Yes, Patch! Thanks! Very very kind of you to dig these up. Great examples.
Thanks for the notes on finishing, rusting, etc. Much appreciated! On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 3:04:28 PM UTC-5 Patch T wrote: > Eric - photos of an 80-smthg Trek 950. 850? below. Can't find photos of > the Elance. The photo of just frame is fresh, post-stripping/treatment > (check out that tool chest). The photo of the complete is after about maybe > a year? (check out that fenderline). Less pretty than some of the other > frames shared here maybe. > > After stripping and buffing, I mostly used Bluing/Black Oxide. I had tried > linseed oil, but it left a sticky residue. When living in Los Angeles, I > didn't have to do much upkeep with the Bluing formula. Once I moved to NYC, > I wiped and reapplied frequently, and always after water exposure, which > was frequent. And then over time, I got lazier and lazier and let the thing > go to rust more. I eventually gave the frame to a friend who's cruising > around on it in Taos. I liked it rusty - but as I said, the rubbing-off of > powdery surface rust was a frequent bummer. > > I also don't have a photo of a 2nd gen Karate Monkey I had stripped and > clear-coated. The painter told me it's just going to look like gunmetal > grey - and it did for a couple years until it finally started to get some > cool spidering rust streaks. It's being stored in my brother's garage and > has been for 6 years. Can't wait to see what it looks like someday, if it's > still there. > > Have fun > Patch in NYC > > [image: IMG_5168.JPG] > [image: IMG_1271.JPG] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/be744532-6e8f-478e-a05b-f690d4daa770n%40googlegroups.com.
