Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
04-23-2014, 10:44 PM
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If I could choose an exterior, it would be an original paint job properly weathered and patchy after 45 years but inside and mechanically in fully restored condition.
04-23-2014, 11:01 PM
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04-24-2014, 05:37 PM
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04-24-2014, 06:01 PM
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04-25-2014, 01:48 AM
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No pink doughnuts for the workers - just hard graft in the back yard.
Today I started on refinishing the Fuchs.
Stripped the black paint.
Whipped up a quick brew of sodium hydroxide.
Let them fizz face down for half an hour (removes the anodizing).
De **** with a scotchbrite pad.
Work out the dings and gouges.
Put some cream on the acid burns.
Probably easier to get the pro's to dip them but there's no fun in that is there?
Going for a natural dull RSR finish on rims and spokes with blackout background.
Today I started on refinishing the Fuchs.
Stripped the black paint.
Whipped up a quick brew of sodium hydroxide.
Let them fizz face down for half an hour (removes the anodizing).
De **** with a scotchbrite pad.
Work out the dings and gouges.
Put some cream on the acid burns.
Probably easier to get the pro's to dip them but there's no fun in that is there?
Going for a natural dull RSR finish on rims and spokes with blackout background.
04-25-2014, 02:12 AM
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No pink doughnuts for the workers - just hard graft in the back yard. Today I started on refinishing the Fuchs. Stripped the black paint. Whipped up a quick brew of sodium hydroxide. Let them fizz face down for half an hour (removes the anodizing). De **** with a scotchbrite pad. Work out the dings and gouges. Put some cream on the acid burns. Probably easier to get the pro's to dip them but there's no fun in that is there? Going for a natural dull RSR finish on rims and spokes with blackout background.
04-25-2014, 03:06 AM
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The original method that Fuchs used was to dip the rim in a black paint bath up to the high tide mark. These ones still have remnants of that with the back side of the florets unpainted because that was a trapped air pocket when the rim was lowered into the bath. I had planned to do a similar thing but not wanting to buy gallons of paint to fill a paint bath I was going to set the rim level and mask off the 5 cut outs from the back to make it waterproof and then fill the wheel with paint from the top up to the high tide mark. Then pop the masking and let the pool of paint drain away. But....I want a slightly different look. The florets need to be painted to the correct line but I want to show a bit more rim which means the puddle of paint method won't work, so back to masking. I will leave that to Steve's crew.
