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Strip off while recycling your cycle

Sometimes the only thing making our bikes look a bit tyred (geddit?) is the hammering our frames and components take from the elements. The components might ...

Comment by Mushypea on July 23, 2012 at 12:05pm

I thought you might to see what happens when paint stripper is applied to your pride and joy - brave decision but I think it paid off - get naked!

Comment by Aaron K on July 23, 2012 at 11:22pm

Cool Video, Great Soundtrack! Bike looks Great!

Comment by Mushypea on July 25, 2012 at 11:00am

Thanks Aaron - yeah it was great do this little project, super happy with the results. There isn't much info on the interweb on how to do this so it was learning by doing really. The one thing to bare in mind is that when I applied clear coat to the frame - it turned in to a disaster. The frame matted and I had to remove all the clear coat which sets like glue! That took another whole day to reverse. So now I just give the frame a booster polish every couple of weeks which takes about 5mins to do :o)

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