This stuff which never sleeps (aka RUST) is a bitch. However, if you don’t take care of it some day you bike will fall apart so it must be done. I figure to be done with the major rust this weekend.
I have the undersides of the fenders cleaned and treated. They don’t look pretty in the pic below but if I attempted to grind off the offended metal there would be nothing but chrome left, so no can do. What you see IS cleaned up with wire brush grinders and sanded. I hope you can see that it is black. That is good. Rust-offended metal will look rusty colored. After sufficient treatment with phosphoric acid it converts the offended metal to iron phosphate, it turns black and the rust is dead. So the underside of the fenders are ready for primer and paint for long term protection.
Underneath of fenders prior to priming
I pulled the tires from all my rims yesterday and they were a bit rusty inside too. They can be propped up on the stool so I used the wire wheel on the bench grinder to do them. Much easier than grinding with a wheel chucked in a drill. So they are cleaned up and got their last phosphate treatment this morning. The inside of the rims will get primer and paint also.
Now the regress part. The only other piece needing paint was the triple tree. I did receive my parts from Bike Boneyard but unfortunately I got the wrong fork bridge. So that portion of the project will be delayed. I sent a pic of my old part and the one received and we’ll see how that goes.
Got the wrong fork bridge delivered
It’s cool, damp, and cloudy today so I can’t paint or take pictures but that’s Ok. I need to finish getting my frame stand put together so I can strap it down and start installing stuff.
