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Good candidate for OA Bath?

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Vintagedad

Finally riding a big boys bike
I haven’t done an OA Bath yet and am considering doing my first one on this Coppertone Stingray Deluxe. Do y’all think this bike is a good candidate for an OA Bath? This is what it looks like after some soap and water.


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OA is fine on chrome. In fact I’m willing to bet the antique bike crowd got the idea from the vintage BMX crowd who had been using OA to clean up rusty chrome framesets for years.
 
OA is fine on chrome. In fact I’m willing to bet the antique bike crowd got the idea from the vintage BMX crowd who had been using OA to clean up rusty chrome framesets for years.

I think I’m going to do the whole thing in OA. I’ve actually got an old school BMX bike I need to do too lol. I guess I’ll have to order it online. I went to two stores today looking for it and struck out twice.
 
How do y’all address the wheels? I’m assuming the hub needs to be removed or will it not harm the hub? How about the spokes? I was hoping to avoid having the wheels relaced if possible but don’t want to destroy my hub.
 
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