SWB0 Charlotte

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Time for a rebuild for my 40th anniversary Big Ripper. The build is going to be based around Panaracer's teal blue tyres.

 

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The parts pile so far

 

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Started with a silver fluted post. Cleaned and scuffed the 'inner' of the flutes, then sprayed on some purple 'ano'.
Once dried, I used some thinners on a rag to wipe off the excess. Should match in nicely with the anodised components.

 

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Stripped off all the old decals.

I was a bit worried about the chrome on the fork, seems to be clear coated, and got roughed up by the caramel wheel when taking off the old decals. A quick buff bought the lustre back thankfully. So into the acid bath to soak for a few days to clean up a small amount of rust.

I could paint them to match the frame, but think chrome will suit the theme better.

Snuck a foot pic in there to keep up with the cool kids

 

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Mixed up some paint this morning, from leftovers. Nice match with the tyre colour. Looks a little greener in person than in the pic.

 

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This was meant to be a pic of the frame in primer. But that was a fail!

I scuffed up the frame with a scotch brite, plus a sand on any scratched that had broken through the clear coat. I thought a prime with etch primer would be a good idea, to ensure a good bite on any bare aluminium. But! The primer fried the clear coat and turned it to mush. So out with the paint stripper and clean it back to bare metal all over.
On the upside, this has given me an idea to incorporate some raw alloy into the paint job.