yashicamat
New Member
- Location
- Macclesfield, Cheshire
The Rixon frame I've aquired has, if I'm honest, seen better days with numerous breaks in the paint with most of these exhibiting a bit of surface rust.
My thoughts were to remove the decals, sand everything down (not to bare metal, just to give it a good key), remove the BB, masking tape up the headset (rather than struggle to take the thing out and put it back in again and then use a Hammerite "Direct to Rust Metal Paint" in a red aerosol. I'm relatively good at spray painting (I redid the spoiler on my car and the finish is very good) but this bike is intending to be a hack / commuter anyway.
What do people think? I am trying to avoid the additional outlay of having to have the frame sandblasted etc., but if it HAS to be done then I guess I'll have to live with it (although it's more likely I'll just do an extensive touch-up job instead if that were the case).
Cheers.
My thoughts were to remove the decals, sand everything down (not to bare metal, just to give it a good key), remove the BB, masking tape up the headset (rather than struggle to take the thing out and put it back in again and then use a Hammerite "Direct to Rust Metal Paint" in a red aerosol. I'm relatively good at spray painting (I redid the spoiler on my car and the finish is very good) but this bike is intending to be a hack / commuter anyway.
What do people think? I am trying to avoid the additional outlay of having to have the frame sandblasted etc., but if it HAS to be done then I guess I'll have to live with it (although it's more likely I'll just do an extensive touch-up job instead if that were the case).
Cheers.