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Advice on restoration
oldschoolfool:
if its over chrome get it etch primed first,then a good quality primer
Withy:
How about Plasti-Kote? Any good? or better for covering up a total mess.. I'm getting the frame pretty smooth with that foil/water trick and some fine steel wool. Happy to keep going to get things smooth enough to prime/paint, but I've read that Plasti-kote is a different compound and adhere's to chrome better (clearly I have no idea about these things!) :LolLolLolLol:
Its gone from this:
to this:
Excuse the pics, but the result is a fairly smooth downtube so far where the chrome has pitted at the gyro cable guides, BB is still a work in progress though :'(
fouronethreeoh!:
Coming on well, those profile box cranks look nice ;)
Withy:
Cheers 4130, I had no idea how long it would take... I said to my daughter (13, who thinks its all like soooooo cool) , that she can "help" with the spraying this weekend but I reckon its another week of night-times sitting in the garage, with tin foil, wet/dry and all that, listening to the beastie boys before I can even think about a can of spray paint. :-[
Am thinking of Plasti-kote's mediterranean blue from this range : http://www.plasti-kote.co.uk/Product/pcode---4181
should match pretty close to the 88 sticker set http://ajkbikes.com/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=262&type=jpg&osCsid=fc0ea6bea050056cb0428f0940bea6db
Forks aren't original Chrome Haro's, they are old Streetbeat forks, which I'll just do the same colour
Profiles are in good nick, they still had the clear plastic on one of them, just a bit of pitting on on side. They're 185's so feel huge, I got them from a spoiled kid in Cape Town about 20 years ago, I was there, and he had no idea how good they were.. Think I swapped him for a Vision Street Wear T Shirt :)
kuwahero:
this might be of use to you
http://www.scannedbmx.com/catalogs/Haro_1987.zip
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