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New user / new resto project - Falcon Pro

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oldschoolrb:
i  like these frames , nice little build you got going on there :daumenhoch:

abz2002:
Cheers guys, definitely enjoying myself and haring ahead as like you, I can't wait to see the end result!!

Progress update:

Bought 75L cement mixing 'bucket' one of those plastic one's yesterday, bought 8 x 2ltr thin bleach, cheap Asda brand at only 27p each!!

In went both wheels (took bearings and drive shaft out first) and looking noticeably improved this morning (were like grey teeth to start), might leave in for another day or two as recommended in other threads, rinse off and then WD40 to prevent deterioration from the moisture being sucked out by the bleach. Although, not being a scientist, I have no idea whether plastic molecules have any moisture in the first place?!  I'm gonna WD40 them anyway!! Will post some pics up soon.

Bought a whole bunch of stuff from 'Bankrupt bike parts' on the bay including old school tryres, BB, headset and crank etc. Gonna try and recycle originals where possible but much easier to whack in some NOS parts if they're close enough.

Gonna drop SBD a PM to see if he'd be kind enough to do some pics of the dip stripping / different stages of the process as far as the frame is concerned.

Still having no joy on my wanted thread for a 'curved' seat post as opposed to kinked?!

1mancity2:
Would a snake post cut down to make a slight layback be the sort of thing your after?

abz2002:
Afraid not, I've got some example pics in my wanted thread:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=126832.0

abz2002:
Well, two days in the bleach and the result isn't bad but I was hoping for better.  Back in the bleach they went! Might have to see them out for the full 3 weeks some speak of on other threads?!

I might have to resign myself to the fact that they were probably never that white in the first place?!

Some snaps benchmarking them against my brand new Tuff II's.

BTW I managed to rub off the braking marks using some old oven cleaning compound I was suckered into buying by the misses several years ago, off one of these dodgy shopping channels! It's called Revive and I thinks it's basically very fine granuals of some sort. Using a non-scratch kitchen scourer and a bit of patience, I managed to get the marks out without any obvious signs of abrasion.

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