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and I said I'd only do the one bike.....here's to no. 3 (MT SuperFox this time)
Rodgy1970:
--- Quote from: oldtired on March 28, 2011, 10:32 AM ---Oxalic Acid is imo the best stuff for rusty bits eats only the rust and leaves the steel and chrome underneath untouched ,get it of the net its also known as deck cleaner ,buy it in crystal form not already made up :daumenhoch: you can make a nice strong solution then .
http://www.agwoodcare.co.uk/prod/oxalic_acid.html
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I agree OA - dead easy to use, degrease the parts and wack them in the bath with some of this over night.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1kg-Oxalic-Acid-Hull-Deck-GRP-Cleaner-Rust-Remover-/280465477367?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_BoatEquipment_Accessories_SM&hash=item414d0b8ef7
pickle:
i guess you have to have something to put those damn UL snakepost things in ;)
cool little project by the way :daumenhoch:
oldtired:
is'nt the UL container also known as a skip? :-X ;D
griff:
weird - just did a reply and it disappeared ???
will try again - the elina is staying put on my haro :daumenhoch: on this bike am going for something like what I had last time depending on cost
(had a gt layback but can always use a diff brand as they seem to be quite dear now)
won't be repeating the old upgrades I had
z-rims - too dear (and wobbly)
sharp grips, suntour clamp/headlock - too dear as well, but might look at getting copies
after looking at original builds of silverfox it appears that they had tuf-nck copy seat clamps on, which matched what I've got on my haro - trouble is I like it where it is
and as for putting a rusty frame in the bath - think mrs would have a meltdown if she copped me doing that ;D
might have to try the 'headset maintenance on top of the new quilt' method pioneered elsewhere on RAD too
cheers
griff
griff:
it's occurred to me that I have 2 possible rims for this bike - the ones that were originally on my £27 mongoose but gave me loads of grief in the hub department
never got round to binning them but are they worth cleaning up/stripping/rehubbing and would the OS police give me a hard time?
not too fussed about the :police: tbh, but don't want to invest time and money in em if they're shit
one is pictured here
the other one was I think original to the mongoose, might be an alex rim as well
what do you reckon peeps? worth saving or just take them to the tip?
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