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Question about restoring my Gen1

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jezza:
hiya guys the frame especially is quite rusted mostly suface me thinks, and its deffo goin to the chromers.

i want to prep the frame as much as possible before sending as this will save me money on the chroming job

can i:
1. sandpaper the frame to rid the surface rust. have tried on a small area first and this seems to work nicely. obviously this is marking the chrome work but seen as its going through a rechrome i didnt think this mattered.
2. I have noticed 1 ding on the seat tube will i need to get the frame stripped before i send it to be fixed.
3. Where would i send it to be fixed

Sorry for all the questions but this is a new area of resto for me, its going to be my 1st chrome bare metal resto and i want to get it right

any other advice would be greatly received

thanks and happy new year

harris:
i will say leave the frame as is .they will take the chrome of and prep it for you.
its the only way mate

Rombloke:
jezza how about posting up some pics of said frame and forks matey....

from the little pics you posted up before i reckon your frame is salvagable in its present condition....with a bit of elbow grease.

Dave

jezza:
Dave

the camera is on my phone and although its a nokia n93 with a good lens it still takes crap pics. ill post the pics that were on the ebay ad.

the frame is very far gone on the surface rust i have wire wooled alot and that wont shift some of it especially around the BB. but its the ding i need to sort so i would need that stripping right?

Rombloke:
heres some before and afters of my most recent gen 1







so you see, i dont believe all bikes need a rechrome, and i seem to have taken more of a different veiw in regards to survivor bikes now being the way forward

Dave

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