It is better to be lucky than good...
I bought this frame because I saw the light aqua color peeking thru some chips and thought it was the original paint... and that a clever fellow like me might resurrect it.
Turns out... this frame had 4 layers of paint. The aqua was layer 2. The original paint was actually black with red trim. The predominant medium blue was layer 3. There was a navy blue that was layer 4.
I spent several hours up to my elbows in caustic, carcingenic chemicals and this is all I have to show for it. The top navy layer (4) came off fairly readily leaving a mostly uniform layer 3. But NOOOO.... I was greedy and wanted to recover the Aqua... So I kept at it and this is where I quit. Layer 3, the medium blue is hard as nails, and does not want to release without taking everything with it, down to bare metal.
I will probably roll with this actually... as crazy as it sounds, I will have to match a fork....
I bought this frame because I saw the light aqua color peeking thru some chips and thought it was the original paint... and that a clever fellow like me might resurrect it.
Turns out... this frame had 4 layers of paint. The aqua was layer 2. The original paint was actually black with red trim. The predominant medium blue was layer 3. There was a navy blue that was layer 4.I spent several hours up to my elbows in caustic, carcingenic chemicals and this is all I have to show for it.
The top navy layer (4) came off fairly readily leaving a mostly uniform layer 3. But NOOOO.... I was greedy and wanted to recover the Aqua... So I kept at it and this is where I quit. Layer 3, the medium blue is hard as nails, and does not want to release without taking everything with it, down to bare metal. I will probably roll with this actually... as crazy as it sounds, I will have to match a fork....
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