OG Paint clean up....

[McQUEEN]

Picked up this RL20 Prostyler f&f and was going to have it as wall art ( 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?

[oldschoolace]

Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route 

[deeman]

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    can't wait to see this...you know I LOVE RL 20's 

[McQUEEN]

Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route 

Will the decals survive the Citric acid bath?

[CustardLips]

Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route 

Will the decals survive the Citric acid bath?

Yeah it won't touch the decals. 

[Ady]

Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route 

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 .

[McQUEEN]

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,178383.0.html

should have read the above!!

Thanks all.

[BMX1973]

+1
Exactly what I would have done.  Or Oxy bath.

Citric acid bath followed by a light T cut is my usual route