Patina, Please!

[hammer mechanic]

This is a 1947 CWC Road Master that I picked up in 2015. Never officially started a build, but I did make a layback seatpost, and respoked the wheels. That is where it sits now. It has a blackout hub up front, and a chrome plated hub in back. I intend to get a blackout hub on the rear and see if I can find some original paint without getting too aggressive.

When I got it:

As it sits now:

That should be enough pics for now.

 

[roadwarrior]

That is a lot of patina! I'm watching this one.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Cool!

 

[OddJob]

My favorite color; rust!
I like your direction....watching this one!

 

[hammer mechanic]

Changed the angle of my seatpost to get a little lower.
Before:

After:

 

[Funkme]

Looks great just the way it is...

 

[hammer mechanic]

Got everything blown apart today. I was surprised at how easy the stem came out. I would have lost that bet.

Scrubbed everything down with a nylon brush and some simple green.

Tried a little 0000 steel wool and wd-40 on the frame.

I didn't see much benefit here, so I washed the frame again with simple green. I am starting to see a little of the original paint and graphics.

Tomorrow, I will wipe the frame down with mineral spirits and try some boiled linseed oil.

 

[OddJob]

...and if it was up to me, I'd quote that old Batman TV series at the end of every episode...
"Don't touch that dial!"

You have a great natural patina look going there hammer. Just rusty enough....

 

[The Renaissance Man]

This bike has all of the right stuff! Love it.

 

[G-Matt]

Hard to beat natural aging , on a old bike that is .... [emoji1303]


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[OddJob]

Hard to beat natural aging , on a old bike that is .... [emoji1303]


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Haha G! Yeah, it's easy to 'accelerate' the aging process. Much harder to slow it down!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking awesome!
The BLO will bring that out a bit more too...

 

[Bike Bum]

Love the looks of these bikes. Those fenders and the drop center rims are some of my favorites for these bikes. Watching this build.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Love the looks of these bikes. Those fenders and the drop center rims are some of my favorites for these bikes. Watching this build.

Thanks, the fenders are super straight and the rims are in good shape too. I just need to do a little straightening on some of the fender braces. It did have a long bolt welded into the crank in place of a pedal when I got it, so I had to find a replacement for that.

 

[hammer mechanic]

Have just been doing boring stuff so far. Had to get chain adjusters freed up. Also got some parts for rear hub.

Thanks to kirkpatrick and some ebay dude.
Also laced up my wheels with some dull but not rusty spokes/nipples. Swapped out my shiny hub shell for a ratty blackout version.

First time I laced up wheels without having to read the instructions first!

 

[hammer mechanic]

What I thought was patina on my bike was actually an old gold spray bomb paint job. I did some rubbing with steel wool today and this appeared.

Still work to do on the frame. Haven't even thought about the fork and fenders yet.

 

[SSG]

That's going to look awesome when you're done with the cleaning.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

That old paint is nice!

 

[OddJob]

Oh my! That is sweet. Nice job on the cleaning.

 

[Missing Link]

Looking good. Can't wait to see it all cleaned up and back together.