The next thing to do was to remove the front forks so that I could attack the scratched and peeling lacquer on the carbon forks. These came out easily with a tap.
I flatted the lacquer back to sound lacquer, de-greased, masked up and sprayed with aerosol lacquer, I might go over the top with some 2 pack lacquer.
The next job was to tackle an unsightly patch of corrosion on the left side of the crossbar. 8 rubbed that down with wet and dry paper, feathering the edge of the paint. The white powder corrosion cleaned up easily, this surprised me by the way it looked. I treated it with some metal pretreatment acid.
The awkward thing about repairing the frame is the amount of transfers and different coloured sections. I set about tracing these areas and making paper templates so that I could replace them if they got damaged.
I thought that I had ordered some replacement transfers but it turned out that the font was different.
After rubbing down the crossbar with a grey Scotchbrite pad I back masked the area around the corroded area. What I mean by back masking is it you had a roll of 1 inch masking tape you told approx a 1/4 inch back in on itself. This will leave a soft edge when you spray near it so that you don't get a hard step. It makes blending a repair in easier. I back masked the top edge of the crossbar as it is a type of triangular section. I masked out the Angliru name.
The priming was easy compared with spraying the colour as losing the colour out requires a larger area so part of the Angliru lettering was obliterated. My tracings came in handy. Luckily the lettering is made up of straight lines and was repainted using 1/4 inch lining tape.
