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othomas2

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Removing some surface coats of paint
« on: July 07, 2006, 09:50 AM »
I have a frame here which seems to have the original paintwork underneath. So my plan is to remove the hand sprayed(no lacquer) coats of paint causing as little damage to the original finish as possible.

Anyone have a bright ideas of a quickish way of doing this ?

my finger nail is succeeding but don't wanna keep using it for obvious reasons... and a stanley knife blade is causing to much damage.... so ???

What do you reckon to some white spirit to soften if up a little ? and a plastic scraper of some sorts ??

Help needed please ?

cheers
Owen

Offline oberonspacefruit

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2006, 10:11 AM »
i did it with nail varnish rmover. took a while tho.
I want to touch ORB

Preston Pirate

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2006, 10:22 AM »
I'd say some kind of thinners or solvent to gently remove the top layer of paint. Then T-cut any little bits that are left back to the original paint

theRuler

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2006, 10:23 AM »
it will be a war of atrition though

is the original paint that valuable?

othomas2

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2006, 10:39 AM »
I wont say what frame it's on...  :2funny:



Just nice to keep the original if possible...



theRuler

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2006, 10:45 AM »
go on
what frame is it?

othomas2

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2006, 11:04 AM »

theRuler

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2006, 11:59 AM »
still none the wiser!
but the front end looks the same length as the back

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2006, 12:02 PM »
we used to used the oven cleaner pads to take sign writing off the side of vans when we had our pitch a few years ago.
you know the ones that have the cleaner inside the pad.
not brillo's they were plastic with a foam base.
might be worth a try.i know it used to take the writing off anyway.
dave the bmxing gypo


othomas2

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2006, 12:19 PM »
still none the wiser!
but the front end looks the same length as the back

It's a gussetless mk I burner frame... quite rare.

thanks for your help peeps.... keep 'em coming

theRuler

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2006, 12:20 PM »
gussetless mk1?

never saw one of them!!

is it super old then?

i have some mags that would suit that :)

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2006, 12:32 PM »
man, are you still tryin to hawk those mags....lol
I want to touch ORB

othomas2

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2006, 12:35 PM »
Heres one



and another...

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Just waiting on a pic for another that I know of... the ebay link is now dead. stickered up as chrome burner if I remember right. Trying to work out the logic behind these...  but I'm not sure there is any.

I'm in the middle of removing the paint to see the serial no. will give you a date then.

othomas2

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2006, 12:36 PM »
What's the mags dare I ask ?

theRuler

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2006, 12:47 PM »
acs mx mags in yellow from late 70's

nice bikes mate

what kind of age are they?

othomas2

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2006, 01:08 PM »
Not my bikes btw. cetp the frame obviously.

Just uncovered the serial on the frame. NH4088853.
Nottingham, June 1984.

I think ??? raleigh were just too lazy to weld the gusset in...

From what I can gather... these were the likes of the stylers/mag 20s of the mk I burner range, using up what they had around them in the factory... note the straight bars and the squared reflector more commonly found on the mk II. Stickering them up differently to create further interest.

These are perhaps linked more so with lower spec components, and commonly found in the catalogues BITD.

Not sure if that's a ll true but till I know more....



« Last Edit: July 07, 2006, 01:11 PM by othomas2 »

othomas2

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Re: Removing some surface coats of paint
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2006, 10:15 PM »
Just speant 2 full days on it... & it's pretty much there. About 20 hours all in... I must be mad !!! :?

Probably build this up as an ultra burner... The finish is pretty good... a few dings here and there but it's original !!! :)




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