This past fall I picked up this Colson/Firestone Flying Ace as a winter project. My plan was to remove the over-paint and hopefully find some decent original paint.
I am finding 3-4 coats of paint over the original and I'm getting mixed results with the removal using Goof-Off and laquere thinner. I thought the tank came out pretty well considering.
I had a hard time saving the white highlights on the chainguard, but I can almost talk myself into liking the patina/shabby look.
In the last pix of the fender you can see the layers of paint I'm trying to remove and that I'm not able to save much of the original. So the question is, am I nuts to keep trying to save the original paint? I don't think I'm up for a full restore, but would consider a bare metal look. What would you do?
I am finding 3-4 coats of paint over the original and I'm getting mixed results with the removal using Goof-Off and laquere thinner. I thought the tank came out pretty well considering.
I had a hard time saving the white highlights on the chainguard, but I can almost talk myself into liking the patina/shabby look.
In the last pix of the fender you can see the layers of paint I'm trying to remove and that I'm not able to save much of the original. So the question is, am I nuts to keep trying to save the original paint? I don't think I'm up for a full restore, but would consider a bare metal look. What would you do?