evaporated yet. It's sounds like some good stuff.

Slow rolling right now but i did manage to get a seat done this weekend. The leather is in perfect shape. The seat frame and springs were covered in flaking shiny black paint. I disassembled every thing and stripped off all the paint. After all night in a mild oxalic bath i sprayed it all down...

Man gotta get me one of those beugler tools. Wheels are looking good.

I have soaked other bare metal parts in the oa bath before and they usually just get a little grey tint. I was really surprised how these came out. Darker than expected, and I'm happy with it. Oxalic acid bath, not just for rust anymore.

I got a little progress made yesterday. I put the frame, tank, and fork assembly in the oxalic acid bath for about 8 hours. Brushing and flipping about every hour or so. I found in the past it will turn the metal darker and take out any shine. A good rinse and dry followed by a coat of dead flat...

Love the the look on these.

i never thought about that but its worth a mock up to see.

Thank you sir. I looked at the frame with fender on for about one beer before i broke out the drill. I need to age some fender rivit bolts, mount it and move on to the front.

I drilled the fender braces out of rear fender and repositioned the curved brace. Now it flows with the frame. I may trim a little off the fender end later after i mount it up with the tire on.

Dang it Bobby you beat me to the punch. I picked a full can of bronze powder last summer at a farm sale. I had the same idea of dusting it on a clear finish. You've inspired me to pull it out and use on another project i'm working on. I really like where you are taking this build.

I pulled some fenders out of my stash and the rear fits fine but the front will need a little modifying. I really like the curved braces but the rear braces don't line up with the upsweep frame ends. I will drill out the rivets and move them around to get a better flow. Then a nice soak in the...

Spent the weekend and work and fell to second page slacker. I'm off for the next two so time to get back to building. I did pick up a little something i've been wanting for a while. I got a set of body dollies and some hammers from amazon to work out the small dents ands dings i always wind up...

I love those frames. Good looking start.