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Dan Atsma
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Post by Dan Atsma » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:53 am

G-Man wrote:Dan

Great looking bike! Well done.

G
Thanks G, just need to find a set of mirrors and we will be "close" to calling it complete. We wanted a survivor not a restored bike so was very happy we could save the original paint.
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Post by Snakeoil » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:33 am

Dan,
Are you saying that you were able to strip off the color from the sheet metal and not damage the original paint underneath? If so, then my hat off to you, sir. That's a labor of great patience.

regards,
Rob

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Post by Dan Atsma » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:41 pm

Snakeoil wrote:Dan,
Are you saying that you were able to strip off the color from the sheet metal and not damage the original paint underneath? If so, then my hat off to you, sir. That's a labor of great patience.

regards,
Rob
Yes, they didn't prep the original paint before painting over it, I used laquer thinner and steel wool. The factory paint didn't get cut with the thinner. I guess it was lucky for me the PO did a half butt job painting. I figured I would find a dent with filler or some reason they painted it but there was nothing.
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Post by G-Man » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:29 am

Amazing!!

I wish some of mine were like that....

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Post by Snakeoil » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:38 am

Cannot believe that lac thinner did not attack that original paint. I did not think there was much out that that lac thinner would not attack.

Congrats on bringing it back to original. That's one for the books for sure.

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Rob

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