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My latest project. Stratton.
Mamba:
No mods then!! That's obviously the concensus of opinion and that is what it will be. ^"^
The paint on the fotrks sem to be a mix of household paint and polyfiller!! There are chips through the paint especially around the rear of the frame and there is sections of the frame that have silver paint on it for some reason too. I might have to strip down and fully repaint but, I think I will strip the parts and see what I can asses it all first. That I will start tomorrow.
Dannywhac:
--- Quote from: Mamba on March 12, 2011, 07:04 PM ---No mods then!! That's obviously the concensus of opinion and that is what it will be. ^"^
The paint on the fotrks sem to be a mix of household paint and polyfiller!! There are chips through the paint especially around the rear of the frame and there is sections of the frame that have silver paint on it for some reason too. I might have to strip down and fully repaint but, I think I will strip the parts and see what I can asses it all first. That I will start tomorrow.
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Try and keep the decals intact if the frame paints too far gone - try giving Del a pm to see if he's already got 'em - if not and you're sure you want to repowder the frame, then remove them by pouring boiling water over em till they come off easily, then you've got 'em if you need to put back on/re-pop :)
Mamba:
--- Quote from: dannywhac on March 12, 2011, 07:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mamba on March 12, 2011, 07:04 PM ---No mods then!! That's obviously the concensus of opinion and that is what it will be. ^"^
The paint on the fotrks sem to be a mix of household paint and polyfiller!! There are chips through the paint especially around the rear of the frame and there is sections of the frame that have silver paint on it for some reason too. I might have to strip down and fully repaint but, I think I will strip the parts and see what I can asses it all first. That I will start tomorrow.
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Try and keep the decals intact if the frame paints too far gone - try giving Del a pm to see if he's already got 'em - if not and you're sure you want to repowder the frame, then remove them by pouring boiling water over em till they come off easily, then you've got 'em if you need to put back on/re-pop :)
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Will do! Sound advice Danny. The "BMX Racer" and BMX graphics don't look like they're original, they're stuck on over the original "made in Italy". I will give Del a PM and be ultra careful with the originals and see if I can touch up the frame. It's getting a paint match that's the hardest part if I do repair rather than have re-powdercoated.
Jaymz:
get some t-cut on that frame paint, some jif on anything plastic, and autosol and fine wet and dry on those brakes and that will look sweet, my black huffy is original paint its just been polished and mopped, with the decals masked off, before you replace always restore, if you cant think how to restore a part, ask on here there are members on here that could seriously make shlt shine, I'm sure a member called bendycat will be around shortly to offer a plethora of advice
bigfatolly:
my first bike bitd had those yellow mags,it was called a WMX,all my mates used to call it womans moto cross :LolLolLolLol:
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