I used Meguire's Paint Cleaner on painted parts yesterday after removing hardened grease from the frame, fork & inside chainguard. The grease used on this bike originally is crazy to deal with 60 years later. After I was finished with this step Señor Jefe was inspecting the results & commented "I think you can skip the polish with Show Car Glaze & go to a couple coats of Carnuba wax! You can only put so much lipstick on a pig before you reach the point of diminishing return." Since I in total agreement (& out of the Glaze
) I will just get a good coat of Carnuba Wax applied later today.
Tank on left is after paint cleaning. Poor lighting doesn't do justice to the job this stuff did with the paint....
I also buffed the chrome pieces again & they came out nice. Here's a comparison of original crank & chain ring on right. Going to try out the lady's crank & ring for a little better gearing & easier for an adult to ride. Excited to get this on wheels to see if there is enough pedal clearance.
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Tank on left is after paint cleaning. Poor lighting doesn't do justice to the job this stuff did with the paint....
![IMG_20230102_155304967.jpg IMG_20230102_155304967.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/221/221113-IMG-20230102-155304967.jpg)
I also buffed the chrome pieces again & they came out nice. Here's a comparison of original crank & chain ring on right. Going to try out the lady's crank & ring for a little better gearing & easier for an adult to ride. Excited to get this on wheels to see if there is enough pedal clearance.
![Nerd face :nerd: 🤓](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f913.png)
![IMG_20230102_123220623.jpg IMG_20230102_123220623.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/221/221114-IMG-20230102-123220623.jpg)