Pretty cool project.
Some paints come off with just a good wipe down with mineral Spirits.
If that fails, use some mild paint stripper put on a small area and leave it on only briefly. You can usually remove just the top layer of paint. Be sure to wash the newly cleaned area thoroughly to remove any trace of paint remover. I tried it a bit on a brush painted CCM I have after seeing the technique on a show that showed a group of art conservators recovering a wall mural that had been painted over several times. Slow going, but not as slow as you might think.
Steve Birmingham Lowell, Massachusetts USA
On Feb 23, 10:34 pm, Jeff Pyzyk <jpy...@live.com> wrote:
> Got my Cinelli Legerissimo frame from Poland today. Dziekuje!! Very
> nice!!!
>
> This is the one that was on E-bay and re-sprayed silver over the
> original yellow and red. It arrived packed in styrofoam, wrapped in
> paper. I unwrapped the paper, only to find the styrofoam wrapped in
> black plastic. Under the black plastic was more clear plastic
> wrapping. Under the clear plastic was styrofoam, which left little
> electro-statically charged balls and chunks all over the floor of my
> office. The frame inside the foam was further wrapped in two or three
> layers of black, and clear plastic wrap.
>
> Anyway, the frame arrived undamaged. It has a bad paint job over the
> original paint. You can see the original yellow and red paint through
> the silver/blue re-spray. I am going to attempt to carefully cut back
> the silver paint and "excavate" down to the original paint. I doubt I
> will be able to save the original paint, but my goal is to exactly
> match the paint colors (kind of a school bus yellow and medium tomato
> red) and also identify any original Brugelmann decals, and their
> placement.
>
> An Italian frame sold by a German dealer, sourced from Poland! To
> celebrate, I hoisted a Bitburger while eating Porcini stuffed
> Pierogis. The perfect bike for a guy who's father's family is from
> Pyrzyce Poland, mom's side is from Cologne Germany, and thinks he's
> Italian.
>
> I will be documenting the restoration on my blog,
> veloclassics.blogspot.com
>
> Stay tuned.
>
> Jeff Pyzyk
> Milwaukee, WI
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