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Is this a restore or refinish?
chubby:
--- Quote from: Old School on September 22, 2015, 09:18 PM ---I wholeheartedly agree, shot blast and pc is last resort!
Is citric acid same as Oxalic acid?
How do I remove the decals?
Does anyone on here do repop decals?
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Use citric acid & it won't hurt the decals bud. Takes a bit longer than oxalic but is safer to use, should be a good "how to" by oldschoolace in the tech stickies :daumenhoch:
ED209:
Big tub
500g of Citric Acid off of Ebay
as hot as water as possible ... enough to cover the frame ... but bricks in around the frame to cut down on the water you need
mix in the Citric acid
soak for 12hrs ... check it ... another 12hrs if needed
good peek polish
sorted
rodriguez:
Try and save the original finish and decals :daumenhoch:
Looks to be better condition than my pug before I started :-\
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,174737.0.html
To remove chrome properly you have to have the process reversed by a plater, shot blasting it isn't the best way to go AFAIK.
insectbones:
--- Quote from: ED209 on September 22, 2015, 10:20 PM ---Big tub
500g of Citric Acid off of Ebay
as hot as water as possible ... enough to cover the frame ... but bricks in around the frame to cut down on the water you need
mix in the Citric acid
soak for 12hrs ... check it ... another 12hrs if needed
good peek polish
sorted
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While it's in the bath, give the rusty spots a rub with a toothbrush :daumenhoch:
Citric works great. I've got a thread on here somewhere on a rusty as fook Catweasle, it came out lovely.
I didn't like it shiny though, so chucked it in the garden to go rusty again ;D
insectbones:
Here ya go
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,178191.msg1789151.html#msg1789151
Your squashed bit is probably from a stand being fitted and over tightened, nowt to worry about :daumenhoch:
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