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A magic trick. Turning lemons into watermelons....
Midschoolfool:
Dear lord. I have never seen such a rusty frame.
I really can't work out what happened. Like, forensically it looks like the kid basically removed all of the original paint and then ran out of f*cks to give on the wave tube. Talking of which, it was so rusty it had lost definition. Most of it just literally wiped away with the wire brush in the drill but dear god the rust. The BB was completely seized bearing wise, and when I removed the bearings a load of orange powder came out.
I spent around three hours on it today. There is no paint left, and I sanded for about an hour removing rust. I then realised it was filthy and greasy.
So after that pic I made up a bowl of soapy water, sanded the F out of it and then cleaned it thoroughly. There are still some bits of rust I will tackle tomorrow, but overall it looks a lot better than in the pics now.
I just ran out of time. Tomorrow we have my brother coming with his new puppy, so I will get back on it tomorrow afternoon. I am also a bit deaf after running the drill for two hours :LolLolLolLol: I got all set up and then realised I forgot the ear plugs and carried on like a div without any.
Hopefully by this time tomorrow it will be in etch.
Midschoolfool:
I have been working on this for two more days. Nothing much to report, just lots and lots of sanding. It was beyond rusty. Probably the rustiest modern frame I have ever seen. The chain stays were absolutely awful. Pocked something rotten.
All you can really do is sand. However, due to said pock marks it just eats sandpaper.
The wave tube was also terrible. Looked OK, but if you ran your finger down the ribs you could feel tons of bumps that were all hardened rust. So that is done now too. I reckon one more session of filth and I can start laying paint.
Midschoolfool:
Wow what a headache.
So I finished the sanding yesterday. TBH it was one of those deals where you could have gone on forever, but I had to call it. Any way, I put the first coat of etch down and it started going pink and patchy. WTF? my first thought was that it might have been some of the lavender paint left, but there just wasn't any. At all. My next thought is that it might have been rust. TBH the only way to get rid of all of it would be to bath it in OA and that is not practical for me.
I let it dry for about an hour, then switched to a more aggressive and much darker etch by Upol. This worked, and sealed it. Phew. I then switched back to the lighter etch, and gave it a really good wet coat or two. There are a couple of drips from the Upol (that was why I stopped using it before) but that is easily sanded.
It is now raining hard for the whole day. At least it won't do any more rusting, that is for sure.
Midschoolfool:
Right. Wet sanded the frame out earlier. Also unblocked the gyro tab holes which were rusted shut. It is ready to paint now.
I also found this.
It would have come with an Evolver. IE the high end brake, which the Springfield is not. It was, however, the perfect test subject for....
It is now very very pink, if a little whiffy :LolLolLolLol:
Midschoolfool:
Decided to use the cheap acrylic clear coat on the hanger. No point in using 2k.
Finished.
I also put primer over the areas on the frame I had to sand yesterday so that is ready for base coat one now (white). Hoping it stops raining tomorrow.
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