You've Come A Long Way Baby!

[classtimesailer]

This is a crashed and rescued PX-10 but it might happen to me when I get a torch. What is a good way to clean these up? I have a Dremel and some time.
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Jeff Hazeltine

[Alistair]

Take it/send it to a painter/powder coater who has experience with medi blasting lugged frames. They can clean off that brass flashing pretty quickly.

If you want to DIY, then get a set of riffler files and a roll of good (like 3M) 80 grit production cloth. Use the files to back the abrasive cloth and get into all the nooks and crannies. If you're in the right frame of mind, it can be quite relaxing work.

Cool frame btw.


Alistair.

[Alistair]

Oops! "media blasting".

Sorry.


Alistair.

[Andrew R Stewart]

Is the top tube rippled? The photo has a color change right where a impact ripple could be. I'd just sand/file the brass flash away some and do a little shore line clean up too. Andy.

[classtimesailer]

Is the top tube rippled? The photo has a color change right where a impact ripple could be. I'd just sand/file the brass flash away some and do a little shore line clean up too. Andy.

The top and down tube are each less than true near the head tube and the top tube bows a bit -- perhaps from a frame straightening process. Now I need to clean things up a bit so the Nervex Peugeot won't look shabby hanging next to the Newvex RS.

Jeff Hazeltine

[EricKeller]

that's the way it came from the factory, right? Why make something into something it never was?

[classtimesailer]

that's the way it came from the factory, right? Why make something into something it never was?

I'm just having some fun and practicing bicycle frame stuff. For one day, I will have a torch and a box of tubes.
The Peugeot came to me like this-
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When I apply the Rustoleum, all my modifications will recede and it should look factory fresh.

Jeff Hazeltine

[EricKeller]

my suggestion is twofold. First, get your heat control better than that French guy and don't make a mess in the first place. Second, filing lugs is no big deal, but filing tubes is bad. So try really hard not to touch the tubes with a file. Bonus suggestion, start out with lugs that aren't that complex.