TRADITIONAL 🅵🅾🅾🅻🅸🅶🅰🅽 - 1930s Elgin Oriole

[ingola]

I remember you using that technique now. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks



Actually without the fork, I'm kinda spinning my wheels. I can't really make any decision on any guard treatment, without seeing how it plays with the finished fork.
But I do love how the butterfly kickstand allows me to keep playing with the bike while the fork in in bluetooth mode.



Thanks, I think that is what OJ was saying earlier too as far as just using the hotwheels with the raw guard.
I'm not locked into using the hotwheels at all. I like it, but don't know if it looks too much like a gimmick.
Still held up by the fork before making any final opinion of any guard treatment.



That is a possibility as well. I'll keep it in mind.



Funny thing is, I think I actually understood what you were saying.

Gun blueing solution will rust if not rinsed in hours

 

[kingfish254]

Looks like it was 8 years ago today that I bought this Oriole. It just popped up as a FB memory.

 

[Pondo]

Big difference in the before and after.

 

[kingfish254]

Delayed start this morning. More landlording. Here is a pic of the bent over bamboo from the rain from the opposite end of Queenfish's courtyard.

 

[kingfish254]

Here is the pre-scrub and blend stage for the shroud.

 

[kingfish254]

Initial rub over the right side. I was afraid that there wasn't enough white (and there might not be), but as far as blending with the frame darts, I like it.

 

[kingfish254]

Finished with the vinegar steel wool blending . I think I'll be fine as far as the amount of white. No real way to tell without peeling the masking away and seeing how it looks with everything else.

 

[kingfish254]

Got the fork wing cone darts taped off and painted

 

[kingfish254]

Took the tape off the shroud. I'm happy with the results.