What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

[Pat]

After some evaluation, the frame was not cracked! Woohoo. However, I found out that I like my mothership far more than the beacon. I have a friend riding a mothership v2 that fancy's my beacon and we are going to swap to try it out. So stay tuned for a very different looking bike than the last couple bike checks

[Chris]

covered an old seat with some leather a few days ago.

[Topsey]

Custom PiR Handle bars for the Flatland bike. Over the years i have tried numerous bars & got to know what sort of geo i like so they feature that obviously. The look is basically a KHE Swiss Miss bar/stem combo with out the built in stem. Theyre gunna be welded up shortly & the forks should be started pretty soon too!

[mrjimyjohn]

^rad!

I started rawing my frame today. I was determined to do it without stripper, but after a good hour and a half of just sanding with 150 grit sandpaper I've only got 2/3rds of the left CS and half of the left SS done. Looks like I'm gonna have to find a good stripper...

[Sasha]

Sanding it will make it look like shit anyway, stripper and wire wool (if necessary) means that it'll be decent looking raw metal, not a scratched to shit mess.

[PabstBlueRibbon]

^rad!

I started rawing my frame today. I was determined to do it without stripper, but after a good hour and a half of just sanding with 150 grit sandpaper I've only got 2/3rds of the left CS and half of the left SS done. Looks like I'm gonna have to find a good stripper...

good strippers aren't cheap.

[Sasha]

You can get away with some carefully folded $1 bills I hear.

[DontcallmeKenneth]

I use this fuck sanding.

[ron_weasley_T1]

Sanding it will make it look like shit anyway, stripper and wire wool (if necessary) means that it'll be decent looking raw metal, not a scratched to shit mess.

Fine grade wet and dry. Mines not scratched to shit

[mrjimyjohn]

I didn't think 150 grit would scratch it up too too much, especially since I was planning on polishing it afterwards but you're probably right.

What strippers do you guys recommend? Someone told me a while back that a company called "Circa 1850" made a nasty paint stripper, but all I can find is this stupid "furniture stripper"...

[Sasha]

Fine grade wet and dry. Mines not scratched to shit

Getting through paint with that would suck though, that's what I meant.

[ron_weasley_T1]

Ah thought it was already raw?

[Sasha]

I assume his was painted? Mine's going well with the de-rusting, bought a buffing wheel drill bit today to get shiny. Should be fun.

[mrjimyjohn]

Yeah my frame's the original powdercoat. I think we're all confusing each other here haha

[Sasha]

Can you get Nitromors in Canada? It's like some weird gel stuff that you brush on, leave for a bit, brush more on, leave for a bit, brush more on etc. and the paint just falls off. Leaves you with perfect untarnished raw metal. Stings like a bastard if you get it on your skin though.