TRADITIONAL 🅵🅾🅾🅻🅸🅶🅰🅽 - 1930s Elgin Oriole - 2nd Place (Tie) - BUILD JOURNAL

[Chad T]

Don’t forget to polish all them nipples.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Don’t forget to polish all them nipples.

What, do you think you're some kind of polishing expert or something?

*checks Chad's resume

Oh. I see. Carry on

 

[Pondo]

I love how much the old red on the frame pops, really plays well with the other reds on the bike. Very cool!

 

[kingfish254]

Looking great in the sun! Those red grips give that extra….

I love how much the old red on the frame pops, really plays well with the other reds on the bike. Very cool!

Thanks, I knew I had to do this color retrieval first to see what level (if any) color I would have from the frame. I'm happy with it. I planned to take the bike out today to see it out in the real world and lighting more, but didn't have time before the big thunderstorm. Once I get a better feel for how the frame color/patina is, then I'll figure out how I need to proceed with the fork next. Then the next step and so on.

Don’t forget to polish all them nipples.

I was actually planning to get some tassles for those.
EDIT: Oh, you were talking about the grease nipples. My bad. Sorry TMI .

 

[Chad T]

What, do you think you're some kind of polishing expert or something?

*checks Chad's resume

Oh. I see. Carry on

 

[Wayne]

The lighter red Thompsons really look super bright in the photos, so I switched to the duller Thompsons . In the first Pic the brighter one is on the left. I switched them out for the duller one on the right

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I like the brighter red grips. You might want to put one back on for your test in different lighting.

 

[kingfish254]

I like the brighter red grips. You might want to put one back on for your test in different lighting.

Good idea

 

[kingfish254]

 

[kingfish254]

Love this silhouette

 

[kingfish254]

I am happy with how the red shows on the frame. It's subtle, but sufficient. Definitely better than before the treatment.

 

[kingfish254]

I like the red grips over the caramel ones. I have the darker ones on and I brought one of the brighter ones with me to do a contrast pic with.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

For this bike, I like the darker red ones better.

 

[OddJob]

Yep, the less bright ones have more of a vintage vibe.

When I built Faded Glory, I did a similar scrub of the frame to get the rust off,and red showed up, very much like yours. I added some more splotching of a close matched red with a natural sponge to bring out a bit more color.

Still pretty subtle.

Before

After

 

[kingfish254]

Yeah the build looks a bit different from Day 1

 

[kingfish254]

I've had this replica Indian headbadge for over 10 years. I may use it on FOOLIGAN. Of course I would still need to curve it for the headtube.

 

[kingfish254]

Another cool option is this 3D Rat Fink badge I got a couple of years ago

 

[kingfish254]

No rush on those, more importantly I need to work on getting some red on the forks. It's ti.e to make them work with the bike.

 

[kingfish254]

Couldn't resist trying the fink antenna topper with the badge first

 

[kingfish254]

For this bike, I like the darker red ones better.

Yes, I agree. The brighter ones almost look red in some pics

 

[kingfish254]

Another reason that I like these butterfly kickstand