Let me second what Brian is saying. I remember when I was working at a Seattle shop sending a Gios out to get painted about 12 years ago. We had made sure the painter knew the color and was a bike painter. We'd actually had this same painter paint a bunch of other stuff too with great results. When the painter brought the frame in to drop off it looked great. That was until we held the repaint up to another original Gios. Luckily the painter was still in the shop and offered to repaint it again. We sent him back out and supplied him the the other Gios too. The second time around it was spot on. If I'm remembering correctly the painter said the difference was mostly in the basecoat color. good luck, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Coeur d'Alene, ID.
On Friday, Feb 18, 2005, at 07:25 US/Pacific, brianbaylis@juno.com
wrote:
> Don't worry about paint stripper on your steel frame, it won't hurt
> anything. Generally the interior of frames do not rust out unless
> continuiously exposed to lots of moisture and left unattended. You can
> clean out the inside with whatever you want before you paint, but it's
> best to treat the inside of the frame after it's painted with
> Framesaver.
>
> Good luck with the paint job. Are you planning on attempting "Gios
> Blue"? That's a tough toner to come up with and there are some tricks
> to getting the right shade. If you decide to send it off, don't forget
> there are quite a few top class painting outfits in the US and you
> should check around before sending off to the first place that comes
> to mind.
>
> Regardless, have fun. Got decals?
>
> Brian Baylis
> El Cajon, CA
> Vintage Cycle Studios
> http://www.VintageCycleStudios.com
>
>
>
> -- Bianca Pratorius <biankita@earthlink.net> wrote:
> It looks more and more that I will be doing the late 70's Gios Torino.
> The frame is basically healthy but there is the slight tinge of
> oxidation on all the tube interiors that I can see. If I paint myself
> and don't send it off to Cyclart, how would I go about it? I thought of
> spraying some kind of zinc treatment in all the the tubes after a
> thorough strip and sanding. Does framesaver neutralize all existing
> oxidation? I once kept a frame in a humid shed for years with no growth
> of rust by filling all the tubes with motor oil and smearing grease on
> the exterior. Even the paint was perfect when I cleaned it up. Does
> chemical stripper hurt the tubes if it gets into the bottom bracket and
> doesn't all get washed off?
>
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Shores Florida