Colonial Red
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Regal red
Regal on pond side
Colonial on courtyard side
Colonial on courtyard side
Colonial Red is the closer match. I'll probably just need to knock down the finish a little bit.
Time to get to sanding the fork parts and prep them for paint.
Time to get to sanding the fork parts and prep them for paint.
Colonial for sure
I've mentioned this deal before, but my go to sandpaper if from Dollar Tree. You get a good mixed stack for $1.25. It is decent quality too.
You gotta love old true chrome!
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Back when there wasn’t EPA to worry about and most stuff got nickel plated first. Makes good chrome stand out above the rest
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Meanwhile, I'm trying to develop methods to make new chrome look like the chrome that you are starting with.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to develop methods to make new chrome look like the chrome that you are starting with.
I thought seriously about leaving the aged chrome alone, but I just love these forks too much. I like having the contrasting flash and decay.
Just as I was cleaning the paint parts and putting wire hangers on them and about to pull together my urban paint booth, thunderstorm cloud rolled in.
Looking to do the sameMeanwhile, I'm trying to develop methods to make new chrome look like the chrome that you are starting with.
My garbage can gets the same treatment at our house
Hope you share that when you figure it out.Meanwhile, I'm trying to develop methods to make new chrome look like the chrome that you are starting with.
When we returned from dinner there was enough light and the rain had been gone for quite awhile. Assembled the urban paint booth and got a coat of primer on the fork parts.
Shortly after that a FB Marketplace seller responded that she still had two Electra Cruiser 7Ds fir sale. They need new chains and handlebar paint, but for $30 total, I jumped in the car for the nighttime 2 hour round trip.
Shortly after that a FB Marketplace seller responded that she still had two Electra Cruiser 7Ds fir sale. They need new chains and handlebar paint, but for $30 total, I jumped in the car for the nighttime 2 hour round trip.
Did you get the 7D's?
Got a base coat of hammered brown on
Added some random basecoat sprays from about 3 or 4 feet away with primer red and some flat brown
