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Title: OG Paint clean up....
Post by: McQUEEN on May 08, 2016, 08:43 PM: Picked up this RL20 Prostyler f&f and was going to have it as wall art ( :wtf: says the wife, but more eloquently) hanging over my completed Prostyler. A before and after thing, or after and before depending on the way you view it. But now I'm going to build it up as a rider. The frames totally straight, og decals and a wonderful original shop sticker as well. The frame just some heavy scraps and scratches and rust fighting away at them / the metal below. Any ideas on the best way to clean it up, i.e. get ride of some of the grime and take the rust back?

(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y454/mrocco17/IMG_20160129_111741_zpsmnrsfkww.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/mrocco17/media/IMG_20160129_111741_zpsmnrsfkww.jpg.html)

(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y454/mrocco17/IMG_20160129_111905_zpsg1xw1xjf.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/mrocco17/media/IMG_20160129_111905_zpsg1xw1xjf.jpg.html)

(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y454/mrocco17/IMG_20140914_183851_zps9a9b52f3.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/mrocco17/media/IMG_20140914_183851_zps9a9b52f3.jpg.html)
Title: Re: OG Paint clean up....
Post by: oldschoolace on May 08, 2016, 09:45 PM: Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: OG Paint clean up....
Post by: deeman on May 09, 2016, 12:10 AM: Wet sand it with 3000 grit paper, if that's not abrasive enough to remove what you want then use use 1500 on bad bits....this should be more than adequate, then T cut...bit of wax afterwards :coolsmiley: can't wait to see this...you know I LOVE RL 20's :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: OG Paint clean up....
Post by: McQUEEN on May 15, 2016, 09:55 PM: Quote from: oldschoolace on May 08, 2016, 09:45 PM
Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route :daumenhoch:
Will the decals survive the Citric acid bath?
Title: Re: OG Paint clean up....
Post by: CustardLips on May 15, 2016, 10:18 PM: Quote from: McQUEEN on May 15, 2016, 09:55 PM
Quote from: oldschoolace on May 08, 2016, 09:45 PM
Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route :daumenhoch:
Will the decals survive the Citric acid bath?

Yeah it won't touch the decals. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: OG Paint clean up....
Post by: Ady on May 15, 2016, 10:20 PM: Quote from: McQUEEN on May 15, 2016, 09:55 PM
Quote from: oldschoolace on May 08, 2016, 09:45 PM
Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route :daumenhoch:
Will the decals survive the Citric acid bath?

I have done this to 5 frames with decals with no issues.
4 chrome frames and one ultra burner painted .
Title: Re: OG Paint clean up....
Post by: McQUEEN on May 16, 2016, 07:01 AM: http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,178383.0.html

should have read the above!!

Thanks all.
Title: Re: OG Paint clean up....
Post by: BMX1973 on May 16, 2016, 08:25 PM: +1
Exactly what I would have done. :) Or Oxy bath.

Quote from: oldschoolace on May 08, 2016, 09:45 PM
Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route :daumenhoch: