Powder coat ? If you want. Obviously the best is whatever paint was used at the time. I think chemical strippers should be avoided unless your frame is totally free of anything like headsets... Common sense. I guess chemical is faster than rubbing the paint off, or flat ...
Just my two cents, but at what stage does a frame need to be repainted ? Do you really want your vintage bike to look new ? Here are two links to a thing I was going to strip and have totally repainted. I was advised against doing it, and I agree now. Because there is a paint out there which, if you can lay your hands on it, can be hand brushed on and hand polished to perfection. If you know somebody who is a competent artist, that person will be able to mix your paints to an exact colour match, enabling you to repaint part of the bike, or touch in the damage. On a total repaint, you are going to lose all box lining, decals, pinstriping... Plus there won't be any patina at all.
http://membres.lycos.fr/
http://membres.lycos.fr/
I'll upload some detailed pics when the bike is finished. Which may take time, because I'm trying various gear out on her, can't make up my mind as to whether a plunger 47 Simplex TDF is better than a 57 one with the black washer with gold laurels (and matching shif lever of course). Or maybe a Campag something or other ? And the brakes ? Steel, or a set of early alloys ? The bars likewise ? Stem ? Saddle ? Even cable clips...
So that is another one along the lines of "keep just one", but it is "Say you have a beaut handbuilt frame and no spec, what would you fit, how would you build her up, what would you use in the way of parts ?"
I face that rather fun and likeable problem with the red racer, a cyclotourer and a track frame.
Nick March, Agen, 47000, Mont de Marsan, France.
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