I started tearing this down after work, hoping to get it ready for our big vacation in two weeks.
Suddenly, as of someone gently... Hitting me with a brick, it dawned on me. I should document this for the traditional category.
I've had this bike for years, and know nothing about it. I bought it the first time I went to the Ann Arbor swap many years ago. I rode it that summer, then it spent the next 6 or so years outside. Now it's back, it's back inside.
I don't have anything spectacular planned for it. Just want to clean it up a bit, but might add a couple things.![Thinking face :thinking: 🤔](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png)
I've searched the forum for ways to rejuvenate the paint, and keep coming up with oxalic acid.
I'm wondering what other ways there are to do that. Not opposed to the acid, just trying to see what else might work.
It looks like someone painted over the original red, so going to dab some paint stripper under the bottom bracket and see what happens.
Suddenly, as of someone gently... Hitting me with a brick, it dawned on me. I should document this for the traditional category.
I've had this bike for years, and know nothing about it. I bought it the first time I went to the Ann Arbor swap many years ago. I rode it that summer, then it spent the next 6 or so years outside. Now it's back, it's back inside.
![20240526_182935.jpg 20240526_182935.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/267/267396-20240526-182935.jpg)
![20240526_183731.jpg 20240526_183731.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/267/267397-20240526-183731.jpg)
![17167635070001863638621574609243.jpg 17167635070001863638621574609243.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/267/267398-17167635070001863638621574609243.jpg)
![17167635442467144366147719765756.jpg 17167635442467144366147719765756.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/267/267399-17167635442467144366147719765756.jpg)
I don't have anything spectacular planned for it. Just want to clean it up a bit, but might add a couple things.
![Thinking face :thinking: 🤔](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png)
I've searched the forum for ways to rejuvenate the paint, and keep coming up with oxalic acid.
I'm wondering what other ways there are to do that. Not opposed to the acid, just trying to see what else might work.
It looks like someone painted over the original red, so going to dab some paint stripper under the bottom bracket and see what happens.